Play by play of Gold medal finals - World Championships of freestyle at 120 kg (men) and 48 kg and 5

Travis Shives USA Wrestling
09/28/2005

120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Gold medal finals
Aydin Polatci (Turkey) def. Alexis Rodriguez (Cuba), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
1st Period
0:07 – Rodrigues 1 point high crotch (Rodrigues 1-0)

2nd Period
0:42 – Polatci 1 point high crotch (Polatci 1-0)
1:50 – Polatci 1 point high crotch (Polatci 2-0)

2nd Period
1:34 – Polatci 1 point high crotch (Polatci 1-0)


48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold medal finals
Ren Xueceng (China) by fall over Irini Merlini (Ukraine), 0:29
1st Period
0:32 – Merlini 1 point single leg (Merlini 1-0)
1:24 – Merlini 1 point go-behind (Merlini 2-0)
1:33 – Xueceng 1 point step over on crotch lift attempt (Merlini 2-1)

2nd Period
0:27 – Merlini 1 point arm spin (Merlini 1-0)
0:29 – Xueceng 2 point step over (Xueceng 2-1)
0:29 – Xueceng fall


51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold medal finals
Hitomi Sakamoto (Japan) by fall over Vanessa Boubryemm (France), 1:33
1st Period
0:16 – Sakamoto 1 point double leg (Sakamoto 1-0)
1:24 – Sakamoto 3 point counter double leg (Sakamoto 4-0)
1:33 – Sakamoto fall