3X World champion Adeline Gray to battle Justina Distasio at 75 کیلوگرم; World champion Helen Maroulis to face Samantha Stewart at 53 کیلوگرم

نیویورک, آوریل 18, 2016 – World champion women wrestlers Adeline Gray and Helen Maroulis of the United States will compete against talented Canadian opponents as part of the 2016 Beat the Streets international competition, which returns to New York City’s Times Square on پنج شنبه, مه 19.

Gray is a three-time World champion who earned a spot on the 2016 آمریکایی. Olympic Team with her victory at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on April 10. Gray will face 2015 Canadian World Team member Justina Distasio in a match at 75 kg/165 lbs.

Gray won World gold medals in 2012, 2014 و 2015, and is also a two-time World bronze medalist in 2011 و 2013. Gray is currently on a 37-match winning streak. She was a 2015 Pan American Games champion, is a two-time World Cup champion, and has also won World titles on the University and Junior levels. She is a native of Denver, کلرادو, and competes for the New York Athletic Club.

Di Stasio competed on the 2015 Canadian Senior World Team. She won gold medals in the 2015 و 2016 Pan American Championships, and was a silver medalist at the 2015 پان بازی آمریکا. Di Stasio was second at the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials. She was fifth in the 2012 مسابقات جهانی نوجوانان. Di Stasio was a three-time WCWA Women’s College national champion for Simon Fraser University.

This is a rematch of the 2015 Pan American Games gold medal finals, won by Gray with a come-from-behind last-second score for a 9-6 پیروزی.

It will be Gray’s first time competing in Times Square at a Beat the Streets competition, and Di Stasio will be making her Times Square debut as well.

Maroulis was a 2015 World champion at 55 کیلوگرم, and has won a 2012 World silver medal and a 2013 World bronze medal. Maroulis recently won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at 53 کیلوگرم, and will be competing at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Ulaanbataar, مغولستان, آوریل 22–24, where she will attempt to qualify the United States for the Rio Olympic Games at her weight class.

Maroulis is a six-time U.S. Open champion. She has won two World Cup gold medals and 2011 Pan American Games champion. She won three career Junior World titles. Maroulis won four WCWA women’s college national titles for Simon Fraser University. She is a native of Rockville, MD. and competes for the Sunkist Kids.

Stewart was a bronze medalist at the 2012 World University Championships, and was a 2016 Pan American Championships gold medalist. She placed fourth in the 2009 Senior World Championships. Stewart has won medals at international competitions in Germany, کانادا, فرانسه, Brazil and Romania. She won the Canadian Team Trials in December 2015.

Maroulis has competed in a Beat the Streets event three previous times, scoring victories in all of her bouts. She first competed in the “Rumble on the Rails” in Grand Central Terminal in 2013, pinning Irina Kisel of Russia in the second period. به 2014, she scored a pin over Marcia Andrades of Venezuela in 5:53 in Times Square at the “Team USA vs. the World” event. به 2015, she scored a 10-0 technical fall over Yamilka del Valle of Cuba in the “Salsa in the Square” in Times Square. This will be Stewart’s first appearance in a Beat the Streets event.

Competitors for Team USA will also compete in men’s freestyle against world power Iran. There will be two Olympic-level matches and four Junior-level matches as part of the men’s freestyle competition. بعلاوه, there will also be Greco-Roman competition on the card. These matchups will be announced at a later date.

Billed as “United in the Square,” this will be the second time that Iran has been featured as part of the Beat the Streets Gala competition. به 2013, این رویداد با عنوان "The Rumble on the Rails.",”در ترمینال Grand Central تاریخی برگزار شد و دیدارهای دوتایی بین تیم ایالات متحده آمریکا داشت, روسیه و ایران.

The world-class competition has been hosted in Times Square four previous times. به 2011, ایالات متحده قهرمان جهان روسیه را شکست داد, 5-2, اولین رویداد ورزشی که در میدان تاریخی تایمز برگزار شده است. به 2012, یکی دیگر از ایالات متحده. در مقابل. دیدار دوجانبه روسیه در میدان تایمز برگزار شد, همراه با ایالات متحده. کشتی فرنگی تیم المپیک برای 60 کیلوگرم / 132 پوند. موقعیت در ایالات متحده. تیم المپیک در سبک آزاد مردان. به 2014, تیم ایالات متحده آمریکا در میدان تایمز یک تیم تمام ستاره جهانی را شکست داد, 8-3. به 2015, "سالسا در میدان" یک دیدار بین تیم ایالات متحده آمریکا و تیم کوبا در سه سبک المپیک برگزار کرد, اندکی پس از تغییر تاریخی در روابط سیاسی ایالات متحده آمریکا و کوبا برگزار شد.

This will be the seventh straight year in which a major international-style wrestling competition will be hosted as part of the Beat the Streets Gala activities. به 2010, یک چالش تمام ستاره با برترین ایالات متحده. کشتی گیران در USS Intrepid برگزار شد, یک ناو هواپیمابر در ضلع غربی منهتن پهلو گرفت.

کشتی گیران جوانان Top Beat the Streets در مسابقات نمایشگاهی که از ابتدا برگزار می شود ، تشک خود را به نمایش می گذارند 3:30 p.m. to start the evening. A new feature to be held is the PSAL Girls Freestyle Dual Meet Championships finals, featuring the two top New York City girl’s freestyle wrestling high school teams from the spring girl’s freestyle season. پس از آن Team USA vs.. Iran and other guests at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Beat the Streets Gala Celebration.

The Beat the Streets competition requires a ticket for reserved seating in Times Square, but is an outdoor event. Pedestrians and non-ticket holders are encouraged to watch. Admission tickets may be bought in advance atwww.btsny.org یا 212.245.6570. A ticket is required for the Gala Celebration at the PlayStation Theater. جزئیات بیشتر در اینجا موجود استhttp://www.btsny.org/gala.

The Gala Celebration will follow the wrestling competition. این رویداد سالانه بی نظیر و برقی به Beat the Streets کمک می کند (BTS) بودجه قابل توجهی را برای پیشبرد ماموریت خود جمع آوری کند. این که آیا یک گاوصندوق است, راهکاری سازنده برای جوانان شهری ما, مبارزه با چاقی کودکان, توانمند سازی زنان, یا متحد کردن کل ملتها, کشتی پافشاری را می آموزد, فداکاری, and the value of working hard to achieve one’s goals, creates opportunities for personal and universal growth. BTS در حال حاضر بیش از حد خدمت می کند 3,000 دانش آموزان ورزشکار هر ساله.

"United In The Square,” Beat the Streets Matchups

در شهر نیویورک, مه 19, 2016

Women’s 53 kg/116.5 lbs. – Helen Maroulis (آمریکا) در مقابل. Samantha Stewart (کانادا)

Women’s 75 kg/165 lbs.– Adeline Gray (آمریکا) در مقابل. Justina Di Stasio (کانادا)

نکته: ایالات متحده آمریکا، انتظار: کاهش. Iran freestyle matches and featured Greco-Roman bout to be announced later.
Wrestling Schedule

3:30 p.m. – Beat the Streets Youth Exhibition Matches between 42nd and 43rd Streets

4:45 p.m. – New York City Girl’s Freestyle Dual Meet Championships Finals between 42nd and 43rd Streets

6:30 p.m. - کشتی کلاس جهانی: تیم آمریکا در مقابل. Team Iran between 42nd and 43rd Streets

Followed by Gala Celebration