After a reset, Vitek was victimized by a go-behind, which put Schultz ahead 4-0. In the second, Schultz and Vitek were mired in an over/under position when Schultz blasted forward to garner a step-out point. It was not the same lopsided result from ’19 Vitek has grown in both size and experience since their initial meeting. The opposition was Darius Vitek of Hungary, who was felled by Schultz once before in the Junior Worlds. Shariati did advance to the final, which delivered Schultz an opportunity to potentially make the bronze round. Following a review on the part of the officials, the string of points for Azerbaijan was upheld as the pin had arrived too late, sending Schultz off into the repechage waiting game. On the last rotation in the sequence, Schultz scrambled into a cement mixer and immediately put Shariati flat on his back. Shariati achieved a suitable lock along with a touch of equally-adequate elevation to turn the Arizona Stater four times.
The ding arrived on Schultz midway through the first. And Schultz had his moments in this one, including on the feet where, aside from briefly becoming off-balanced, he firmly challenged Shariati in the ties and seemed to be taking ground. (Photo: United World Wrestling) Schultz Places 5thĪ nice assignment was presented to Cohlton Schultz (130 kg, Sunkist, 5PM #1) in the quarterfinal: ’16 Olympic bronze Sabah Shariati (AZE). Nowry (far right) on the podium after finishing with bronze at the 2022 Matteo Pellicone Memorial in Rome, ITA. It wasn’t enough for the officials when it came to distributing the passives, however, leaving Nowry with a fuzzy baseline heading into the first World Team training camp that starts on July 7. Nowry had appeared to advance position on the feet numerous times and, though unable to generate meaningful attacks, was operating with a brisk tempo. In what was a confusing bout devoid of offensive output, Tita was awarded two passivity points, one in each period, and eventually prevailed 2-0. Them’s the breaks in a three-man round-robin. Panahasani was gifted par terre again in the second period, but Nowry defended to earn the narrow decision victory.įacing Romanian Florin Tita, Nowry was in the odd situation of fighting for either gold or bronze, since Panahasani had earlier defeated Tita.
Two tilts later, the score was 5-3 in his favor. From bottom PT, Nowry reversed following a successful Panahasani turn and soon collected the Iranian’s right arm in a trap-arm gutwrench. All of his scoring was logged in the opening period when Panahasani received a passivity/par terre opportunity. Nowry faced Mohammad Hosseinvand Panahasani (IRI) in his first bout on Wednesday. Nowry’s placement brought with it a worthwhile factoid: dating back to its inception in ’18, the star lightweight has earned a medal at every United World Wrestling “Ranking Series” event in which he has participated with the exception of the World Championships. In terms of results, Max Nowry (55 kg, Army/WCAP, 5PM #1) led the charge for Team USA by going 1-1 en-route to the bronze medal. The 2022 Matteo Pellicone Memorial took place Wednesday and Thursday in Rome, ITA and aired live in the US on FLOWrestling. It was achieved, and now it is time for them to move forward beholden to a clearer understanding of how they might make necessary adjustments over the course of the next three months. That was the main objective for the Americans in Rome. Translation: seven members of the United States World Team now own a relevant, tangible dataset with which to work throughout the summer training block. But in the case of Pellicone ’22, it had been so long since most of the roster had competed overseas that simply regaining a sense of familiarity with the routine and circumstances involved with traveling offered a step in the right direction. They desire to win at all costs at every tournament, regardless of how big or small. The athletes themselves tend to feel differently. Unless at a World or Continental championships, the US program does not attach much significance to international events, particularly when said events are positioned on the calendar more for training purposes than competitive aspirations.