(February 8, 2017) -- The 26th U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships came to a close last week in Las Vegas with American athletes capturing 10 medals in the senior sparring divisions. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Paige McPherson won gold in the female -67kg division, while fellow American Cheyenne Lewis took the title in the female -62kg class.
Eight Americans walked away with bronze medals in the senior division, including 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Jackie Galloway in the female +73kg division, and her Olympic teammate Stephen Lambdin in the male +87kg competition.
Other U.S. bronze medalists included Niklas Poland (male -74kg), Danielle Wassell (female -46kg), Madelynn Gorman-Shore (female -73kg), Connor Wilson (male -80kg), Bernardo Norzagaray-Garcia (male -58kg) and Ara White (female -57kg).
The G-2-rated event attracted over 2,000 competitors from 63 countries.
For a complete list of results CLICK HERE.
Below are the medal winners for the G-2 senior divisions:
Senior Female -46kg
1. Napaporn Charanawat (THA)
2. Brenda Costa Rica San Pedro (MEX)
3. Danielle Wassell (USA)
3. Alba Chaparro Perez (ESP)
Senior Female -49kg
1. Kaiqi Liu (CHN)
2. Yu Ting Hung (TPE)
3. Itzel Adile Manjarrez Bastids (MEX)
3. Xueqin Tan (CHN)
Senior Female -53kg
1. Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
2. Tijana Bogdanovic (SRB)
3. Madeline Folgmann (GER)
3. Jia Li (CHN)
Senior Female -57kg
1. Mayu Hamada (JPN)
2. Skylar Park (CAN)
3. Ara White (USA)
3. Phannapa Harnsujin (THA)
Senior Female -62kg
1. Cheyenne Lewis (USA)
2. Elin Johansson (SWE)
3. Caroline Persson (SWE)
3. Julia Vasconcelos (BRA)
Senior Female -67kg
1. Paige McPherson (USA)
2. Eva Calvo Gomez (ESP)
3. Victoria Heredia (MEX)
3. Randi Dyngeland (NOR)
Senior Female -73kg
1. Milicia Mandic (SRB)
2. Crystal Weekes (PUR)
3. Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA)
3. Lulu Niu (CHN)
Senior Female +73kg
1. Briseida Acosta Balarezo (MEX)
2. Rosanna Simon Alamo (ESP)
3. Gabriele Siqueira (BRA)
3. Jackie Galloway (USA)
Senior Male -54kg
1. Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (THA)
2. Cesar Rodriguez Hernandez (MEX)
3. Jorge Hernandez (MEX)
3. Jack Woolley (IRL)
Senior Male -58kg
1. Jesus Tortosa Cabrera (ESP)
2. Tawin Hanprab (THA)
3. Carlos Ruben Navarro Valdez (MEX)
3. Bernardo Norzagaray-Garcia (USA)
Senior Male -63kg
1. Deni Andrun Razic (CRO)
2. Luisito Pie (DOM)
3. Marco Caballero Echevarria (ESP)
3. Siddhartha King Bhat (CAN)
Senior Male -68kg
1. Javier Perez Polo (ESP)
2. Edival Marques (BRA)
3. Yu-Jen Huang (TPE)
3. Hervan Nkogho (CAN)
Senior Male -74kg
1. Aurimas Klemas (LTU)
2. Victor Asp[ (NOR)
3. Niklas Poland (USA)
3. Nicholas Corten (BEL)
Senior Male -80kg
1. Richard Andre Ordemann (NOR)
2. John Asp (NOR)
3. Connor Wilson (USA)
3. Raul Martinez Garcia (ESP)
Senior Male -87kg
1. Bryan Andres Salazar Perez (MEX)
2. Yassine Trabelsi (TUN)
3. Joao Chaves (BRA)
3. Hidenori Ebata (JPN)
Senior Male +87kg
1. Roman Kuznetsov (RUS)
2. Hongyi Sun (CHN)
3. Abdoul Issoufou (NIG)
3. Stephen Lambdin (USA)
And below are medal winners from the G-1 ranking poomsae divisions:
