ULAANBAATAR (March 29-30) – Results of Japanese entries at the Mongolian Open freestyle wrestling tournament:
(Note: Names and results received from the organizing committee were incomplete or incorrectly recorded, so not all results and names could be verified.)
Freestyle
57kg – MORISHITA, Fumitaka (2nd, 16 entries)
R1 – df. Marcel EWALD (GER), 5-2
R2 – df. Tsogtbaatar DAMDINBAZAR (MGL), 2-2
SF – df. Rei HIGUCHI (JPN), 4-2
F1 – lost to Bekhbayar ERDENEBAT (MGL), 1-2
57kg – HIGUCHI, Rei (3rd, 16 entries)
R1 – df. Altansyd MUNKH-ERDENE (MGL) by TF, 10-0
R2 – df. Baljinnym DAMJIN (MGL) by TF, 10-0
SF – lost to Fumitaka MORISHITA (JPN), 2-4
F3 – df. Tsogtbaatar DAMDINBAZAR (MGL), 8-5
65kg – ISHIDA, Tomotsugu (5th, 18 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Choigajid GANBOLD (MGL), 3-0
R3 – df. Bagdaulet UALI (KAZ), 4-1
SF – lost to Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL), 1-2
F3 – lost to Batmagnai BATCHULUUN (MGL) by TF, 0-10
65kg – MAEDA, Shogo (3rd, 18 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Banzragh BAYANMUNKH (MGL), 6-3
R3 – df. Naranbold BATSUUR (MGL), 8-1
SF – lost to Nyamdorkh BATTULGA (MGL), 1-6
F3 – df. Nurligdaya PUREVDAYAA (MGL) by TF, 11-0
86kg – MATSUMOTO, Atsushi (1st, 11 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Byamgadorj BAT-ERDENE (MGL) by TF, 10-0
SF – df. Usukhbaatar PUREVEE (MGL), 5-0
F1 – df. Orgodol UITUMEN (MGL), 3-2
86kg – AKAGUMA, Naoya (3rd, 11 entries)
R1 – df. KANG Dae-Kyu (KOR), 3-1
R2 – lost to Orgodol UITUMEN (MGL) by TF, 0-10
c1 – df. (CHN), 10-2
F3 – df. Luvsanderj TORTOGTOKH (MGL), 10-9
97kg – YAMAGUCHI, Takeshi (3rd, 9 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – Namkhai BATDORJ (MGL), 10-2
SF – lost to Khuderbulga DORJKHAND (MGL), 0-5
F3 – df. (KOR) by TF, 10-0
125kg – ARAKIDA, Nobuyoshi (2nd, 9 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. PARK Ji-Woon (KOR) by fall
SF – df. (MGL), 10-5
F1 – lost to Baldan TSHISHIPOV (RUS), 1-1
Women's Wrestling
48kg – SAKURAI, Hiromi (11th, 18 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Tsogtbaatar BYAMBAZAYA (MGL), 1-3
53kg – SUZUKI, Ayano (10th, 15 entries)
R1 – lost to Lorisa Oorg Ari (RUS), 1-2
63kg – TSUDA, Kaya (11th, 11 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Battsetseg SORONZONBOLD (MGL), 0-3
69kg – INOUE, Yoshiko (12th, 16 entries)
R1 – lost to Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA), 1-3
75kg – IIJIMA, Chiaki (7th, 7 entries)
R1 – lost to Naranchimeg GELEGJAMTS (MGL), 0-6
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