Jeff Adamson wins Bronze in France

Canada finishes 1st overall at the Grand Prix du France - Final Results

May 22 - Bordeaux, France

The Canadian Junior Men's National Team won the team freestyle title at Grand Prix du France in Bordeaux, France this past weekend, May 21-22. The entire team reached the podium with Jesse Arnett (60 KG), Sheldon Francis (74 KG) and Mike Neufeld (96 KG) all capturing gold medals, while Arjan Bhullar (120 KG) won a silver and Huy Nguyen (55 KG) and Jeff Adamson (66 KG) won bronze.

55 KG - Huy Nguyen (U of Calgary W.C., Calgary, AB) - 3/6
vs. S. Sidibe (France) - Won by a grand superiority, 13-2
vs. E. Louw (South Africa) - Lost by a grand superiority, 11-0
vs. M. Patria (Italy) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0

60 KG - Jesse Arnett (Burnaby Mountain W.C., Abbotsford, BC) - 1/11
vs. J. Diaz (Spain) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0
vs. A. Katiev (France) - Won by a grand superiority, 11-1
vs. Z. Wong (China) - Won a decision, 5-3
vs. L. Chirain (France) - Won a decision, 9-5

66 KG - Jeff Adamson (Saskatoon W.C., Saskatoon, SK) - 3/11
vs. N. Benjamin (France) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0
vs. T. Ponchon (France) - Won a decision, 7-3
vs. J. Carmona (Spain) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0
vs. L. Lampis (France) - Lost a decision, 3-2
vs. D. Alioto (Italy) - Won a grand superiority, 11-1

74 KG - Sheldon Francis (Hamilton W.C., Hamilton, ON) - 1/6
vs. X. Pedrol (Spain) - Won a decision, 8-1
vs. C. Gerlac (France) - Won a decision, 4-2
vs. G. Rinella (Italy) - Won by a fall

96 KG - Mike Neufeld (Brock W.C., St. Catherine's, ON) - 1/5
vs. A. Cardinale (Italy) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0
vs. R. Liu (China) - Won by a fall
vs. M. Miragalla (Spain) - Won by a grand superiority, 10-0
vs. E. Van Huesten (South Africa) - Won by a decision, 8-3

120 KG - Arjan Bhullar (Burnaby Mountain W.C., Richmond, BC) - 2/5
vs. M. Harouchi (France) - Won by decision, 4-1
vs. S. Dragonetti (Italy) - Won by a decision, 4-0
vs. L. Zhao (China) - Lost a decision, 6-1
vs. M. Peres (Spain) - Won by a grand superiority, 11-0

The team returns to Canada and begins preparation for the Canada Cup and National Team Training Camp in Guelph, Ontario from July 8-17 and finishes off the 2004 program by competing at the Pan American Junior Championships in Maracaibo City, Venezuela from July 22-25.