{"id":2079,"date":"2006-03-17T07:14:07","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w2079\/"},"modified":"2006-03-17T07:14:07","modified_gmt":"2006-03-17T12:14:07","slug":"vering-lester-win-bronze-at-the-poland-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w2079\/vering-lester-win-bronze-at-the-poland-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Vering, Lester Win Bronze at the Poland Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vering, Lester win bronze medals at Poland  Open<br \/>\n<\/strong>Craig Sesker USA  Wrestling<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" align=\"left\"src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themat.com\/images\/BradVering.JPG?w=1290&#038;ssl=1\"\/> CHELM, Poland&#8221;Greco-Roman wrestlers Brad Vering (Colorado  Springs, Colo.\/New York AC) and Harry Lester (Akron, Ohio\/USOEC\/Gator WC) both  earned bronze medals Saturday at the Poland Open.<\/p>\n<p>Vering won his first  three matches, fell to Japan&#8217;s Shingo Matsumoto in the semifinals at 84 kg\/185  lbs. before bouncing back to beat Hungary&#8217;s Zoltan Todor to earn a bronze medal.  Matsumoto was eighth in the World in 2005 and seventh in the 2004  Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Vering downed 2003 World bronze medalist Attila Batky of  Slovakia in the first round before following with wins over Opakov of Russia and  Malinowski Przemyslaw of Poland to reach the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Vering is a 2004  Olympian who also has made the last three U.S. World teams. He is ranked No. 1  in the nation at 185.<\/p>\n<p>Lester fell to Olexandr Khvoshch of the Ukraine in  the first round at 145.5 pounds before winning his next two matches over Bieloba  Sergiej of the Ukraine and Sindikov of Russia to earn a bronze. Khvoshch placed  fourth in the World in 2002 and was a 2004 Olympian.<\/p>\n<p>Lester made his  first U.S. World team last year and is ranked No. 1 in the nation at  145.5.<\/p>\n<p>Americans Lindsey Durlacher (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/New York AC)  and Russ Davie (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/New York AC) each placed fifth on Sunday  in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Davie fell to Sweden&#8217;s Jalmar Sjoeberg in the match for the  bronze. Sjoeberg was a Junior World Champion in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>American Adam  Wheeler won his first match before falling in his second match to Balasz Kiss of  Hungary. Kiss was second in the 2004 World University Championships. Wheeler  beat Justin Ruiz in the Dave Schultz Memorial. Ruiz won a bronze medal in the  2005 World meet.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz fell to Mirko Englich of Germany in the first round  and was eliminated since Englich did not advance to the finals. Englich was  fifth in the World in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POLAND OPEN<br \/>\nat Chelm, Poland, March  11-12<\/p>\n<p>55 kg\/121 lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Vyugar Ragymov (Ukraine)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221; Hamid Szawiew (Russia)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Alexander Shoaleski (Belarus)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221; Masatoshi Toyota (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>60 kg\/132 lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Ugur Tufenk  (Turkey)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221;Eduard Bersghiam (Poland)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Makoto Susamoto  (Japan)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Stig Berge (Norway)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Sindikov (Russia)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Kwit  Julian (Poland)<br \/>\n7th&#8221;Masaki Imuro (Japan)<br \/>\n8th&#8221;Aleksandr Vishnkjakows  (Latvia)<br \/>\n9th&#8221;Niedzwiecki Przemyslaw (Poland)<br \/>\n10th&#8221;Ion Panait  (Romania)<\/p>\n<p><strong>66 kg\/145.5 lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Olexandr Khvoshch  (Ukraine)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221;Erkan Ulwan (Turkey)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Harry Lester  (USA)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Charzewski Sylwester (Poland)<\/p>\n<p><strong>74 kg\/163  lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Anatoli Polkin (Russia)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221;Seref Tufenk  (Turkey)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Vlodymir Shatskykh (Ukraine)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Andrej Baranowski  (Bulgaria)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Valdermaras Venkawicz (Lithuania)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Joachim Aarfaien  (Norway)<br \/>\n7th&#8221;Michal Jaworski (Poland)<br \/>\n8th&#8221;Evgeny Popov (Russia)<br \/>\n9th &#8220;Tommy Lundell (Sweden)<br \/>\n10th&#8221;Dawid Papina (Poland)<\/p>\n<p><strong>84 kg\/185  lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Shingo Matsumoto (Japan)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221;Laimuitis Adomaitis  (Lithuania)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Brad Vering (USA)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Denis Mikolajew  (Israel)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Malinowski Przemyslaw (Poland)<br \/>\n5th&#8221;Kugakov  (Russia)<br \/>\n7th&#8221;Zoltan Todor (Hungary)<br \/>\n8th&#8221;Jaworski Andrzey  (Poland)<br \/>\n9th&#8221;Geppa Dmytro (Ukraine)<br \/>\n10th&#8221;Cenk Ilden  (Turkey)<\/p>\n<p><strong>96 kg\/211 lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Khushtov (Russia)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221; Eritz (Norway)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Mustafa Cetinurek (Turkey)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Balasz Kiss  (Hungary)<\/p>\n<p><strong>120 kg\/264.5 lbs.<\/strong><br \/>\nGold&#8221;Ismail Guzel  (Turkey)<br \/>\nSilver&#8221;Nico Schmidt (Germany)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Jalmar Sjover  (Sweden)<br \/>\nBronze&#8221;Alexander (Ukraine)<\/p>\n<p><u>U.S.  performances<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>55 kg\/121 lbs., Lindsay Durlacher (Colorado Springs,  Colo.\/New York AC), 5th<\/strong><br \/>\nWIN Gavrila Florin (Romania), 4-1, 4-1<br \/>\nWIN  Khalilov (Russia), 3-1, 6-2<br \/>\nLOSS Vyugar Ragymov (Ukraine), 0-3, 1-1<br \/>\nLOSS  Alexander Shoalesni (Belarus), 1-3, 1-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>60 kg\/132 lbs., Willie Madison  (Metairie, La.\/USOEC\/Gator WC), DNP<\/strong><br \/>\nLOSS Makoto Susamoto (Japan), 0-8,  0-8<\/p>\n<p><strong>66 kg\/145.5 lbs., Harry Lester (Akron, Ohio, Gator WC),  3rd<\/strong><br \/>\nLOSS Khvoshch Oleksandr (Ukraine), 0-7, 1-3<br \/>\nWIN Sergiej Bieloba  Sergiej (Ukraine), 6-0, 4-3<br \/>\nWIN Sindikov (Russia), 2-2, 5-3<\/p>\n<p><strong>66  kg\/145.5 lbs., Phil Padilla, DNP<\/strong><br \/>\nLOSS Niedzwiecki Przemyslaw (Poland),  5-0, 5-3<\/p>\n<p><strong>74 kg\/163 lbs., T.C. 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Vering won his first three matches, fell to Japan&#8217;s Shingo Matsumoto in the semifinals at 84 kg\/185 lbs. 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