To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com)
GRECO-ROMAN WORLD C'SHIPS, RESULTS-JAPAN(1)
CRETEIL, France (October 2) - Results
of matches involving Japanese wrestlers after
the first session of the greco-roman wrestling
world championships in Robert Oubron Sports
Hall:
55 kg - TOYOTA, Masatoshi (Pool 2, 35 entries)
1R - bye
2R - df. Tero Katajisto (FIN) 5-3
(Toyota gave up three points when Katajisto
countered a reverse waistlock with a nifty
wrist throw. Toyota came back in the second
period with a pair of one-point gut wrenches
and a correct lift for another point.)
3R - v. Im Dae-Wong, Korea
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66 kg - IMURO, Masaki (Pool 13, 46 entries)
1R - lost to Jannis Zamandouridis (GER) 1-4
(Imuro scored the first point with a quick
body tackle only 14 seconds. After suffering
a cut over his eye from a head butt, Imuro
was hit with a passivity call late in the
first period and was sent flying for four
points with a straddle lift only three seconds
from the intermission.)
2R - bye
3R - v. Ion Panait (ROM)
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84 kg - MATSUMOTO, Shingo (Pool 6, 44 entries)
1R - lost to Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) 4-1
(Matsumoto gave up a body tackle and lost
two points in a scramble from Yerlikaya's
attempted reverse waistlock. A quick gut
wrench put Yerlikaya in control at 4-0. Matsumoto
got one point back when Yerlikaya backed
off the mat.)
2R - v. Vitaly Ogulev (AUS)
3R - bye
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120 kg - SUZUKI, Katsuaki (Pool 8, 33 entries)
1R - bye
2R - v. Kostiantyn Stryzhak (UKR)
3R - v. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)