Team USA Leaves Sofia, Bulgaria with eight medals
COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن (فبراير. 19, 2019) — The 70th edition of the Strandja Tournament came to a close today with Team USA winning two gold and one silver to add to the five bronze medals they won in yesterday’s semifinals in Sofia, بلغاريا.
2018 Elite Women’s World Championships bronze medalist نعومي جراهام (كولورادو سبرينغز, كولو.) added another medal to her impressive international resume after defeating Sweden’s Love Holgersson by split decision. This marks the middleweights fourth international medal since the beginning of 2018.
Super heavyweight ريتشارد توريز جونيور. (تولير, كاليفورنيا.) closed out the tournament in spectacular fashion to take another international gold medal. Torrez took all five judges’ cards over the host countries Petar Belberov to earn his second elite international gold medal. At the conclusion of the tournament, Torrez was named on the Boxers of the Tournament.
2018 breakout star Khalil Coe (جيرسي سيتي, نيوجيرسي) picked up a silver medal following a walkover win by Russia’s Imam Khataev.
تروي يسلي (الإسكندرية, فا.), Delante جونسون (كليفلاند, أوهايو) أوشي جونز (توليدو, أوهايو), موريل ماكين (كليفلاند, أوهايو) و Yarisel Ramirez (لاس فيغاس, نيفادا.) earned bronze for Team USA in yesterday’s semifinal bouts.
Team USA began the tournament with 25 boxers with Head Coach Billy Walsh (كولورادو سبرينغز, كولو.) leading the American delegation throughout the tournament, along with USA Boxing National Assistant Coach Kay Koroma (كولورادو سبرينغز, كولو.). Rasheen Ali (كليفلاند, أوهايو), Tim Back (سينسيناتي, أوهايو), Kevin Benford (سينسيناتي, أوهايو), Joe Guzman (نافورة, كاليفورنيا.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, تكساس) served on the coaching staff during the tournament. This year’s tournament saw over 300 boxers from over 30 different countries step into the ring.
The delegation will return to the United States tomorrow.
You can look back at the United States performances throughout the tournament by النقر هنا.
Finals Results
75 كجم: نعومي جراهام, كولورادو سبرينغز, Colo./USA, dec. over Love Holgersson/SWE, 3-2
81 كجم: Imam Khataev/RUS won by walkover over Khalil Coe, جيرسي سيتي, N.J./USA, WO
91+ كجم: ريتشارد توريز جونيور, تولير, Calif./USA, dec. over Petar Belberov/BUL, 5-0
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