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 By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


1ST DAY RESULTS AT GR WORLD C'SHIPS - 66KG



   
MOSCOW (September 20) - Results at 66 kg after the first day of the 2002 greco-roman wrestling world championships Universal Sport Hall CSKA in Moscow after weigh-ins on September 20:

66 KG

Pool A
Eduard Kratz (GER) def. Stig-Arve Hauan Hansen (NOR) by tech. sup. 10-0, 2:12
Vaghinak Galustyan (ARM) def. Stig-Arve Hauan Hansen (NOR) by tech. sup. 10-0, 2:14
Vaghinak Galustyan (ARM) def. Eduard Kratz (GER) 4-1

Pool B
Maksim Semenov (RUS) def. Levente Furedy (HUN) 5-0
Maksim Semenov (RUS) def. Masaki Imuro (JPN) by tech. sup. 10-0, 1:44
Levente Furedy (HUN) def. Masaki Imuro (JPN) 2-1, 9:00

Pool C
Seref Eroglu (TUR) def. Mikhael Beilin (ISR) on criteria 3-3, 9:00
Seref Eroglu (TUR) def. Ivan Kron (SUI) by tech. sup. 10-0, 2:10
Mikhael Beilin (ISR) def. Ivan Kron (SUI) 10-0, 2:24

Pool D
Mehdi Hodaei (IRI) def. Bek Mardenov (KAZ) 4-2
Mehdi Hodaei (IRI) def. Endrix Arteaga (VEN) 7-1
Bek Mardenov (KAZ) def. Endrix Arteaga (VEN) 3-1

Pool E
Jerzy Szeibinger (POL) def. Peter Philippitsch (AUT) 5-0
Grygriy Komyshenko (UKR) def. Peter Philippitsch (AUT) 2-1, 9:00
Jerzy Szeibinger (POL) def. Grygriy Komyshenko (UKR) 2-1, 9:00

Pool F
Juan Maren (CUB) def. Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU) 3-0
Juan Maren (CUB) def. Fudor Gaivan (MDA) 4-0
Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU) def. Fudor Gaivan (MDA) 3-1

Pool G
Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE) def. Viktor Kosarev (KGZ) by tech. sup. 12-0, 2:41
Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE) def. Li Chaojie (CHN) 3-0
Li Chaojie (CHN) def. Viktor Kosarev (KGZ) 7-3

Pool H
Bakhadyr Kurbanov (UZB) def. Mickael Beyer (FRA) 5-3
Bakhadyr Kurbanov (UZB) def. Emil Constantin (ROM) by fall, 2:52 (5-0)
Emil Constantin (ROM) def. Mickael Beyer (FRA) 6-1

Pool I
Kevin Bracken (USA) def. Ondrei Jaros (CZE) 8-5
Farid Mansurov (AZE) def. Ondrei Jaros (CZE) 4-0
Farid Mansurov (AZE) def. Kevin Bracken (USA) 4-1

Pool J
Nikolay Gergov (BUL) def. Parra Moises Sanchez (ESP) by tech. sup. 12-0, 4:08
Kim-Jussi Nurmela (FIN) def. Parra Moises Sanchez (ESP) 5-1
Nikolay Gergov (BUL) def. Kim-Jussi Nurmela (FIN) 5-0

Pool K
Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO) def. Vitali Zhuk (BLR) by fall, 3:58 (5-4)
Konstantinos Arkoudeas (GRE) def. Vitali Zhuk (BLR)
Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO) def. Konstantinos Arkoudeas (GRE) by fall 1:30 (7-0)
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Championship bracket

Maksim Semenov (RUS) def. Vaghinak Galustyan (ARM) 5-3
Mehdi Hodaei (IRI) def. Seref Eroglu (TUR) 3-0
Juan Maren (CUB) def. Jerzy Szeibinger (POL) 5-2

Quarterfinals
Maksim Semenov (RUS) def. Mehdi Hodaei (IRI) 5-3
Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE) def. Juan Maren (CUB) 4-0
Farid Mansurov (AZE) def. Bakhadyr Kurbanov (UZB) 7-3
Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO) def. Nikolay Gergov (BUL) 8-2