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, GR 66 KG





    GUANGZHOU, China (September 25) - Results at the wrestling world championships at Tianhe Gymnasium, greco-roman style, 66 kg:


66 kg (32 entries)

Championship final
Li Yanyan (CHN) df. Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ), 2-1 (6-0, 0-5, 5-4)

Third-place finals
Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) df. Oleksey Khvoshch (UKR), 2-1 (2-1, 1-1x, 2-0)
Harry Lester (USA) df. Seref Eroglu (TUR), 2-0 (4-3, 4-3)

Semifinals
Li Yanyan (CHN) df. Sergey Kovalenko (RUS), 2-1 (5-0, 0-6, 8-0)
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Seref Eroglu (TUR), 2-1 (2-1, 0-5, 3-1)

Repechage
Oleksey Khvoshch (UKR) df. Tomas Sobecky (CZE), 2-0 (2-1, 2-1)
Oleksey Khvoshch (UKR) df. Aleksandr Kazakevic (LTU), 2-0 (2-1, 6-0)
Harry Lester (USA) df. Gubinder Singh (IND), 2-0 (6-0, 3-0)
Harry Lester (USA) df. Nikolay Gergov (BUL), 2-1 (3-0, 1-2, 1x-1)

Quarterfinals
Li Yanyan (CHN) df. Aleksandr Kazakevic (LTU), 2-1 (6-0, 1-3, 4-0)
Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) df. Ion Panait (ROM), 2-0 (3-2, 3-2)
Seref Eroglu (TUR) df. Tamas Lorincz (HUN), 2-1 (2-1, 1-1x, 2x,-2)
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Nikolay Gergov (BUL), 2-1 (2-1, 3-5, 2-1)

Second round (16 wrestlers)
Aleksandr Kazakevic (LTU) df. Matti Kautto (FIN), 2-0 (1x-1, 2-1)
Li Yanyan (CHN) df. Tomas Sobecky (CZE), 2-0 (4-0, 3-2)
Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) df. Rawshan Ruzikulov (UZB), 2-1 (1-2, 6-0, 4-0)
Ion Panait (ROM) df. Alain Milian (CUB), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
Seref Eroglu (TUR) df. Artak Harutyunyan (ARM), 2-0 (2-1, 4-0)
Tamas Lorincz (HUN) df. Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE), 2-1 (0-5, 5-0, 1x-1)
Nikolay Gergov (BUL) df. Elbrus Mammadov (AZE), 2-0 (5-0, 1x-1)
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Harry Lester (USA), 2-1 (7-0, 0-6, 3-1)

First round (32 wrestlers)
Aleksandr Kazakevic (LTU) df. Rim Un-Sik (PRK), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
Matti Kautto (FIN) df. Franson Gibbons {PLW) by injury default, 0:00
Tomas Sobecky (CZE) df. Marcus Thaetner (GER), 2-0 (3x-3, 6-0)
Li Yanyan (CHN) df. Oleksey Khvoshch (UKR), 2-1 (5-0, 2-4, 4-0)
Rawshan Ruzikulov (UZB) df. Eamonn Dorgan (IRL), 2-0 (5-2, 5-0)
Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) df. Beibit Nugumanov (KAZ), 2-0 (5-0, 5-0)
Ion Panait (ROM) df. Masaki Imuro (JPN), 2-0 (6-0, 3-0)
Alain Milian (CUB) df. Vitali Zhuk (BLR), 2-1 (1-2, 2-1, 5-1)
Seref Eroglu (TUR) df. Ali Mohammadi (IRI), 2-0 (7-0, 2-0)
Artak Harutyunyan (ARM) df. Duong Ainh Nam (VIE) by fall, 1P=1:09
Tamas Lorincz (HUN) df. Moises Sanchez (ESP), 2-1 (1-2, 4-0, 2-0)
Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE) df. Lasha Lomadze (GEO), 2-1 (1-2, 4-1, 5-0)
Elbrus Mammadov (AZE) df. Sylwester Charzewski (POL), 2-0 (6-2, 6-0)
Nikolay Gergov (BUL) df. Tiziano Gorriga (ITA), 2-0 (4-0, 3-1)
Harry Lester (USA) df. Kim Min-Chul (KOR), 2-1 (3-3x, 5-4, 8-0)
Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) df. Gurbinder Singh (IND), 2-0 (5-0, 6-0)