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By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


MATSUMOTO PROMOTED TO 7TH IN OLYMPIC GR




    ATHENS (August 25) - Shingo Matsumoto was promoted to seventh place at 84 kg after Egypt's Mohammed Abdel Fatah was disqualified from the greco-roman competition for unsportsmanlike conduct. Matsumoto, who had two wins against one loss in preliminary pool competition, had originally been awarded eighth place at the wrestling competition at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. Matsumoto, however, was promoted after Abdel Fatah berated the officials following his 2-0 loss to Viachaslav Makaranka of Belarus in the quarterfinals.