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)
POOL RESULTS AT 1ST GR OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
NOVI SAD, Serbia and Montenegro (February
28) - Preliminary pool results Saturday at
the 1st greco-roman wrestling Olympic qualifying
tournament at Vojvodina Sports Center:
55 kg (29 entries, 9 pools)
Pool A
Masatoshi Toyota (JPN) df. Elgin Elwais (PAL)
by TF, 10-0, 0:58
Masatoshi Toyota (JPN) df. Jansel Ramirez
(DOM) by TF, 10-0, 1:47
Jansel Ramirez (DOM) df. Elgin Elwais (PAL)
by TF, 11-0, 1:48
Pool B
Armen Antonyan (ARM) df. Jani Haapamaki (FIN),
5-4
Asset Imanbayev (KAZ) df. Jani Haapamaki
(FIN), 8-0
Asset Imanbayev (KAZ) df. Armen Antonyan
(ARM), 3-0
Pool C
Istvan Majoros (HUN) df. Mukesh Khatri(IND),
5-0, 6:30
Renat Bikkinin (RUS) df. Mukesh Khatri(IND),
3-0
Istvan Majoros (HUN) df. Renat Bikkinin (RUS),
4-2
Pool D
Kristian Fris (SCG) df. Samir Benchenef (ALG),
9-1
Aleksei Saipak (BLR) df. Kristian Fris (SCG),
8-0
Aleksei Saipak (BLR) df. Samir Benchenef
(ALG) by TF, 10-0, 3:26
Pool E
Ercan Yildiz (TUR) df. Roberto Pira (ITA)
by TF, 12-1, 6:00
Roberto Pira (ITA) df. Hasa Ermir (ALB),
9-2
Ercan Yildiz (TUR) df. Hasa Ermir (ALB) by
TF, 11-0, 3:52
Pool F
Irakli Tchotchua (GEO) df. Kim Holk (SWE),
4-0
Irakli Tchotchua (GEO) df. Natig Aivazow
(AZE), 6-0
Kim Holk (SWE) df. Natig Aivazow (AZE) by
default
Pool G
Sheng Jiang (CHN) df. Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan
(GER), 3-1
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) df. Vicente Lillo
(ESP), 5-4
Sheng Jiang (CHN) df. Vicente Lillo (ESP)
by injury default, 1:36 (3-0)
Pool H
Brandon Paulson (USA) df. Stig Andre Berge
(NOR), 3-0
Jorge Cardoso (VEN) df. Hamou Oubrick (FRA),
3-1, 6:08
Stig Andre Berge (NOR) df. Hamou Oubrick
(FRA), 3-1
Brandon Paulson (USA) df. Jorge Cardoso (VEN),
5-0, 6:03
Stig Andre Berge (NOR) df. Jorge Cardoso
(VEN), 3-0
Brandon Paulson (USA) df. Hamou Oubrick (FRA),
3-0
Pool I
Tanyo Tenev (BUL) df. Stepan Dubov (ISR),
6-4
Kamol Kholmatov (UZB) df. Ernesto Salazar
(MEX), 9-5
Kamol Kholmatov (UZB) df. Stepan Dubov (ISR),
7-1
Tanyo Tenev (BUL) df. Ernesto Salazar (MEX),
7-4
Stepan Dubov (ISR) df. Ernesto Salazar (MEX),
9-2
Kamol Kholmatov (UZB) df. Tanyo Tenev (BUL),
6-0
----
60 kg (30 entries, 10 pools)
Pool A
Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) df. Aleksej Djakonov
(LTU), 5-0
Aleksej Djakonov (LTU) df. Ondrej Ulip (CZE)
by TF, 11-0, 4:25
Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) df. Ondrej Ulip (CZE)
by TF, 10-0, 4:06
Pool B
Jung Ji-Hyun (KOR) df. Laszlo Bona (HUN),
3-0
Laszlo Bona (HUN) df. Urban Holm (SWE), 3-1
Jung Ji-Hyun (KOR) df. Urban Holm (SWE),
3-0
Pool C
Davor Stefanek (SCG) df. Karen Mnatsakanyan
(ARM), 7-6
Davor Stefanek (SCG) df. Alois Faessler (SUI),
9-0
Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM) df. Alois Faessler
(SUI), 6-0
Pool D
Ravinder Singh (IND) df. Ahmad Jassim (IRQ)
by fall, 2:37 (5-0)
Husammaddin Rajabov (AZE) df. Ravinder Singh
(IND) by TF, 10-0, 3:15
Husammaddin Rajabov (AZE) df. Ahmad Jassim
(IRQ) by TF, 12-0, 5:59
Pool E
Ivan Alexandrov (ISR) df. Chuck Mitchell
(CAN) by fall, 1:23 (8-0)
Mohamed Serrir (ALG) df. Chuck Mitchell (CAN),
4-0
Ivan Alexandrov (ISR) df. Mohamed Serrir
(ALG), 7-0
Pool F
Aslidin Khudaiberdiev (UZB) df. Nurbakyt
Tengizbayev (KAZ), 4-0
Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ) df. Paulo Goncalves
(POR) by TF, 12-0, 2:46
Aslidin Khudaiberdiev (UZB) df. Paulo Goncalves
(POR) by TF, 11-0, 0:53
Pool G
Sydney Guzman, (PER) df. Paolo Fucile (ITA),
7-4, 7:27
Paolo Fucile (ITA) df. Joaquim Martinez (ESP),
5-0, 6:03
Joaquim Martinez (ESP) df. Sydney Guzman
(PER) by TF, 10-0, 5:53
Pool H
Wang Shugang (CHN) df. Thomas Kathan (AUT),
5-3
Wang Shugang (CHN) df. Rinat Usupjanov (KGZ)
by injury default, 2:26 (3-0)
Thomas Kathan (AUT) df. Rinat Usupjanov (KGZ),
4-0
Pool I
Alexei Shevtsov (RUS) df. Robert Sollie (NOR)
by TF, 10-0, 3:58
Alexei Shevtsov (RUS) df. Jarkko Ala-Huikku
(FIN), 4-0
Jarkko Ala-Huikku (FIN) df. Robert Sollie
(NOR) by default
Pool J
Ali Ashkani Agboloag (IRI) df. Aliaksandr
Slivinski (BLR), 7-1
Makoto Sasamoto (JPN) df. Aliaksandr Slivinski
(BLR), 5-0
Makoto Sasamoto (JPN) df. Ali Ashkani Agboloag
(IRI), 4-0
----
66 kg (36 entries, 12 pools)
Pool A
Masaki Imuro (JPN) df. Peter-Georg Philippitsch
(AUT), 3-0, 6:26
Masaki Imuro (JPN) df. Vladimir Tatarski
(SCG), 3-0, 6:12
Peter-Georg Philippitsch (AUT) df. Vladimir
Tatarski (SCG), 6-3
Pool B
Angelo Amatabeca (DOM) df. Ionut Panait (ROM),
3-0
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Angelo Amatabeca
(DOM), 9-4
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Ionut Panait
(ROM), 6-0
Pool C
Bakhodir Kurbanov (UZB) df. Ryszard Wolny
(POL), 4-3
Juan Maren (CUB) df. Ryszard Wolny (POL),
4-3
Juan Maren (CUB) df. Bakhodir Kurbanov (UZB),
7-4
Pool D
Daniel Schnyder (SUI) df. Alexey Yokhasanov
(ISR), 3-2
Makhidar Manukyan (KAZ) df. Daniel Schnyder
(SUI), 4-0
Makhidar Manukyan (KAZ) df. Alexey Yokhasanov
(ISR) by TF, 11-0, 3:55
Pool E
Eduard Aplevich (BLR) df. Michal Blaha (CZE),
9-0
Eduard Aplevich (BLR) df. Hichem Mihoubi
(ALG) by TF, 10-0, 1:56
Michal Blaha (CZE) df. Hichem Mihoubi (ALG),
7-0
Pool F
Cui Peng (CHN) df. Endrix Arteaga (VEN),
6-0
Nikolai Gergov (BUL) df. Cui Peng (CHN),
5-0
Nikolai Gergov (BUL) df. Endrix Arteaga (VEN),
7-0
Pool G
Kevin Bracken (USA) df. Philippe Bendjoudi
(FRA), 6-0
Kevin Bracken (USA) df. Ari Harkanen (FIN),
7-6, 7:07
Ari Harkanen (FIN) df. Philippe Bendjoudi
(FRA), 5-0
Pool H
Rocco Fabio Spano (ITA) df. Hovhannes Kurghinyan
(NED), 6-0
Hovhannes Kurghinyan (NED) df. Denis Nuriu
(ALB) by TF, 10-0, 1:15
Rocco Fabio Spano (ITA) df. Denis Nuriu (ALB)
by TF, 10-0, 2:32
Pool I
Parviz Zaidvand (IRI) df. Vyatsheslav Masloboev
(LAT) by TF, 13-0, 5:03
Kristjan Press (EST) df. Vyatsheslav Masloboev
(LAT), 3-0
Parviz Zaidvand (IRI) df. Kristjan Press
(EST), 8-4
Pool J
Moises Sanchez (ESP) df. Hamid Loney (IRQ)
by TF 11-0, 2:54
Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU) df. Moises Sanchez
(ESP), 4-1
Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU) df. Hamid Loney
(IRQ) by TF, 11-0, 1:36
Pool K
Marian Nagy (SVK) df. Enrique Cubas (PER),
5-0
Ambako Bagadze (RUS) df. Marian Nagy (SVK),
6-3
Ambako Bagadze (RUS) df. Enrique Cubas (PER),
3-0
Pool L
Nikolai Monov (MDA) df. Gurbinder Singh (IND),
5-0
Nikolai Monov (MDA) df. Mohamed Barguaoui
(TUN) by TF, 11-0, 4:48
Gurbinder Singh (IND) df. Mohamed Barguaoui
(TUN) by fall, 4:37 (2-1)
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74 kg (34 entries, 11 pools)
Pool A
Mohammed Babulfath (SWE) df. Andrew Mitton
(CAN) by fall, 1:03 (6-0)
Cristian Rusu (ROM) df. Andrew Mitton (CAN),
4-0
Mohammed Babulfath (SWE) df. Cristian Rusu
(ROM), 3-2, 6:43
Pool B
Reto Bucher (SUI) df. Istvan Sandor Bardosi
Sandor (HUN), 3-1, 6:11
Istvan Sandor Bardosi (HUN) df. Baez Hernandez
(MEX) by TF, 11-0, 4:04
Reto Bucher (SUI) df. Baez Hernandez (MEX),
3-2, 6:20
Pool C
Darryl Christian (USA) df. Dragan Markovich
(BIH) by fall, 2:47 (7-0)
Darryl Christian (USA) df. Artur Stankevic
(LTU), 3-3, 9:00
Artur Stankevic (LTU) df. Dragan Markovich
(BIH) by default
Pool D
Mark Madsen (DEN) df. Daniar Kobonov (KGZ),
5-1
Valeri Nikitin (EST) df. Daniar Kobonov (KGZ),
5-0
Valeri Nikitin (EST) df. Mark Madsen (DEN),
7-0
Pool E
Alexandr Doktorishvili (UZB) df. Igor Balaur
(FRA), 4-0
Igor Balaur (FRA) df. Mohsen Pournaki (IRI),
4-0
Mohsen Pournaki (IRI) df. Alexandr Doktorishvili
(UZB), 4-2, 6:07
Pool F
Badri Khasaia (GEO) df. Sixto Barrera (PER)
by TF, 10-0, 2:35
Ahmed Wali (IRQ) df. Sixto Barrera (PER),
3-1
Ahmed Wali (IRQ) df. Badri Khasaia (GEO)
by default
Pool G
Alberto Recuero (ESP) df. Mats Rolfsen (NOR),
3-0
Alberto Recuero (ESP) df. Genadie Gutsu (MDA)
by TF, 10-0, 1:55
Genadie Gutsu (MDA) df. Mats Rolfsen (NOR),
9-1
Pool H
Dalibor Busic (SCG) df. Robert Ribaric (CRO),
4-1
Dalibor Busic (SCG) df. Ahmed Fortas (ALG)
by fall, 2:42 (5-0)
Robert Ribaric (CRO) df. Ahmed Fortas (ALG),
3-0
Pool I
Filiberto Ascuy (CUB) df. Movses Karapetyan
(ARM), 6-0
Filiberto Ascuy (CUB) df. Taniu Prochenski
(BUL), 4-0
Movses Karapetyan (ARM) df. Taniu Prochenski
(BUL) by default
Pool J
Ozden Serkan (TUR) df. Haxhiraj Alket (ALB)
by TF, 11-0, 1:44
Saiyi Njiya (CHN) df. Ozden Serkan (TUR),
3-2
Saiyi Njiya (CHN) df. Haxhiraj Alket (ALB)
by default
Pool K
Sanjay (IND) df. Lawrense Uwelur (MIC) by
TF, 10-0, 1:44
Radoslav Truszkowski (POL) df. Peter Bielesz
(CZE) by TF, 10-0, 3:57
Radoslav Truszkowski (POL) df. Lawrense Uwelur
(MIC) by TF, 10-0, 0:37
Peter Bielesz (CZE) df. Sanjay (IND) by TF,
10-0, 2:35
Peter Bielesz (CZE) df. Lawrense Uwelur (MIC)
by fall, 0:43 (3-0)
Radoslav Truszkowski (POL) df. Sanjay (IND)
by TF, 10-0, 2:20
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84 kg (28 entries, 9 pools)
Pool A
Bojan Mijatov (SCG) df. Levon Geghamyan (ARM),
2-0, 9:00
Alexander Daragan (UKR) df. Bojan Mijatov
(SCG), 3-0
Alexander Daragan (UKR) df. Levon Geghamyan
(ARM) by TF, 11-0, 2:40
Pool B
Kim Jung-Sub (KOR) df. Fred de Vos (NED),
6-0
Kim Jung-Sub (KOR) df. Kai Heinz Dittrich
(GER), 4-0
Fred de Vos (NED) df. Kai Heinz Dittrich
(GER) by default
Pool C
Artur Michalkiewicz (POL) df. Jure Kuhar
(SLO) by TF, 10-0, 5:13
Artur Michalkiewicz (POL) df. Majid Ramezani
Saroukolaei (IRI), 3-0, 6:08
Majid Ramezani Saroukolaei (IRI) df. Jure
Kuhar (SLO), 4-2
Pool D
Scott Seeley (CAN) df. Wahig Jabr (IRQ),
2-1, 9:00
Tuomo Mantyla (FIN) df. Wahig Jabr (IRQ)
by fall, 1:26 (3-0)
Tuomo Mantyla (FIN) df. Scott Seeley (CAN),
8-0
Pool E
Hannes Haring (AUT) df. Schaun Scott (ISV)
by TF, 11-0, 1:52
Yanarbek Kenjev (KGZ) df. Hannes Haring (AUT),
5-0
Yanarbek Kenjev (KGZ) df. Schaun Scott (ISV)
by TF, 11-0, 0:43
Pool F
Andrea Minguzzi (ITA) df. Vladislav Metodiev
(BUL), 3-2, 6:24
Andrea Minguzzi (ITA) df. Evgeny Erofailov
(UZB), 7-1
Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) df. Evgeny Erofailov
(UZB) by injury default, 1:15 (3-0)
Pool G
Balasz Kiss (HUN) df. Li Daxin (CHN), 5-0
Mohamad Abd El Fatah (EGY) df. Balasz Kiss
(HUN) by fall, 3:47 (11-0)
Mohamad Abd El Fatah (EGY) df. Li Daxin (CHN)
by fall, 5:40 (6-0)
Pool H
Zbignevs Romanovskis (LAT) df. Amor Bach
Hamba (TUN), 8-3
Abdullah Jabrailov (KAZ) df. Amor Bach Hamba
(TUN) by fall, 5:04 (9-0)
Abdullah Jabrailov (KAZ) df. Zbignevs Romanovskis
(LAT), 4-0
Pool I
Luiz Mendez (CUB) df. Filip Soukup (CZE),
4-1
Alexey Michin (RUS) df. Shingo Matsumoto
(JPN), 6-0
Luiz Mendez (CUB) df. Shingo Matsumoto (JPN),
5-0
Alexey Michin (RUS) df. Filip Soukup (CZE)
by TF, 10-0, 2:52
Alexey Michin (RUS) df. Luiz Mendez (CUB),
2-0, 9:00
Shingo Matsumoto (JPN) df. Filip Soukup (CZE)
by default
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96 kg (33 entries, 11 pools)
Pool A
Igor Grabovetski (MDA) df. John Tarkong,
Jr. (PAL) by TF, 10-0, 1:16
Igor Grabovetski (MDA) df. Peter Guterson
(CAN), 7-0
Peter Guterson (CAN) df. John Tarkong, Jr.
(PAL) by TF, 12-0, 4:51
Pool B
Mindaugas Ezerskis (LTU) df. Marek Svec (CZE),
5-0
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Jari Kortesmaki (FIN),
7-0
Mindaugas Ezerskis (LTU) df. Jari Kortesmaki
(FIN) by fall, 1:58 (4-0)
Pool C
Sasa Dukai (SCG) df. Cedric Theval (FRA),
3-0
Garrett Lowney (USA) df. Cedric Theval (FRA),
3-0
Garrett Lowney (USA) df. Sasa Dukai (SCG),
3-0
Pool D
Andrej Batura (BLR) df. Henri Papiashvili
(ISR) by fall, 5:32 (12-2)
Henri Papiashvili (ISR) df. Ali Salman (IRQ)
by default
Andrej Batura (BLR) df. Ali Salman (IRQ)
by fall, 5:46 (9-0)
Pool E
Ali Mollov (BUL) df. Elnur Gazimamadov (AZE),
4-0
Elnur Gazimamadov (AZE) df. Daigoro Timoncini
(ITA), 3-0
Ali Mollov (BUL) df. Daigoro Timoncini (ITA),
6-0
Pool F
Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI) df. Vinko Kadecka
(CRO), 9-0
Vinko Kadecka (CRO) df. Kenzo Kato (JPN),
7-4
Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI) df. Kenzo Kato (JPN)
by TF, 12-0, 2:21
Pool G
Igor Kostins (LAT) df. Han Tae-Young (KOR),
3-2
Igor Kostins (LAT) df. Waldo Moreno (ESP)
by TF, 11-0, 5:38
Han Tae-Young (KOR) df. Waldo Moreno (ESP),
7-2
Pool H
Roman Meduna (SVK) df. Martin Schlagenhaufen
(AUT), 6-0
Mehmet Oezal (TUR) df. Roman Meduna (SVK),
3-0
Mehmet Oezal (TUR) df. Martin Schlagenhaufen
(AUT), 9-0
Pool I
Robert Petrosyan (ARM) df. Mitja Sedmak (SLO),
4-0
Toomas Proovel (EST) df. Mitja Sedmak (SLO)
by TF, 10-0, 2:58
Robert Petrosyan (ARM) df. Toomas Proovel
(EST), 3-1, 7:00
Pool J
Urs Buergler (SUI) df. Jiang Huachen (CHN),
11-10
Urs Buergler (SUI) df. Elis Guri (ALB) by
TF, 11-1, 4:32
Elis Guri (ALB) df. Jiang Huachen (CHN) by
fall, 1:38 (5-5)
Pool K
Ernesto Pena (CUB) df. Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN),
6-0
Ernesto Pena (CUB) df. Petru Sudureac (ROM),
6-0
Petru Sudureac (ROM) df. Eddy Bartolozzi
(VEN) by TF, 10-0, 2:41
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120 kg (26 entries, 8 pools)
Pool A
Miriani Giorgadze (GEO) df. Barzi Sajad (IRI),
3-0, 7:03
Barzi Sajad (IRI) df. Katsuaki Suzuki (JPN)
by TF, 11-1, 5:45
Miriani Giorgadze (GEO) df. Katsuaki Suzuki
(JPN) by TF, 10-0, 3:34
Pool B
Cristian Branzei (ROM) df. Helger Hallik
(EST), 2-0, 9:00
Helger Hallik (EST) df. Li Ren (CHN), 2-1,
9:00
Cristian Branzei (ROM) df. Li Ren (CHN) by
fall, 2:31 (6-0)
Pool C
David Vala (CZE) df. Park Woo (KOR), 7-3
Yekta Yilmaz Guel (TUR) df. David Vala (CZE),
4-0, 6:15
Yekta Yilmaz Guel (TUR) df. Park Woo (KOR),
5-0
Pool D
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) df. Ari Taub (CAN),
3-0
Roe Kleive (NOR) df. Ari Taub (CAN), 3-0
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) df. Roe Kleive (NOR),
5-0
Pool E
Youri Evseytchik (ISR) df. Azar Aliyev (AZE),
6-0
Youri Evseytchik (ISR) df. Milos Dejanovic
(SCG) by TF, 10-0, 2:09
Azar Aliyev (AZE) df. Milos Dejanovic (SCG),
4-0
Pool F
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) df. Adnan Crnecvic (BIH)
by fall, 1:42 (7-0)
Tomas Karika (SVK) df. Adnan Crnecvic (BIH),
3-1
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) df. Tomas Karika (SVK)
by fall, 2:00 (7-0)
Pool G
Mykhaylo Svydkyy(UKR) df. Murodjon Tuichiev
(TJK), 4-0
Josip Matkovic (CRO) df. Rodrigo Artilheiro
(BRA) by TF, 12-2, 5:56
Mykhaylo Svydkyy(UKR) df. Josip Matkovic
(CRO), 3-0
Murodjon Tuichiev (TJK) df. Rodrigo Artilheiro
(BRA) by TF, 10-0, 2:26
Mykhaylo Svydkyy(UKR) df. Rodrigo Artilheiro
(BRA) by fall, 4:14 (9-0)
Josip Matkovic (CRO) df. Murodjon Tuichiev
(TJK), 5-0
Pool H
Nico Schmidt (GER) df. Mohammed Jasim (IRQ),
9-4
Mijian Lopez (CUB) df. Andrzej Wronski (POL),
3-0
Andrzej Wronski (POL) df. Nico Schmidt (GER),
3-0
Mijian Lopez (CUB) df. Mohammed Jasim (IRQ)
by TF, 11-0, 2:28
Mijian Lopez (CUB) df. Nico Schmidt (GER)
by fall, 0:45 (3-0)
Andrzej Wronski (POL) df. Mohammed Jasim
(IRQ) by default