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 55 KG





　　　　GUANGZHOU, China (September 27) - Results in the freestyle 55-kg weight category at the wrestling world championships at Tianhe Sports Center:

55 kg (30 entries)

Championship final
Radoslav Velikov (BUL) df. Besik Kudukhov (RUS), 2-0 (6-0, 1-0)

Third-place finals
Namig Abdullayev (AZE) df. Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR), 2-1 (0-1, 2-1, 1-0)
Sam Henson (USA) df. Adkam Achilov (UZB), 2-0 (2-1, 2-0)

Semifinals
Besik Kudukhov (RUS) df. Namig Abdullayev (AZE), 2-0 (3-0, 1-0)
Radoslav Velikov (BUL) df. Sam Henson (USA), 2-0 (4-0, 7-1)

Repechage
Vinod Kumar (IND) df. Pham Duc Khang (VIE), 2-0, (1-0, 6-0)
Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR) df. Vinod Kumar (IND), 2-0 (3-0, 1x-1)
O Song-Nam (PRK) df. Yi Qin (CHN), 2-0 (1-0, 2-1)
Adkam Achilov (UZB) df. O Song-Nam (PRK) by fall, 2P=1:01

Quarterfinals
Namig Abdullayev (AZE) df. Amiran Kartanov (GRE), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
Besik Kudukhov (RUS) df. Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR), 2-1 (3-1, 1-2, 3-0)
Radoslav Velikov (BUL) df. Adkam Achilov (UZB), 2-0 (1-0, 5-1)
Sam Henson (USA) df. Taghi Dadashi (IRI) by fall, 2P=1:42

Second round (16)
Namig Abdullayev (AZE) df. Besarion Gochashvili (GEO), 2-0 (7-0, 1-0)
Amiran Kartanov (GRE) df. Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA), 2-1 (0-1, 3-0, 6-5)
Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR) df. Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ), 2-1 (9-5, 1-2, 3-1)
Besik Kudukhov (RUS) df. Vinod Kumar (IND), 2-0, (1-0, 6-0)
Radoslav Velikov (BUL) df. O Song-Nam (PRK), 2-0 (2-0, 1-0)
Adkam Achilov (UZB) df. Fredy Serrano (COL), 2-0 (5-2, 8-0)
Taghi Dadashi (IRI) df. Bayaraa Naranbaatar (MGL), 2-1 (0-4, 2-1, 6-0)
Sam Henson (USA) df. Francisco Sanchez (ESP), 2-0 (3-0, 6-0)

Preliminaries (14 matches)
Amiran Kartanov (GRE) df. Igor Skilskiv (UKR), 2-1 (2-3, 1-0, 1-0)
Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) df. Hidenori Taoka (JPN), 2-0 (2-1, 4-0)
Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ) df. Murat Gencturk (TUR), 2-0 (1-0, 3-0)
Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR) df. Ilias Ozumbekov (KGZ), 2-0 (5-0, 4-1)
Vinod Kumar (IND) df. Mikheil Japaridze (CAN), 2-1 (1-0, 1-1x, 3-0)
Besik Kudukhov (RUS) df. Pham Duc Khang (VIE), 2-0 (3-1, 6-0)
O Song-Nam (PRK) df. Pavel Siniavski (ISR), 2-0 (3-0, 3-0)
Radoslav Velikov (BUL) df. Yi Qin (CHN), 2-0 (3-1, 3-0)
Fredy Serrano (COL) df. Etko Vlorel (GBR), 2-0 (4-2, 3-0)
Adkam Achilov (UZB) df. Vahan Simonyan (ARM), 2-1 (1-1x, 1-0, 2-1)
Taghi Dadashi (IRI) df. Elgin Elwais (PLW), 2-0 (6-0, 4-0)
Bayaraa Naranbaatar (MGL) df. Jerry Angana (PHI), 2-0 (4-0, 6-0)
Sam Henson (USA) df. Rene Montero (CUB), 2-1 (1-2, 1-0, 6-0)
Francisco Sanchez (ESP) df. Vladislav Andreev (BLR), 2-0 (1-0, 3x-3)