To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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

WORLD C’SHIP RESULTS, FS 96 KG





　　　　GUANGZHOU, China (September 29) - Results at the wrestling world championships at Tianhe Gymnasium, freestyle, 96 kg:

Freestyle

96 kg (27 entries)
Championship final
Khadjimurad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Georgi Gogshelidze (GEO), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 4-0)

Third-place finals
Michel Batista (CUB) df. David Zilberman (CAN), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 1x-1)
Ruslan Sheyikhov (BLR) df. Alireza Heydari (IRI), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 1x-1)

Semifinals
Khadjimurad Gatsalov (RUS) df. David Zilberman (CAN), 2-0 (3-0, 2-0)
Georgi Gogshelidze (GEO) df. Ruslan Sheyikhov (BLR), 2-0, (1-1x, 3-0)

Repechage
Michel Batista (CUB) df. Cui Xiaocheng (CHN), 2-0 (2-1, 3-2)
Alireza Heydari (IRI) df. Norbert Bodor (SVK) by default, 0:00
Alireza Heydari (IRI) df. Aleksey Krupniakov (KGZ), 2-0 (1x-1, 2-1)

Quarterfinals
David Zilberman (CAN) df. Koo Jae-Hyun (KOR) by fall, 2P=1:12
Khadjimurad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Michel Batista (CUB) by fall, 2P=1:15
Georgi Gogshelidze (GEO) df. Aleksey Krupniakov (KGZ), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Ruslan Sheyikhov (BLR) df. Yasil Tesmynetskyy (UKR), 2-1 (2-1, 0-1, 1-0)

First round (16)
David Zilberman (CAN) df. Nicolas Castro (ESP), 2-0 (5-0, 7-0)
Koo Jae-Hyun (KOR) df. Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN), 2-1 (2-3, 2-0, 1-0)
Khadjimurad Gatsalov (RUS) df. Cui Xiaocheng (CHN), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Michel Batista (CUB) df. Muhammet Sait Bingol (TUR), 2-1 (0-1, 5-0, 4-0)
Georgi Gogshelidze (GEO) df. Alireza Heydari (IRI), 2-1 (2-0, 0-1, 1-0)
Aleksey Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Stepan Kehrer (GER), 2-0 (2-1, 3-0)
Ruslan Sheyikhov (BLR) df. Patal Rohit (IND), 2-0 (6-1, 6-0)
Yasil Tesmynetskyy (UKR) df. Nurzlan Kataev (KAZ), 2-1 (2-0, 0-2, 3-2)

Preliminaries (11 matches)
Cui Xiaocheng (CHN) df. Luis Vivenes (VEN), 2-0 (1x-1, 4-1)
Michel Batista (CUB) df. Shamil Gitinov (ARM), 2-1 (1-0, 2-3, 1-0)
Muhammet Sait Bingol (TUR) df. Gurjav Batpurev (MGL), 2-0 (2-1, 6-0)
Georgi Gogshelidze (GEO) df. Norbert Bodor (SVK) by fall, 1P=0:22
Alireza Heydari (IRI) df. Daniel Cormier (USA), 2-1 (2-0, 0-1, 7-0)
Aleksey Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Antoine Joude (BRA), 2-0 (7-0, 4-0)
Stepan Kehrer (GER) Kazbek Missikov (FRA), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Patal Rohit (IND) df. Waylon Muller (MHL), 2-0 (7-0, 7-0)
Ruslan Sheyikhov (BLR) df. Francesco Miano Petta (ITA), 2-0 (3-0, 4-0)
Yasil Tesmynetskyy (UKR) df. Gergely Kiss (HUN), 2-1 (1-2, 4-0, 1-0)
Nurzlan Kataev (KAZ) df. Bartlomiej Bartnicki (POL), 2-1 (1-0, 0-1, 5-0)