Team USA Leaves Sofia, Bulgaria with eight medals
科羅拉多斯普林斯, 膝部 (二月. 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, 保加利亞.
2018 Elite Women’s World Championships bronze medalist 娜奧米·格雷厄姆 (科羅拉多斯普林斯, 科羅拉多州。) 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.
超級重量級 理查德Torrez JR. (萊裡, 加利福尼亞州。) 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 (澤西市, 新澤西州) picked up a silver medal following a walkover win by Russia’s Imam Khataev.
特洛伊艾斯利 (亞歷山大, 弗吉尼亞州。), Delante約翰遜 (克利夫蘭, 俄亥俄) Oshae瓊斯 (托萊多, 俄亥俄), Morelle McCane (克利夫蘭, 俄亥俄) 和 Yarisel拉米雷斯 (拉斯維加斯, 內華達州。) earned bronze for Team USA in yesterday’s semifinal bouts.
Team USA began the tournament with 25 boxers with Head Coach Billy Walsh (科羅拉多斯普林斯, 科羅拉多州。) leading the American delegation throughout the tournament, along with USA Boxing National Assistant Coach Kay Koroma (科羅拉多斯普林斯, 科羅拉多州。). Rasheen Ali (克利夫蘭, 俄亥俄), Tim Back (辛辛那提, 俄亥俄), Kevin Benford (辛辛那提, 俄亥俄), Joe Guzman (噴泉, 加利福尼亞州。) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, 得克薩斯州) 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 clicking here.
Finals Results
75 公斤: 娜奧米·格雷厄姆, 科羅拉多斯普林斯, Colo./USA, 十二月. over Love Holgersson/SWE, 3-2
81 公斤: Imam Khataev/RUS won by walkover over Khalil Coe, 澤西市, N.J./USA, WO
91+ 公斤: 理查德Torrez小, 萊裡, Calif./USA, 十二月. over Petar Belberov/BUL, 5-0
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