Forrest Molinari captured a Bronze medal at the prestigious Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. After dropping a first round match to a wrestler from Japan, Molinari then defeated her opponent from Russia 9-3 in Repechage. In the 68kg Bronze medal match, Molinari was down 8-1 to Talasin of China when she rolled through an inside cradle to get the pin with less than a minute to go in the match.
Sam Brooks (86kg) was behind Zakuev of Russia 8-0 in the first round. Brooks came storming back to win 22-12. Brooks dropped his next matches against Zakuev of Mongolia 10-4 and was eliminated from the tournament.
Hawkeye Wrestling Club head coach Mark Perry was on the trip to corner the HWC wrestlers.
68kg – Forrest Molinari (HWC)
Loss to Rin Miyaji (Japan)
Win over Tatyana Kolesnikova-Morozova (Russia)
Win over Erbakheti Er Well Talasin (China), pin
86kg Sam Brooks (HWC)
Win over Azamat Zakuev (Russia) 22-12
Loss to Whitumen Orgodol (Mongolia) 10-4
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