2010 US SUMO OPEN - 10th Annual

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010 11:00 am
Anaheim Sheraton Park Hotel, California


Photo: Chuck Green

The 2010 US Sumo Open included intense action among 30 competitors with highlights:

• World Sumo Champion “Byamba” went undefeated (12-0), to capture the US Sumo Open gold medal for his 4th year in a row. In the US Sumo Open heavyweight and openweight divisions, he has 7 gold medals and one silver medal.
  
• Also winning the US Sumo Open for his 4th year: Bilegee. He has won 7 US Sumo Open medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) in lightweight, middleweight, and openweight!
  
• Jovann Rushing was the first US competitor since 2005 to win a gold medal in a division contested by foreigners. From 2006 – 2010, there have been 20 divisions with foreign competitors, and 19 times out of 20, those foreigners won gold medals. Jovann has broken a massive streak of foreign dominance by winning gold in the lightweight division.
  
• Kelly Gneiting beat all opponents, except for World Champion Byamba, en route to two silver medals, a feat he accomplished at the inaugural US Sumo Open in 2001!! He now has six total US Sumo Open medals, over the years.

A thousand fans joined the event throughout the competition, while Japanese sake and beer were served, and Kiriko Taiko performed drumming and martial arts stunts.

Watch US SUMO OPEN 2010 highlight matches >>

10th Annual Top Athletes

	Byambajav Ulambayar Mongolia 6'1"     332 lbs Heavyweight Gold, Openweight Gold		Munguntuva Bantuu Mongloia 5'2"     143 lbs Lightweight Gold, Openweight Gold
	Erdenebileg Alagdaa Mongolia 6'0"     205 lbs Middleweight Silver, Openweight Bronze		Jovann Rushing US - Idaho 5'8"     184 lbs Lightweight Gold
	Kelly Gneting US - Idaho 6'0"     410 lbs Heavyweight Silver, Openweight Silver		Rene Marte US - NJ 6'0"     253 lbs Middleweight Silver
	Boldsukh Adyakhuu Mongolia 5'5"     186 lbs Lightweight Gold		Randy Jimenez US - CA 6'1"     352 lbs Heavyweight Broze

 

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2010 US SUMO OPEN OVerVIEW

For the past five years, and for seven of 10 years overall, most of the men's medals have been won by foreigners, and 2010 was no exception, as Mongolians dominated, capturing a majority of the men's medals....... read more >>

2010 MEN'S RESULTS

LIGHTWEIGHT
1st Jovann Rushing (USA)
2nd Boldsukh Adyakhuu (Mongolia)
3rd Battur Ganbaatar (Mongolia)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
1st Erdenebileg Alagdaa (Mongolia)
2nd Rene Marte (USA)
3rd Gombodorj Dorjpalam (Mongolia)

HEAVYWEIGHT
1st Byambajav Ulambayar (Mongolia)
2nd Kelly Gneiting (USA)
3rd Randy Jimenez (USA)

OPENWEIGHT
1st Byambajav Ulambayar (Mongolia)
2nd Kelly Gneiting (USA)
3rd Erdenebileg Alagdaa (Mongolia

2010 WOMEN's results

OPENWEIGHT
1st Munguntuva Bantuu (Mongolia)
2nd Natasha Ikejiri (USA)
3rd Natalie Burns (USA)