Coon And Porter's Results At The Olympic Qualifier
Coon And Porter's Results At The Olympic Qualifier
Results for Jesse Porter and Adam Coon at the 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier.
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Adam Coon and Jesse Porter must make the finals of the 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier to become Olympians. Check out their round by round results below.
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Jesse Porter - 77kg
Rd of 32: 9-0 win over Marciano Ali (PUR)
Ali got put-down first and Porter would get a big lift to earn 4 points and go up 5-0. Porter would earn another 4 and with the bout via tech fall-9-0.
Rd of 16: 7-0 loss to Fatih Cengiz (TUR)
Cengiz took control of ties and the mat early to get Porter put down with a little over a minute into the first period. Porter hit a quick stand-up and escaped from forced par terre in about 1 second...Cengiz still led1-0. With just 10 seconds left in the first, Porter attempted a throw but Ceniz was prepared and caught him on his back. Cengiz led 5-0 at the break.
Not much in the second. Cengiz continued to control ties and the center of the mat despite Porter's best efforts. Porter attempted a last-second throw attempt that was again countered by Cengiz for 2. Porter falls 7-0 to Cengiz and is eliminated from the Olympics.
Adam Coon - 130kg
Rd of 16: Pinned Murat Ramonov (KGZ)
Both Coon and Ramonov dug early for body locks but Coon able to move Ramonov around the mat with ease. Coon earned an early step-out point to go up 1-0. Shortly after the point, Ramonov went for a body lock but Coon countered and planted Ramonov on his back to get the fall just under a minute into the match!
Quarter-Finals: 6-3 loss to Mykola Kuchmii (UKR)
Kuchmii hit an arm spin and earned 4 points a minute into the match to go up 4-0. Kuchmii worked hard for a two-on-one to tie up Coon and keep him from getting to underhooks. Kuchmii then earned another point after Coon was placed into forced par terre but was unable to get a turn - 5-0 at the end of the first period.
At the start of the second period, Kuchmii was able to use an underhook and force Coon out of bounds for a step-out. Coon then countered with his own step-out a few seconds later and the score was 6-1 with 2:30 to go in the match. For the next 2 minutes Coon fought hard in the ties and moved Kuchmii around the mat and was finally able to get a caution and step-out with 30 seconds remaining. Coon trailed 6-3 but was unable to score and that was the way it ended. Coon fell-6-3 to Kuchmii.
