A strong international field was in Las Vegas for the annual U.S. Open, with three 2017 World Championships medalists claiming wins, and a major upset in the women’s +73 kg class.
In the men’s events, 2017 silver medalist Jesus Tortosa of Spain won the 58 kg class; among the women. Serbia’s reigning World Champion Vanja Stankovic won the 49 kg class and silver medalist Hatice Ilgun (TUR) won at 57 kg.
The upset came in the women’s unlimited class, where current World Champion Bianca Walken (GBR) was defeated in the final by Mexico’s Briseida Acosta.
Turkey won five classes in all – three in the men’s events and two in the women’s – to lead all entries. Spain and the U.S. also had two wins; the American contingent earned a total of 15 medals. Summaries:
U.S. Open
Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) ~ 28 February-3 March 2019
(Full results here)
Men
54 kg: 1. Adrien Vicente Yunta (ESP); 2. Deniz Dagdelen (TUR); 3. Mason Yarrow (GBR) and Xiongbin Ouyang (CHN).
58 kg: 1. Jesus Tortosa Cabrera (ESP); 2. Jack Woolley (IRL); 3. Isaak Whitworth (USA) and Damian Villa (USA).
63 kg: 1. Hakan Recber (TUR); 2. Tsung-Lin Liu (TPE); 3. George El Chemali (USA) and Chen Ming Xiao (CHN).
68 kg: 1. Shuai Zao (CHN); 2. Christian McNeish (GBR); 3. Javier Perez Polo (ESP) and C.J. Nickolas (USA).
74 kg: 1. Thomas Rahimi (USA); 2. Damir Fejzic (SRB); 3. Henrique Moura (BRA) and Daniel Quesada (ESP).
80 kg: 1. Wei-Ting Liu (TPE); 2. Tahir Guelec (GER); 3. Jaysen Ishida (USA) and Raul Martinez (ESP).
87 kg: 1. Hasan Can Lazoglu (TUR); 2. Meng-En Lee (TPE); 3. Christian Suh (USA) and Alasan Ann (USA).
+87 kg: 1. Emre Atesli (TUR); 2. Jonathan Healy (USA); 3. Maicon Siquiera (BRA) and Stephen Lambdin (USA).
Women
46 kg: 1. Jordyn Smith (GBR); 2. Tiara Antommarchi (USA); 3. Yu Ting Hung (TPE) and Teana Averbeck (CAN).
49 kg: 1. Vanja Stankovic (SRB); 2. Ela Aydin (GER); 3. Tien Yu Jhuang (TPE) and Madison Moore (GBR).
53 kg: 1. Anastasija Zolotic (USA); 2. Po-Ya Su (TPE); 3. Fabiola Villegas (MEX) and Zeliha Agris (TUR).
57 kg: 1. Hatice Ilgun (TUR); 2. Skylar Park (CAN); 3. Yu-Chuang Chen (TPE) and Frederique Santerre (CAN).
62 kg: 1. Irem Yaman (TUR); 2. Ara White (USA); 3. Amanda Bluford (USA) and Marta Calvo (ESP).
67 kg: 1. Milena Titoneli (BRA); 2. Melissa Pagnotta (CAN); 3. Hedaya Malak (EGY) and Leslie Soltero (MEX).
73 kg: 1. Rebecca McGowan (GBR); 2. Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA); 3. Raphaella Galacho (BRA) and Nafia Kus (TUR).
+73 kg: 1. Briseida Acosta (MEX); 2. Bianca Walkden (GBR); 3. Gabriele Siqueira (BRA) and Belen Moran (ESP).
