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VANTAA, Finland

Paul Tellgren (Anoka, Minn./Minnesota Storm) won a bronze medal 55 kg/121 lbs., the only U.S. medalist on the first day of the Vantaa Cup of Greco-Roman wrestling.

Tellgren defeated Thomas Ronningen of Norway in his bronze-medal match, 2-0, 0-3, 1-0. Tellgren lost his opening match to Stepan Maryanyan of Russia, 0-7, 0-6. Maryanyan. A 2010 Junior World champion, went on to claim the gold medal. Tellgren is a senior at Northern Michigan, studying secondary education and English. It is his third international medal of the new season, after winning a gold at the Sunkist Kids International and a silver at the New York AC Greco-Roman International.

Placing eighth for the United States was Jordan Holm (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 84 kg/185 lbs. Holm finished with a 2-1 record. He opened with wins against Americans Ryan Hope and Courtney Myers, then was eliminated by Kristofer Johansson of Sweden in the third round, 2-2, 1-2.

ILMAJOKI, Finland – Jordan Holm (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) won a silver medal at 84 kg/185 lbs., the top U.S. performance at the Haavisto Cup of Greco-Roman on Saturday.

Holm was defeated in the championship match by Anton Bablo-Malyy of Ukraine, 0-2, 2-0, 0-3/

He won three straight bouts to qualify for the finals, stopping Alo Toom of Estonia along with Petri Luoma an Jonne Ukkola of Finland.

Winning bronze medals were Paul Tellgren (Anoka, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Marco Lara, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) at 60 kg/132 lbs.

Tellgren went 1-2 in a four-athlete round robin. Lara finished with a 1-1 record.

“The team did a good job of stepping it up today by placing five wrestlers and taking three medals,” said U.S. coach Dale Oliver. “We gained valuable match experience on this tour and all the guys improved.”

The United States was third in the team standings, behind champion Ukraine and runner-up Russia.

VANTAA CUP
At Vantaa, Finland, Nov. 20

55 kg/121 lbs. - Paul Tellgren, Anoka, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 3rd
LOSS Stepan Maryanyan (Russia), 0-7, 0-6
WIN Thomas Ronningen (Norway), 2-0, 0-3, 1-0

84 kg/185 lbs. - Jordan Holm, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 8th
WIN Ryan Hope (USA), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
WIN Courtney Meyers (USA), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Kristofer Johansson (Sweden), 2-2, 1-2

HAAVISTO CUP
At Ilmajoki, Finland, Nov. 27

55 kg/121 lbs. - Paul Tellgren, Anoka, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 3rd
WIN Toufan Ahmadi (Finland), 2-0, 1-0
LOSS Anders Ronningen (Norway), 0-1, 3-9
LOSS Thomas Ronningen (Norway), 0-6, 0-7

84 kg/185 lbs. - Jordan Holm, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 2nd
WIN Alo Toom (Estonia), 0-1, 3-0, 2-0
WIN Petri Luoma (Finland), 1-0, 2-0
WIN Jonne Ukkola (Finland), 4-0, 6-0
LOSS Anton Bablo-Malyy (Ukraine), 0-2, 2-0, 0-3