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By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - FREESTYLE 74 KG




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

Freestyle 74 kg (36 entries)

Championship final
Bouvaisa Saitiev (RUS) df. Arpad Ritter (HUN), 2-0 (3-0, 3-1)

Third-place finals
Joe Williams (USA) df. Alexandru Burca (MDA), 2-1 (3-0, 0-3, 3-1)
Nikolai Paslar (BUL) df. Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)

Semifinals
Arpad Ritter (HUN) df. Joe Williams (USA), 2-0 (3-0, 1-0)
Bouvaisa Saitiev (RUS) df. Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI), 2-0 (6-0, 5-3)

Repechage
Alexandru Burca (MDA) df. Carlos Dominguez (ESP), 2-0 (2-1, 1-0)
Nikolai Paslar (BUL) df. Mohamed Osman (GBR) by default, 0:00
Alexandru Burca (MDA) df. Talant Jekshenov (KGZ), 2-0 (6-3, 2-1)
Nikolai Paslar (BUL) df. Salvatore Rinella (ITA), 2-0 (1-0, 3-1)

Quarterfinals
Joe Williams (USA) df. Soslan Tigiev (UZB), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 1-0)
Arpad Ritter (HUN) df. Talant Jekshenov (KGZ), 2-0 (6-0, 3-1)
Bouvaisa Saitiev (RUS) df. Salvatore Rinella (ITA), 2-0 (6-1, 5-0)
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) df. Krystian Brzozowski (POL), 2-0 (3-1, 2-1)

Second round (16)
Joe Williams (USA) df. Ahmet Guelhan (TUR), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Soslan Tigiev (UZB) df. Yusup Abdulamov (TJK) by fall, 3P=1:49
Arpad Ritter (HUN) df. Alexandru Burca (MDA), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) df. Elnur Aliev (AZE) by TF, 2-0 (7-1, 6-0)
Salvatore Rinella (ITA) df. Si Riguleng (CHN), 2-0 (1x-1, 5-4)
Bouvaisa Saitiev (RUS) df. Nikolai Paslar (BUL), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Krystian Brzozowski (POL) df. Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE), 2-1 (0-1, 3-0, 2-0)
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) df. Ivan Fundora (CUB), 2-1 (1-1x, 4-1, 4-1)

First round (32)
Joe Williams (USA) df. Kunihiko Obata (JPN), 2-0 (2-0, 4-0)
Ahmet Guelhan (TUR) df. David Akhalmosulishvili (GEO), 2-1 (1-5, 1-0, 1-0)
Soslan Tigiev (UZB) df. Harutyan Yenokyan (ARM), 2-0 (2-0, 2-0)
Yusup Abdulamov (TJK) df. Cho Yong-Pil (KOR) by fall, time not recorded
Alexandru Burca (MDA) df. Peter Weisenberger (GER), 2-1 (4-1, 0-2, 1-0)
Arpad Ritter (HUN) df. Carlos Dominguez (ESP), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) df. Kaisar Boranbayev (KAZ), 2-0 (3-2, 6-0)
Elnur Aliev (AZE) df. Daniel Dancak (SVK), 2-1 (4-0, 1-3, 2-0)
Salvatore Rinella (ITA) df. Haris Tajic (BIH), 2-0 (2-1, 3-0)
Si Riguleng (CHN) df. Brent Duggan (IRL), 2-0 (6-0, 5-0)
Bouvaisa Saitiev (RUS) df. Mohamed Osman (GBR), 2-0 (2-0, 9-0)
Nikolai Paslar (BUL) df. Ayman Ezzeddine (LIB), 2-0 (4-0, 3-0)
Krystian Brzozowski (POL) df. Mohammed Siddiqu (QAT), 2-0 (7-0, 3-1)
Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE) df. Leonardo Gonzalez (PAN), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Ivan Fundora (CUB) df. Batjargal Bayarsaikhan (MGL), 2-0 (3-1, 7-1)
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) df. Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR), 2-0 (2-0, 1x-1)

Preliminaries
Batjargal Bayarsaikhan (MGL) df. Soerdas Roepa (SUR) by fall, 2P=1:21
Ivan Fundora (CUB) df. Richard Ramos (DOM) by fall, 1P=1:17
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) df. Zoltan Hunyady (CAN), 2-0 (3-0, 5-0)
Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) df. Tomar Narender (IND), 2-0 (7-0, 1-0)