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CISM Final Standings Team USA wins 4 Medals, Best Nation Title Rest of the story go to Shooting. 2008 Armed Forces Softball Championship Results "2008 Women In CISM Week" USA Earns Three Medals in Greco-Roman Wrestling at 2008 Military World Wrestling Championships Story by Mr. Van Stokes, Fort Campbell, KY, USA CISM Wrestling Team Captain Greco-Roman wrestling was completed at the 26th Military World Wrestling Championships in Split, Croatia Friday.  The Islamic Republic of Iran won three gold medals and a silver, while USA wrestlers garnered one silver and two bronze medals.       Organized by the Conseil Internationale du Sport Militare, known as CISM, over 20 sports are conducted annually with the motto of "Friendship Through Sports."  The wrestling compeition featured the top military wrestlers from 24 countries. In 66 Kg., SPC Faruk Sahin, of the Army's World World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, Colorado, took the silver medal after losing the championship bout to Afshin Biabanger, of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 0-5, 0-5.  Both periods were scoreless after the first minute.  Sahin was in the down position first in each period, and Biabanger took full advantage of Sahin with a lift and throw in each period for the margin of victory. Sahin gained the championship bout by beating Mykola Savchenko, Ukraine, 1-1, 2-1 in the qualification round.  Later, Sahin needed all three periods to defeat Hyouk Eom, Korea, 3-4, 5-2, 3-0. At 55Kg., SPC Jermaine Hodge won the bronze medal by defeating Song Buer, China, 0-2, 4-2, 3-0.  Hodge lost his opening bout to Gyu-Jin Choi, Korea, 1-3, 0-3.  Choi, the gold medalist in the competition, pulled Hodge into the Repechage bout for the bronze against Buer, who lost to Choi in the semi-final bout.   Against Buer, the first minute of each period was scoreless.  Hodge lost the draw in each of the three periods but seemed undaunted in the down position.  Buer gained an exposure with a gut wrench and went on to win the first period.  In the second period, Hodge lost two points when he was unable to execute the start, but quickly gained them back by turning Buer for two, and then hitting a high gut wrench for the margin.  The final period belonged to Hodge who was placed down first, and then kept Choi from scoring.  Hodge picked up two more points when Buer was penalized for the start.  The other bronze medal was earned at 74 Kg. by SGT James Shillow, USMC, who beat Ju Bo of China, 7-0 in the first period.  Bo was knocked out of the bout by a separated shoulde after Shillow stuck two gut wrenches and a tilt in the first period.     SPC Aaron Sieracki, Army, lost his bronze medal match at 84 Kg. to Jan Fischer, Germany, 1-1, 0-4, 1-2.  Sieracki beat Antti Hakala, Finland, 1-1, 2-1, to gain the medal match At 96 Kg., SSG Deon Hicks of the Army was eliminated from medal contention in his first match, when he lost to Yasin Deliktas, Turkey, 2-2, 1-3. At 60 Kg. SGT Donovan Depatto, USMC, defeated Alijaksandr Ruchko, Belarus, 3-0, 0-3, 1-1, before losing his quarterfinal bout to Artem Kudyk of Ukraine, 0-4, 0-6.  Depatto was tossed in each period, and finished the competition out of medal contention. At 120 Kg., SGT David Arendt, USMC, lost his opening bout to Hay Devender of India, 6-0, 1-2, 2-3, who subsequently lost in the semi-finals to the eventual gold medalist, Oleksandr Chernetskyi of Ukraine.   SSG Shon Lewis, of the Army, and the Head Coach of the Armed Forces Team, had high praise for the quality of the competition.  "As I watched the guys warm up, I am looking at four or five European or World Medalists," said Lewis.  "This is an international first class tournament.  I can't stress enough how tough it is." When looking at the USA wrestlers, Lewis noted, "This is big for them because this is at such a high level.  They need these international matches."  Lewis said, "This is huge." Click on “Wrestling” Section for Freestyle Re-Cap Greco-Roman results 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold – Mohsen Hajipoor (Iran) Silver – Gyu-Jin Choi (Korea) Bronze - SPC Jermaine Hodge (USA) Bronze – Vugar Ragymov (Ukraine) 5th – Song Buer (China) 5th – Maksim Zaharski (Belarus) 60 kg/132 lbs. Gold – Mohammad Mohseni (Iran) Silver – Suresh Kumar (India) Bronze – Seung-Jae Wo (Korea) Bronze – Ismail Goze (Turkey) 5th – Svajunas Asomaitis (Lithuania) 7th - SGT Donovan Depatto (USA) 66 kg/145.5. lbs. Gold – Afshin Biabangard (Iran) Silver - SPC Faruk Sahin (USA) Bronze – Heinz Marnette (Germany) Bronze – Viasheslav Silivonchyk (Belarus) 5th – Bhauso Patil (India) 5th – Mykola Savchenko (Ukraine) 74 kg/163 lbs. Gold – Neven Zugaj (Croatia) Silver – Yauheni Silivonchyk (Belarus) Bronze – Dmytro Pyshkov (Ukraine) Bronze - SGT James Shillow (USA) 5th – Kim-Jussi Nurmela (Finland) 5th – Bo Ju (China) 84 kg/185 lbs. Gold – Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland) Silver – Andrei Baranovski (Belarus) Bronze – Nenad Zugaj (Croatia) Bronze – Jan Fischer (Germany) 5th – Bolat Abdulayev (Ukraine) 5th - SPC Aaron Sieracki (USA) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Gold – Andrzej Deberny (Poland) Silver – Sergiy Yeroshkin (Ukraine) Bronze – Reza Farzizadeh (Iran) Bronze – Mindaugas Ezerskis (Lithuania) 5th – Han Zengfeng (China) 5th – Yasin Deliktas (Turkey) 10th - SSG Deon Hicks (USA) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Gold – Oleksandr Chernetskyi (Ukraine) Silver – Bashir Babajanzadeh (Iran) Bronze – Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania) Bronze – Ioseb Chugoshvili (Belarus) 5th – Marek Mikulski (Poland) 5th – Hay Devender (India) 8th - SGT David Arendt (USA) U.S. performances 55 kg/121 lbs. - SPC Jermaine Hodge (U.S. Army), 3rd LOSS Gyu-Jin Choi (Korea), 1-3, 0-3. WIN Song Buer (China), 0-2, 4-2, 3-0 60 kg/132 lbs. - SGT Donovan Depatto (U.S. Marine Corps), 7th WIN Alijaksandr Ruchko (Belarus), 3-0, 0-3, 1-1 LOSS Artem Kudyk (Ukraine), 0-4, 0-6. 66 kg/145.5. lbs. - SPC Faruk Sahin (U.S. Army), 2nd WIN Mykola Savchenko (Ukraine), 1-1, 2-1 WIN Hyouk Eom (Korea), 3-4, 5-2, 3-0 WIN Viacheslav Silivonchyk (Belarus), 4-0, 3-3 LOSS Afshin Biabangard (Iran), 0-5, 0-5 74 kg/163 lbs. - SGT James Shillow (U.S. Marine Corps), 3rd WIN Kumare Suranga (Sri Lanka), 7-0, 4-0 LOSS Yauheni Silivonchyk (Belarus), 1-2, 1-2 WIN Bakhit Sharif Badr (Qatar), 6-0, 4-0 WIN Ju Bo (China), 7-0, inj. 84 kg/185 lbs. - SPC Aaron Sieracki (U.S. Army), 5th LOSS Andrei Baranovski (Belarus), 0-3, 0-2 WIN Antti Hakala (Finland), 1-1, 2-1 LOSS Jan Fischer, Germany, 1-1, 0-4, 1-2. 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - SSG Deon Hicks (U.S. Army), 10th LOSS Yasin Deliktas (Turkey), 2-2, 1-3. 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - SGT David Arendt (U.S. Marine Corps), 8th LOSS Hay Devender (India), 6-0, 1-2, 2-3 Greco-Roman Team Standings 1. Ukraine, 53 pts. 2. Iran, 50 pts. 3. Belarus, 45 pts. 4. United States, 39 pts. 5. Poland, 33 pts. 6. Korea, 25 pts. 7. India, 24 pts. 8. Lithuania, 23 pts. 9. Turkey, 23 pts. 10. China, 20 pts. of 20 nations 5th CISM WORLD MILITARY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Hylands Golf Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 17-23 August 2008 “USA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS ARE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW – AIR FORCE CAPT LINDA JEFFERY CAPTURES WOMEN’S TITLE U.S. Armed Forces CISM GOLF TEAM From the left back row. A1C John Little; 1Lt Ryan King; Team Captain Mike McCool; MSgt Mike Batten; CMSgt Mark Gardiner; Bill 'Goose' Muguia CISM Technical Committee; LTJG Rocco Novellino. Front Row from left CMDR Liz Breza; Capt. Linda Jeffery; SRA Jonathan Hanner.   Final Women’s Team Standings 1st Place - USA 2nd Place - South Africa 3rd Place - Canada Women’s Individual Medalists Gold - Capt Lenda Jeffrey, USA Air Force Silver - Karin Watts, South Africa Bronze - Chantal Belley, Canada Complete Women’s Scores (Link)   Final Men’s Team Standings 1st Place - USA 2nd Place - Canada 3rd Place – Bahrain and Germany (tie) Men’s Open Individual Medalists Gold – Kiran Kennedy, Ireland *Silver - 1Lt Ryan King, USA Air Force **Bronze - SRA Jonathan Hanner, USA Air Force *Awarded the silver medal based on the best score over the last 18 holes **Awarded bronze medal based on the second best score over the last 18 holes Complete Men’s Open Scores (Link)   Men’s Senior Individual Medalist *Gold – Al Jensen, Canada *Kennedy won both the Open and Senior competitions but was awarded the gold medal only in the Open Division.  In CISM competition precedence is given to the Open Division. Complete Men’s Senior Scores (Link)

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