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By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - FREESTYLE 96 KG




   BUDAPEST (September 27) - Results from the wrestling world championships at Papp Laszlo Sport Arena in Budapest:

Freestyle 96 kg (31 entries)

Championship final
Khadshimourad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Luka Kurtanidze (GEO), 2-0 81-0, 1-0)

Third-place finals
Alexej Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Koo Tae-Hyun (KOR), 2-0 (5-0, 4-0)
Vasili Tesmenetzki (UKR) df. Sergei Pernikov (BLR), 2-1 (2-1, 1-1x, 1-0)

Semifinals
Luka Kurtanidze (GEO) df. Alexej Krupniakov (KGZ), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Khadshimourad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Sergei Pernikov (BLR), 2-0 (3-0, 3-0)

Repechage
Koo Tae-Hyun (KOR) df. Hardip Singh Bassi (AUS), 2-0 (6-0, 5-0)
Gergely Kiss (HUN) df. Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN), 2-0 (1x-1, 3-1)
Koo Tae-Hyun (KOR) df. Nurzhan Kataev (KAZ), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Vasili Tesmenetzki (UKR) df. Gergely Kiss (HUN), 2-0 (4-0, 3-1)

Quarterfinals
Luka Kurtanidze (GEO) df. Nurzhan Kataev (KAZ), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Alexej Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Amir Ganji (IRI) by injury default, 1P=1:00
Sergei Pernikov (BLR) df. Bartlomiej Bartnicki (POL), 2-1 (2-1, 2x-2, 1-0)
Khadshimourad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Vasili Tesmenetzki (UKR), 2-0 (1x-1, 2-0)

First round (16)
Luka Kurtanidze (GEO) df. Hardip Singh Bassi (AUS), 2-0 (5-0, 5-0)
Nurzhan Kataev (KAZ) df. Marc Buschle (GER), 2-0 (4-3, 1-0)
Alexej Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Daniel Cormier (USA), 2-0 (2-1, 8-1)
Amir Ganji (IRI) df. Rustam Agaev (AZE), 2-0 (1-0, 5-1)
Bartlomiej Bartnicki (POL) df. Fatih Cakiroglu (TUR), 2-1 (0-3, 1-0, 2-0)
Sergei Pernikov (BLR) df. Vincenzo Lipari (ITA), 2-0 (2-0, 2-1)
Vasili Tesmenetzki (UKR) df. Oleg Kallagov (UZB), 2-1 (1-0, 1-1x, 1-0)
Khadshimourad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Gergely Kiss (HUN), 2-0 (6-0, 2-0)

Preliminaries
Luka Kurtanidze (GEO) df. Koo Tae-Hyun (KOR), 2-0 (5-1, 2-0)
Marc Buschle (GER) df. Anil Mann (IND), 2-0 (2x-2, 1-0)
Nurzhan Kataev (KAZ) df. Luis Vivenes (VEN), 2-0 (3-0, 1-0)
Alexej Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Michel Batista (CUB), 2-1 (1-1x, 2-1, 2-0)
Daniel Cormier (USA) df. Peter Pecha (SVK), 2-0 (4-0, 3-0)
Rustam Agaev (AZE) df. Nicolae Ghita (ROM), 2-0 (1-0, 1x-1)
Amir Ganji (IRI) df. Dimitar Kumchev (BUL) by fall, 2P=1:42
Bartlomiej Bartnicki (POL) df. Sainbayar Bold (MGL), 2-1 (0-3, 3-0, 5-0)
Fatih Cakiroglu (TUR) df. Rolf Scherrer (SUI), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Vincenzo Lipari (ITA) df. Larry Mendoza (MEX), 2-0 (1x-1, 4-0)
Sergei Pernikov (BLR) df. Ali Moukdad (LIB) by fall, 1P=0:38
Oleg Kallagov (UZB) df. Vincent Aka Akesse (FRA), 2-1 (1-1x, 1-0, 1-0)
Vasili Tesmenetzki (UKR) df. Cui Xiaocheng (CHN), 2-0 (3-1, 4-1)
Khadshimourad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN), 2-0 (2-0, 5-0=0:50)
Gergely Kiss (HUN) df. Dean Schmeichel (CAN), 2-0 (1x-1, 3-0)