CRETEIL, France (October 4) - Unofficial results of the championship and third-place finals at 55, 66, 84 and 120 kg in the greco-roman wrestling world championships at Robert Oubron Sports:
55 kg
Championship final
Darius Jablonski (POL) df. Im Dae-Won (KOR) 6-5
(Gut wrench in the final minute gave the 30-year-old Polish veteran his first world title.)
Third-place final
Lazaro Rivas (CUB) df. Petr Svehla (CZE) 5-1
(Rivas took Svehla to his back with a bodylock takedown at 4:59 for four points and the bronze medal.)
Semifinals
Im Dae Won (KOR) df. Lazaro Rivas (CUB) 4-1
Darius Jablonski (POL) df. Petr Svehla (CZE) 3-0
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66 kg
Championship final
Manuchar Kvirkelia (GEO) df. Armen Vardanyan (UKE) 4-2, 6:31
(After a missed throw to start the second period, Kvirkelia came back to tie and then win with a headlock in overtime.)
Third-place final
Levente Furedi (HUN) df. Vaghinak Galvstyan (ARM) 3-2, 6:07
(2001 world champion Galvstyan lost his grip in overtime.)
Semifinals
Manuchar Kvirkelia (GEO) df. Levente Furedi (HUN) 6-3
Armen Vardanyan (UKR) df. Vaghinak Galvstyan (ARM) 5-2, 6:20
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84 kg (44 entries)
Championship final
Gocha Ziziashvilly (ISR) df. Ara Abrahamian (SWE) 2-0, 9:00
(Ziziashvilly, 29, received two clinch points for his first world medal since 1995 and the first world title for a wrestler from Israel.)
Third-place final
Attila Batly (SVK) df. Fritz Aanes (NOR) 3-2
(Aanes could not convert on his final par terre chance and Batly held on for the bronze medal in a seesaw bout.)
Semifinals
Ara Abrahamian (SWE) df. Fritz Aanes (NOR) 4-0
Gocha Ziziashvilly (ISR) df. Attila Batly (SVK) 2-0, 9:00
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120 kg (33 entries)
Championship final
Khassan Baroev (RUS) df. Mihaly Deak-Bardos (HUN) 3-1, 8:52
(Deak-Bardos lost two points in clinch situations to lose to his fourth different opponent in four trips to the world championship final. Baroev, 20, a two-time junior world champion, wins his first senior world title.)
Third-place final
Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ) df. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU) 4-0
(Asian champion Tsurtsumia scored with a pair of gut wrenches for his first senior world medal.)
Semifinals
Khassan Baroev (RUS) df. Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ) 4-2
Mihaly Deak-Bardos (HUN) df. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU) 3-0
