Michael Eldred Wins Silver Medal at Chinggis Khan World Cup

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Two-time Senior World Team member Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute) won his fourth career World Cup medal in the 73kg division on Saturday at the Chinggis Khan World Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 

After a first-round bye, Eldred trailed Yerzman Abdullayev (KAZ) by an early yuko (quarter-point) score.  Late in the first minute, however, Eldred came back and pinned Abdullayev to win the match. 

In the quarter-finals, Eldred threw Odbayar Ganbaatar (MGL) for ippon (instant win) midway through the match, but the call was changed to a waza-ari (half point) score and the match continued.  Eldred was given two penalties in the final two minutes of the match and needed to keep attacking to avoid earning a third that would tie the score.  With 16 seconds on the clock, Eldred pinned Ganbaatar for the win. 

Competing in his second career World Cup final against his third Mongolian player of the day, Eldred was scoreless against Purevdorj Ganbold during their five-minute match and the fight went into Golden Score.  When neither player scored in the overtime period, Ganbold won the match by referees’ decision in front of his hometown crowd.

Two-time World Cup medalist Nick Delpopolo (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE) also competed in the event and placed seventh in the 73kg division.

Delpopolo had a first-round bye and a second-round win over Gejirihu De (CHN).  In the quarter-finals, Delpopolo also went to Golden Score against Ganbold who threw the Senior World Team member for ippon.

Delpopolo dropped down to the repechage where he lost by ippon to 2008 Junior World Champion Won-Jung Kim (KOR).

Complete results are as follows: 

Men’s 60kg
1. Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj (MGL)
2. Nomura Tadahiro (JPN)
3. Amartuvshin Dashdavaa (MGL)
3. Takeshi Matsuki (JPN)
5. Boldbaatar Chimed-Yondon (MGL)
5. Kyong Jin Kim (PRK)
7. Chinbat Otgon (MGL)
7. Kang Ho Song (PRK)

Men’s 66kg
1. Tsagaanbaatar Hashbaatar (MGL)
2. Miyaragchaa Sanjaasuren (MGL)
3. Khishigbayar Buuveibaatar (MGL)
3. Shogo Maeno (JPN)
5. Jeong-Hwan An (KOR)
5. Musashi Ogura (JPN)
7. Kuk Hyon Hong (PRK)
7. Kyrylo Melnychenko (UKR)

Men’s 73kg
1. Purevdorj Ganbold (MGL)
2. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute)
3. Odbayar Ganbaatar (MGL)
3. Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal (MGL)
5. Abzal Abylov (KAZ)
5. Won-Jung Kim (KOR)
7. Nick Delpopolo (Wakefield, Mass. NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE)
7. Jaromir Jezek (CZE) 

Men’s 81kg
1. Jae-Bum Kim (KOR)
2. Azamat Sidakov (RUS)
3. Laszlo Csoknyai (HUN)
3. Uuganbaatar Otgonbaatar (MGL)
5. Nyamkhuu Damdinsuren (MGL)
5. Andrey Zaitsev (KAZ)
7. Dagvasuren Nyamsuren (MGL)
7. Ankhbaatar Regdel (MGL)

Men’s 90kg
1. Young-Woo Kwon (KOR)
2. Samir Guchapshev (RUS)
3. Enkhbat Erdenebileg (MGL)
3. Alemnar Kassacmev (KAZ)
5. Vadym Synyavsky (UKR)
5. Norihide Yamamoto (JPN)
7. Dmytro Berezhnyi (UKR)
7. Batmunkh Perenlii (MGL)

Men’s 100kg
1. Tuvshinbayar Naidan (MGL)
2. Temuulen Battulga (MGL)
3. Tulga Enkhbat (MGL)
3. Roman Polosin (RUS)
5. Bat Orshikh Batsuuri (MGL)
5. Lukas Krpalek (CZE)
7. Syaful Rizal Ahmad (MAS)
7. Hee-Tae Hwang (KOR)

Men’s +100kg
1. Grzegorz Eitel (POL)
2. Soslan Bostanov (RUS)
3. Aslan Kambiev (RUS)
3. Soo-Whan Kim (KOR)
5. Sergey Prokin (RUS)
5. Mohammad Reza Rodaki (IRI)
7. Tuguldur Bayarsaikhan (MGL)
7. Yerzhan Shynkeyev (KAZ)

Women’s 48kg
1. Haruna Asami (JPN)
2. Jung-Yeon Chung (KOR)
3. Bat-Erdene Baljinnyam (MGL)
3. Ryu Ok Hwang (PRK)
5. Gayane Arutiyunyan (ARM)
5. Urantsetseg Munkhbat (MGL)
7. Nomin Erdenechimeg (MGL)
7. Ngoc Tu Van (VIE) 

Women’s 52kg
1. Yuka Nishida (JPN)
2. Bundmaa Munkhbaatar (MGL)
3. Kum Ae An (PRK)
3. Kyung-Ok Kim (KOR)
5. Solongo Baatarsaikhan (MGL)
5. Lucie Chytra (CZE)
7. Jiandi Duan (CHN)
7. Song Hui Jo (PRK)

Women’s 57kg
1. Jan-Di Kim (KOR)
2. Yun Hui Rim (PRK)
3. Mi So (KOR)
3. Battugs Tumen-Od (MGL)
5. Chunming Guan (CHN)
5. Thi Lan Nguyen (VIE)
7. Mei Han Leung (HKG)
7. Munguntuya Tumur-Ochir (MGL)

Women’s 63kg
1. Munkhzaya Tsedevsuren (MGL)
2. Ja-Young Kong (KOR)
3. Su Gyong Kim (PRK)
3. Mutsumi Matsuoka (JPN)
5. Svitlana Chepurina (UKR)
5. Enkhzaya Selenge (MGL)
7. Siyu Liu (CHN)
7. Nyamjargal Mungunshagai (MGL)

Women’s 70kg
1. Ye-Sul Hwang (KOR)
2. Ka Yeon Park (KOR)
3. Yuka Iida (JPN)
3. Naranjargal Tsend Ayush (MGL)
5. Azzya Enkhbat (MGL)
5. Zhanar Zhanzunova (KAZ)
7. Munkhtsetseg Otgon (MGL)
7. Baasanjav Turbat (MGL)

Women’s 78kg
1. Catherine Jacques (BEL)
2. Gyeong-Mi Jeong (KOR)
3. Lkhamdegd Purevjargal (MGL)
3. Galiya Ulmentayeva (KAZ)
5. Nyamtuya Nyamkhuu (MGL)
5. Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL)
7. Marina Mamontova (KAZ)
7. Sugar Myagmar (MGL)

Women’s +78kg
1. Jung-Eun Lee (KOR)
2. Na-Young Kim (KOR)
3. Tserenkhand Dorjgotov (MGL)
3. Iryna Kindzerska (UKR)
5. Javzmaa Odkhuu (MGL)
5. Xiaonan Qi (CHN)
7. Munkhtuya Battulga (MGL)
7. Yanga Bayasgalan (MGL)

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