8th Annual US SUMO OPEN MEN'S OPENWEIGHT

Heavyweight Tamir Dolgormaa and lightweight Trent Sabo meet
in an openweight match.
Eventual openweight medalist Kelly Gneiting (430 pounds) ties up with middleweight champion Erdenebileg Alagdaa (199 pounds).
World Champion Byambajav Ulambayar absorbs a facial
slap from Siosifa I'sama'u.
Byambajav Ulambayar (silver), Petar Stoyanov (gold), and Kely Gneiting (bronze) take the stage for the openweight awards.
Photos: Chuck Green, Dustin Snipes, Steven Barry, Chris Williams

 

MEN'S OPENWEIGHT
Byambajav Ulambayar        
  –––––– Byambajav Ulambayar    
Mark Reiman        

    –––––– Byambajav Ulambayar (semi-finalist)
Art Morrow        
  –––––– Siosifa I’sama’u    
Siosifa I’sama’u        
         
Kelly Gneiting        
  –––––– Kelly Gneiting    
Pablo Jones        
      –––––– Kelly Gneiting (semi-finalist)
Erdenebileg Alagdaa        
  –––––– Erdenebileg Alagdaa    
Marcus Barber        
         
    Dan Kalbfleisch    
      –––––– Dan Kalbfleisch (semi-finalist)
Anthony Noli        
  –––––– Anthony Noli    
Alberto Sanchez        
         
Petar Stoyanov        
  –––––– Petar Stoyanov    
Americus Abesamisj        
      –––––– Petar Stoyanov (semi-finalist)
Tamir Dolgormaa        
  –––––– Trent Sabo    
Trent Sabo
        

OPENWEIGHT SEMI-FINALS & FINALS
Byambajav Ulambayar
       
  –––––– Byambajav Ulambayar    
Kelly Gneiting
        
      –––––– Petar Stoyanov
Dan Kalbfleisch
        
  –––––– Petar Stoyanov    
Petar Stoyanov
       
         

THIRD PLACE MATCH
Kelly Gneiting defeats Dan Kalbfleisch.

GOLD: Petar Stoyanov
SILVER: Byambajav Ulambayar
BRONZE: Kelly Gneiting

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