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March 18, 2006
Brestyan and Takata Win Gold at New York Open
(New York City, N.Y.) – Radu Brestyan (Medway, Mass./Pedro’s Judo Center/73 kg) and Taylor Takata (Harlingen, Texas/Harlingen USA Judo National Training Site/66 kg) won their first and second New York Open titles, respectively, Saturday at the New York Athletic Club.
The New York Open is an annual elite men’s tournament that is classified as a USA Judo Senior C Level points event, that draws most of the top Americans as well as an international field that includes Olympic and World Championship medallists.
Brestyan, a former Brown University wrestler, went undefeated throughout the day to advance to a final match against Samir Boucheraoua (FRA). The French player led throughout the match, but was disqualified for head diving.
“I went to throw him with uchimata (inner thigh throw) and he went headfirst so they threw him out of the match,” Brestyan said.
Takata, who won the New York Open at 60 kg in 2003, threw Marek Krecielewski (POL) for waza-ari (half point) to win both gold and the $1,000 award that was distributed to the champions of each of the seven weight divisions.
“I'm happy to have won and there’s still a lot of stuff to work on, but this shows that everything I've done in practice has been working,” Takata said.
Takata advanced to the final following a close win over Jean Pierre Choy (PER/North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site) who had defeated Taraje Williams-Murray (Bronx, N.Y./NYAC/Spartak), a 2004 Olympian at 60 kg, earlier in the day.
“The final was hard, but my semi match was probably the toughest I had today,” Takata said.
Three Americans also claimed bronze medals during Saturday’s event.
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Nick Delpopolo (USA-white) throws Yoel Razvozov (ISR) to win a
73kg bronze at the NY Open.
Photo Credit: Lou Digesare/www.realjudo.net. |
Nick Delpopolo (Glenville, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Center/73 kg) recently drew attention in the judo community following wins over both Brestyan and Brazilian Daniel Santos at last month’s Pedro’s Judo Classic.
This time the 17-year-old had won of the biggest wins of the day, defeating Yoel Razvozov (ISR), a six-time World Cup medalist, by Nippon (instant win) for the bronze.
Aaron Cohen (Buffalo Grove, Ill./NYAC/Cohen’s Judo/81 kg) fought well all day, dropping only one match to Illyan Chymchyuri (UKR) en route to winning the bronze by ippon over Alexandre Emond (CAN).
Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site/+100 kg) won his first medal at the New York Open, defeating Perdivara Valeriu (ROM) to win bronze.
Medal matches will be available for on-demand viewing at www.livesportsvideo.com beginning March 21.
Complete results are as follows:
Men’s 60 kg
1. Ronnie Talledo (PER/North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Juan Roman (PUR)
3. Vitaliy Vanyan (UKR)
3. Sergio Pessoa (CAN)
5. Jean-Pierre Durand (North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Jeremy Liggett (Glenville, N.Y./NYAC/Jason Morris Judo Center)
Men’s 66 kg
1. Taylor Takata (Harlingen, Texas/Harlingen USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Marek Krecielewski (POL)
3. Sasha Mehmedovic (CAN)
3. Jean-Pierre Choy (PER/North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Felipe Novoa (CHI/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Michal Popiel (CAN)
Men’s 73 kg
1. Radu Brestyan (Medway, Mass./Pedro’s Judo Center)
2. Samir Boucheraoua (FRA)
3. Nick Delpopolo (Glenville, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Center)
3. Tomas Krecielewski (POL)
5. Yoel Razvozov (ISR)
5. Toni Lettner (GER)
Men’s 81 kg
1. Klemem Ferjan (SLO)
2. Illyan Chymchyuri (UKR)
3. Aaron Cohen (Buffalo Grove, Ill./NYAC/Cohen’s Judo Club)
3. Takehiro Mizuochi (JPN)
5. Alexandre Emond (CAN)
5. Avisar Sheinman (ISR)
Men’s 90 kg
1. Valentin Grekov (UKR)
2. Sylvain Potard (FRA)
3. Sylwester Gawel (POL)
3. Helge Molt (GER)
5. Robert Edward (CAN)
5. Radoslan Karwowdki (POL)]
Men’s 100 kg
1. Primoz Ferjan (SLO)
2. Carlos Santiago (PUR)
3. Keith Morgan (CAN)
3. Sebastien Godin (CAN)
5. Nobunari Arakaki (JPN)
5. Carl Trotter (CAN)
Men’s +100 kg
1. Vitaly Polyanskyy (UKR)
2. Naoki Hashimoto (JPN)
3. Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
3. Matias Ceraj (SLO)
5. Perdivara Valeriu (ROM)
5. Joel Brutus (USA) |
