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)
PLACEMENT FINALS FROM 1ST OLYMPIC FS QUALIFIER
BRATISLAVA (February 1) - Results of
the placement finals at the first freestyle
wrestling Olympic qualification tournament
in Bratislava. The top five place-winners
in each weight category qualify for the Olympic
Games in Athens this summer.
55 kg
Championship final
Rene Montero (CUB) df. German Kontoev (BLR),
3-0
Third-place final
Martin Berberyan (ARM) df. Namik Abdullaev
(AZE) by default
Fifth-place final
Li Zhengyu (CHN) df. Adam Batirov (RUS),
6-3
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60 kg
Championship final
Kamal Ustarkhanov (RUS) df. Anatoli Guidea
(BUL), 3-2
Third-place final
Vasyl Fedorishin (UKR) df. Guivi Sissaouri
(CAN), 5-0
Fifth-place final
Mostafa Gokar Masuod (IRI) df. Gergoe Woeller
(HUN), 6-2
----
66 kg
Championship final
Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) df. Artur Tavkazakhov
(UZB), 7-0
Third-place final
Chris Bono (USA) by Baek Jin-Kuk (KOR) by
default
Fifth-place final
Ali Reza Dabir (IRI) df. Gregory Sarrasin
(SUI), 7-5
----
74 kg
Championship final
Joe Williams (USA) df. Ivan Fundora (CUB),
3-0
Third-place final
Araik Geworkian (ARM) df. Daniel Igali (CAN)
by default
Fifth-place final
Krystian Brzozowski (POL) df. Ivan Diaconu
(MDA), 4-2
----
84 kg
Championship final
Eldar Assanov (UKR) df. Hidekazu Yokoyama
(JPN), 4-0
Third-place final
Chanbaripirsari Feridoun (IRI) df. Moon Eui-Jae
(KOR) by default
Fifth-place final
Arkadii Tzopa (BUL) df. Radoslav Horbik (POL),
5-1
----
96 kg
Championship final
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) df. Fatih Cakiroglu
(TUR), 6-1
Third-place final
Rustam Aghayev (AZE) df. Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)
by fall, 0:34 (4-0)
Fifth-place final
Rolf Scherrer (SUI) df. Kiyotaka Kodaira
(JPN), 3-0
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120 kg
Championship final
Alexis Rodriguez (CUB) df. Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
(RUS), 6-1
Third-place final
Francesco Miano Petta (ITA) df. Marek Garmulewicz
(POL) by default
Fifth-place
V. Kara (TUR), winner of three-way round-robin
for fifth place