BAKU, Azerbaijan – The second day of the Grappling World Championships featured competition in the youth and Veterans divisions in Gi Grappling. The USA entered five Veterans competitors, and came home with four medals. Veterans are athletes who are 35 years old and above.

Claiming bronze medals after dropping bouts in the semifinals were Dan Brecht of Sunset Beach, Calif. at 84 kg in the 35-39 years old division, and Scott Lanham of Pasadena, Texas at 92 kg in the Veterans 40-44 years old division. Athletes who lost in the semifinals were awarded bronze medals.

Brecht opened with a 4-3 win over Daniyar Tilibaev of Kyrgyzstan in the quarterfinals. He was edged in his semifinal bout by Mehman Fataliyev of Azerbaijan, 2-0. It was his second Veterans Grappling World medal for the week, after winning a bronze medal in No-Gi on Wednesday.

Lanham drew the same opponent he faced in Wednesday’s No-Gi division, when he drew Adam Mutsaiv of Russia and dropped the semifinal bout by submission.

For the second straight day, two U.S. Grapplers won gold medals without a bout, Gabe Beauperthuy of Colorado Springs, Colo at unlimited in the Veterans 40-44 year old division, as well as Jeff Anderson of Zeeland Mich. at the +100kg/Unlimited in the Veterans 50-54 year old division.

Both had finals opponents who did not appear for their bout and forfeited the medal match. Beauperthuy was scheduled to face Kuanush Murza of Kazakhstan, while Anderson was matched up with Anuar Uxumbaev of Kazakhstan.

Beauperthuy won his fourth Veterans Grappling World title, after winning both the No-Gi and Gi gold medals in last year’s Veterans Worlds in Minsk, Belarus. Beauperthuy is also on the 2017 Senior Grappling Gi team which competes on Sunday.

Anderson, now a Veterans World Grappling champion in No-Gi and Gi, also competed in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the Veterans World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria last week.

On Friday, the Senior No-Gi competition will be held, and the USA will have nine athletes on the mat, seven men and two women. Among the Americans competing on Friday are five-time UWW World Grappling champion Lisa Ward (Olympia, Wash./United Training Center) in the women’s division, plus 2014 UWW World champion Jayson Patino (Orlando, Fla./American Top Team) and 2011 UWW World champion Brandon Ruiz (Taylorsville, Utah/Edge MMA and Fitness) in the men’s division.

The USA Grappling Team is coached by Eddy Ellis of Olympia, Wash/ Serving as referee with the U.S. delegation is Rich Tado of Lake in the Hills, Ill., who is a member of the USA Wrestling Ad-Hoc Associated Styles Committee.

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GRAPPLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Baku, Azerbaijan

​​​Veterans Gi Medalists

​Men Veterans 35-39 years old division
66 kg
Gold - Murat Azbergenov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Umar Algumbaev (Russia)

71 kg
Gold - Tluebek Sagimbayev (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Kassenov Yerzhan (Kazakhstan)

77 kg
Gold - Vasileios Korozidis (Greece)
Silver - Akhmed Akhmedov (Russia)
Bronze - Rustem Aduraev (Russia)
Bronze - Mariusz Rohodi (Hungary)

84 kg
Gold - Renat Sitnazarov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Mehman Fataliyev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Dan Brecht (USA)
Bronze - Rinat Kontuganov (Azerbaijan)

92 kg
Gold - Renat Valiakhmetov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Ilham Hagverdiyev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Arbi Umarov (Kazakhstan)

100 kg
Gold - Roman Myronov (Ukrainian)
Silver - Ferenc Tap (Hungary)
Bronze - Roman Kochin (Russia)
Bronze - Maksim Veshniakov (Russia)

+100/Unlimited
Gold - Tynys Bissaliev (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Mukhkhamed Kerimov (Russia)

​​Men’s Veterans 40-44 years old division

62 kg
Gold - Mikayil Musayev (Azerbaijan)
Silver - Shohrat Allayev (Turkmanstan)

66 kg
Gold - Almaz Ikhsanov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Nadeem Akhter (Pakistan)

77 kg
Gold - Dilshod Mirzakhodjaev (Uzbekistan)
Silver - Gyorgy Stagel (Hungary)
Bronze - Evgenii Korotkikh (Russia)
Bronze - Andrei Stoliarov (Russia)

84 kg
Gold - Leonardo Gonzalez (Panama)
Silver - Jozsef Sandor (Hungary)
Bronze - Anatolii Azarkin (Russia)
Bronze - Zaur Mehtiyev (Azerbaijan)

92 kg
Gold - Alim Usenov (Uzbekistan)
Silver - Adam Mutsaiv (Russia)
Bronze - Scott Lanham (USA)

100 kg
Gold - Aslanbek Gaudukhanov (Russia)
Silver - Aqeel Ahmed Jamil (Pakistan)

​​Men Veterans 45-49 years old division

62 kg
Gold - Mirzaxakim Begmatov (Uzbekistan)

71 kg
Gold - Murat Marzhokhov (Russia)
Silver - Omer Ephrat (Israel)

84 kg
Gold - Tibor Doholuczki (Hungary)
Silver - Sayat Shalabayev (Kazakhstan)

92 kg
Gold - Shay Brand (Israel)
Silver - Ruslan Dukuzov (Russia)
Bronze - Abdul Rahim (Pakistan)

+100/Unlimited
Gold - Gabe Beauperthuy (USA)
Silver - Kuanush Murza (Kazakhstan)

​​Men Veterans 50-54 years old division

66 kg
Gold - Evgenii Iliukov (Russia)
Silver - Istvan Kleber (Hungary)

77 kg
Gold - Georgii Bozrov (Russia)
Silver - Bogdan Ferens (Romania)

+100/Unlimited
Gold - Jeff Anderson (USA)
Silver - Anuar Uxumbaev (Kazakhstan)

​​Women Veterans 35 years and over division

+71/Unlimited
Gold - Oksana Bench (Russia)
Silver - Valentina Arkhipova (Russia)

U.S. Veterans Gi performances

Veterans 35-39 years old
77 kg – Jason Cumiford, Anchorage, Alaska, did not medal
LOSS Vasileos Korozidis (Greece), 1-0

84 kg – Dan Brecht, Sunset Beach, Calif., bronze medal
WIN Daniyar Tilibaev (Kyrgyzstan), 4-3
LOSS Mehman Fataliyev (Azerbaijan), 2-0

Veterans 40-44 years old
92 kg – Scott Lanham, Pasadena, Texas, bronze medal
LOSS Adam Mutsaiv (Russia), submission

Over 100 kg/Unlimited – Gabe Beauperthuy, Colorado Springs, Colo., gold medal
WIN Kuanush Murza (Kazakhstan), forfeit

Veterans 50-54 years old
Over 100 kg/Unlimited- Jeff Anderson, Zeeland Mich., gold medal
WIN Anuar Uxumbaev (Kazakhstan), forfeit