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)
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.