Golston wins women’s freestyle bronze at Muhamet Malo Ranking Event in Albania

TIRANA, Albania – Erin Golston (50 kg) won a bronze medal in women’s freestyle at the Muhamet Malo Ranking Event on Thursday evening.

The women’s freestyle competition began on Thursday with two weight classes, and Golston was the only U.S. wrestler on the mats today.

Golston defeated Meidoulaji Meidoulaji of China, 4-2 in her bronze-medal match. Golston led 2-0 at the break, with a step out point and a shot clock point. In the second period, Meidoulaji got a takedown to tie it at 2-2. Golston took a shot and scored a clutch spin behind takedown for the winning move late in the bout.

Golston started her day with a 4-1 decision over Svetlana Ankicheva of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals. She lost to Oksana Livach of Ukraine, 5-0 in the semifinals.

The women’s freestyle competition continues on Friday with four weight classes (59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg and 68 kg). The USA will be represented by Abigail Nette (59 kg), Adaugo Nwachukwu (62 kg) and Jennifer Page (65 kg). Greco-Roman starts with two weight classes on Friday, but the USA has no entries in the Greco-Roman division.

There will be a separate article on the men’s freestyle performance posted shortly.

The event is being broadcast live on FloWrestling.

Brackets are posted on UWW Arena

MUHAMET MALO RANKING SERIES EVENT

At Tirana, Albania, February 26-March 2

Women’s freestyle results

50 kg

Gold - Umi Ito (Japan)

Silver - Oksana Livach (Ukraine)

Bronze – Erin Golston (USA)

Bronze - Nadezhda Sokolova (UWW)

5^th - Meidoulaji Meidoulaji (China)

5^th - Katie Ann Dutchak (Canada)

7^th - Svetlana Ankicheva (Kazakhstan)

8^th - Madison Parks (Canada)

9^th - Zehra Demirhan (Turkey)

10^th - Liying Yu (China)

Gold - Umi Ito (Japan) tech fall Oksana Livach (Ukraine), 10-0

Bronze – Erin Golston (USA) dec. Meidoulaji Meidoulaji (China), 4-2

Bronze – Nadezhda Sokolova (UWW) tech fall Katie Ann Dutchak (Canada), 10-0

55 kg

Gold - Haruna Okuno (Japan)

Silver - Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW)

Bronze –Oleksandra Khmenets (Ukraine)

Bronze – Ekaterina Verbina (UWW)

5^th - Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada), 3-1

5^th - Mariana Dragutan (Moldova), 10-0

Gold - Haruna Okuno (Japan) dec. Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW), 5-0

Bronze –Oleksandra Khmenets (Ukraine) dec. Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada), 3-1

Bronze – Ekaterina Verbina (UWW) tech fall Mariana Dragutan (Moldova), 10-0

U.S. Women’s Freestyle results

50 kg: Erin Golston, Denton, Texas (NYAC), bronze-medal

WIN Svetlana Ankicheva (Kazakhstan), 4-1

LOSS Oksana Livach (Ukraine), 5-0

WIN Meidoulaji Meidoulaji (China), 4-2

Remaining Schedule

Friday, February 28

11:30 a.m. – Preliminaries (WFS 59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 68 kg, GR 77 kg, 87 kg)

2:30 p.m. – Semifinals (WFS 59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 68 kg, GR 77 kg, 87 kg)

3:30 p.m. – Repechage (WFS 59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 68 kg, GR 77 kg, 87 kg)

6:00 p.m. – Finals (WFS 59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 68 kg, GR 77 kg, 87 kg)

Saturday, March 1

11:00 a.m. – Preliminaries (WFS 53 kg, 57 kg, 72 kg, 76 kg, GR 63 kg, 67 kg)

2:30 p.m. – Semifinals (WFS 53 kg, 57 kg, 72 kg, 76 kg, GR 63 kg, 67 kg)

3:30 p.m. – Repechage (WFS 53 kg, 57 kg, 72 kg, 76 kg, GR 63 kg, 67 kg)

6:00 p.m. – Finals (WFS 53 kg, 57 kg, 72 kg, 76 kg, GR 63 kg, 67 kg)

Sunday, March 2

11:00 a.m. – Preliminaries (GR 55 kg, 60 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg)

2:30 p.m. – Semifinals (GR 55 kg, 60 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg)

3:30 p.m. – Repechage (GR 55 kg, 60 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg)

6:00 p.m. – Finals (GR 55 kg, 60 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg)