The 2015 national champion of Mongolia P.Orkhon IMS has won a gold medal in the Ivan Yarygin’s Golden Grand Prix tournament for freestyle wrestling after beating a three-time Olympic champion and 10-time world champion Kaori Icho of Japan.
Kaori Icho suffered her first loss in 13 years in the final of the women’s 58kg category at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin on Friday in Russian Krasnoyarsk. She was defeated by our Orkhon with a 10-0 technical fall loss, which has become her first on the mat since a 2003 defeat by American Sara McMan, ending a run of 189 victories.
Our wrestler reached the finals after beating Russian rivals. In this category, other Mongolians S.Tserenchimed and B.Shoovdor stood on the third place podium.
"I’ve heard she couldn’t nail the tackles she was aiming for and got hurried,” Japan national team director Kazuhito Sakae said after the contest.
“I’m relieved it wasn’t the Olympics. There’s enough time to put things right and I believe she can win her fourth straight Olympic title.”
Icho was herself not too disappointed with the defeat and called it a “good experience”. “I couldn’t wrestle my way and this is the outcome. It was a good experience,” Icho said through the Japan Wrestling Federation. “I’d like to make this an opportunity to grow ahead of Rio," she said.
In the tournament, another wrestler B.Odonchimeg, a bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championship, claimed a gold medal in the women’s 75kg contest; a State Honored Sportswoman and triple World Championship medalist O.Burmaa won a bronze medal in this category.
Three other women wrestlers E.Narangerel (48kg), E.Sumiya (53kg) and Sh.Tumentsetseg (69kg) grabbed bronze medals, G.Mandakhnaran won a bronze medal in the men’s 65kg bout.
As the team results, the national team of Mongolia took the third place after the unified team of Russia and a team of Russian North Ossetia-Alania, in the Golden Grand Prix, which attracted some 300 wrestlers from ten countries.
The 2015 national champion of Mongolia P.Orkhon IMS has won a gold medal in the Ivan Yarygin’s Golden Grand Prix tournament for freestyle wrestling after beating a three-time Olympic champion and 10-time world champion Kaori Icho of Japan.
Kaori Icho suffered her first loss in 13 years in the final of the women’s 58kg category at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin on Friday in Russian Krasnoyarsk. She was defeated by our Orkhon with a 10-0 technical fall loss, which has become her first on the mat since a 2003 defeat by American Sara McMan, ending a run of 189 victories.
Our wrestler reached the finals after beating Russian rivals. In this category, other Mongolians S.Tserenchimed and B.Shoovdor stood on the third place podium.
"I’ve heard she couldn’t nail the tackles she was aiming for and got hurried,” Japan national team director Kazuhito Sakae said after the contest.
“I’m relieved it wasn’t the Olympics. There’s enough time to put things right and I believe she can win her fourth straight Olympic title.”
Icho was herself not too disappointed with the defeat and called it a “good experience”. “I couldn’t wrestle my way and this is the outcome. It was a good experience,” Icho said through the Japan Wrestling Federation. “I’d like to make this an opportunity to grow ahead of Rio," she said.
In the tournament, another wrestler B.Odonchimeg, a bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championship, claimed a gold medal in the women’s 75kg contest; a State Honored Sportswoman and triple World Championship medalist O.Burmaa won a bronze medal in this category.
Three other women wrestlers E.Narangerel (48kg), E.Sumiya (53kg) and Sh.Tumentsetseg (69kg) grabbed bronze medals, G.Mandakhnaran won a bronze medal in the men’s 65kg bout.
As the team results, the national team of Mongolia took the third place after the unified team of Russia and a team of Russian North Ossetia-Alania, in the Golden Grand Prix, which attracted some 300 wrestlers from ten countries.