Japanese Women's Wrestling team at Olympics, Jr & Cadet Worlds

[mrh1645]

Pretty amazing performance by the Japanese women in the Olympics and Junior and Cadet World Championships. The Japanese team won 18 Golds and 2 Silvers in the 24 weight classes of those three tournaments. They did not enter a wrestler at 38 kg in cadets, so only 3 wrestlers did not reach the finals.

Olympics (6 weights): 4 Gold, 1 Silver

Junior Worlds (8 weights): 6 Gold
Notable performances included:
Nakamura (44 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0 in her 4 matches
Mukaida (55 kg) went TF 11-0, TF 10-0, TF 12-2, TF 13-0, TF 11-0 in her 5 matches
Furuichi (72 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 14-2, 9-0, TF 10-0 in her 4 matches
Igarashi (48 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 12-2, 9-2, TF 12-0 in her 4 matches

Cadet Worlds (10 weights): 8 Gold, 1 Silver
Notable performances included:
Sakurai (40 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0 in her 4 matches
Ueno (43 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0, TF 10-0 in her 4 matches
Susaki (49 kg) went TF 10-0, TF 10-0, Fall, Fall, TF 10-0 her 5 matches
Kodama (60 kg) went Fall, TF 10-0, TF 10-0, 8-0, TF 10-0 her 4 matches

 

[WildTurk]

Helen Maroulis! USA!