To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

By William May
（Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
：wmay52@hotmail.com）

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - GRECO-ROMAN 96 KG





BUDAPEST (October 2) - Results from the wrestling world championships at Papp Laszlo Sport Arena in Budapest:

Greco-roman 96 kg (32 entries)

Championship final
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Lajos Virag (HUN), 2-0 (2-1, 4-1)

Third-place finals
Vassili Teploukhov (RUS) df. Mirko Englich (GER), 2-1 (4-0, 1-1x, 2-0)
Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) by disq., 3P=1:30

Semifinals
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Vassili Teploukhov (RUS), 2-0 (4-0, 4-0)
Lajos Virag (HUN) df. Margulan Assembekov (KAZ), 2-0 (3-0, 2-0)

Repechage
Fritz Aanes (NOR) df. Marek Sitnik (POL), 2-1 (3-3x, 2-1, 5-0)
Mirko Englich (GER) df. Fritz Aanes (NOR), 2-1 (0-6, 7-0, 5-0)
Shata Narmaniya (BLR) df. Mitja Sedmak (SLO), 2-0 (3-0, 4-0)
Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Shata Narmaniya (BLR), 2-0 (3-1, 2-0)

Quarterfinals
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Mirko Englich (GER), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
Vassili Teploukhov (RUS) df. Mikhaylo Nikolaev (UKR), 2-0 (2-1, 3-1)
Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) df. Vladislav Metodiev (BUL), 2-0 (6-0, 5-0)
Lajos Virag (HUN) df. Justin Ruiz (USA), 2-0 (4-0, 2-0)

Second round (16)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Marek Sitnik (POL), 2-0 (4-0, 2-0)
Mirko Englich (GER) df. Luis Talavera (VEN), 2-0 (1x-1, 3-0)
Vassili Teploukhov (RUS) df. Reza Zaidvand (IRI) by disq., 2P=1:51
Mikhaylo Nikolaev (UKR) df. Rami Hietaniemi (FIN), 2-1 (0-4, 6-0, 4-1)
Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) df. Georgios Koutsioubas (GRE), 2-0 (8-0, 4-1)
Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) df. Toomas Proovel (EST) by disq., 2P=1:31
Lajos Virag (HUN) df. Shata Narmaniya (BLR), 2-0 (3-1, 5-0)
Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Marek Svec (CZE), 2-1 (2-0, 0-5, 1x-1)

First round (32)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Fritz Aanes (NOR) by disq., 3P=1:30
Marek Sitnik (POL) df. Shaun Scott (ISV) by fall, 2P=0:39
Guillermo Talavera (VEN) df. Niko Liulamaga (ASA) by TF, 2-0 (8-0, 7-0)
Mirko Englich (GER) df. Roman Meduna (SVK) by disq., 2P=time not recorded
Vassili Teploukhov (RUS) df. Jimmy Lidberg (SWE) by disq., 2P=time not recorded
Reza Zaidvand (IRI) df. Muhran Vakhtangadze (GEO), 2-0 (1x-1, 1x-1)
Mikhaylo Nikolaev (UKR) df. Sanjit Kumar (IND) by disq., 2P=1:30
Rami Hietaniemi (FIN) df. Chen Xiaofei (CHN), 2-1 (1-2, 4-1, 3-0)
Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) df. Robert Petrosyan (ARM) by disq., 2P=1:35
Konstantin Koutsioubas (GRE) df. Samuel Shamilov (ISR), 2-0 (6-0, 5-0)
Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) df. Kenzo Kato (JPN) by TF, 2-0 (6-0, 8-0)
Toomas Proovel (EST) df. Valdas Sidlauskas (LTU), 2-0 (1x-1, 2-0)
Lajos Virag (HUN) df. Mitja Sedmak (SLO), 2-1 (9-0, 1-3, 6-0)
Shata Narmanya (BLR) df. Daigoro Timoncini (ITA), 2-1 (2-0, 2-2x. 4-3)
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Bojan Mijatov (SCG) by fall, 2P=1:09
Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Azat Erkinbaev (KGZ) by disq., 2P=1:30

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