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 96 KG





　　　　GUANGZHOU, China (September 26) - Results at the wrestling world championships at Tianhe Gymnasium, greco-roman style, 96 kg:

96 kg (28 entries)

Championship final
Heiki Nabi (EST) df. Marek Svec (CZE), 2-0 (1x-1, 1x-1)

Third-place finals
Andrei Batura (BLR) df. Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL), 2-0 (1x-1, 1x-1)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Ramaz Nozadze (GEO), 2-0 (6-0, 2-0)

Semifinals
Heiki Nabi (EST) df. Andrei Batura (BLR), 2-0 (5-0, 3x-3)
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Ramaz Nozadze (GEO), 2-1 (2-1, 0-4, 1x-1)

Repechage
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL) df. Daigoro Timoncini (ITA), 2-0 (5-0, 1x-1)
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL) df. Han Tae-Young (KOR), 2-1 (0-5, 2-0, 3-0)
Kenzo Kato (JPN) df. Theodoros Tounoussidis (GRE), 2-1 (5-3, 0-2, 2-1)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Kenzo Kato (JPN), 2-0 (3-1, 2-1)

Quarterfinals
Andrei Batura (BLR) df. Jiang Huachen (CHN), 2-0 (3-0, 1-1)
Heiki Nabi (EST) df. Han Tae-Young (KOR), 2-1 (1-2, 1x-1, 3-1)
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) df. Jimmy Lidberg (SWE), 2-0 (5-2, 3-0)
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) by fall, 2P=1:41

First round (16 wrestlers)
Jiang Huachen (CHN) df. Sedmak Mitja (SLO) by fall, 2P
Andrei Batura (BLR) df. Waldo Moreno (ESP), 2-0 (3-0, 5-0)
Han Tae-Young (KOR) df. Justin Ruiz (USA), 2-1 (0-3, 1x-1, 1x-1)
Heiki Nabi (EST) df. Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL), 2-1 (1x-1, 0-4, 2-1)
Jimmy Lidberg (SWE) df. Lajos Virag (HUN), 2-0
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) df. Mihail Nikolayev (UKR), 2-0 (5-1, 1x-1)
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Theodoros Tounoussidis (GRE), 2-0 (3-1, 1x-1)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Margulan Assembekov (KAZ), 2-0 (3-0, 3-0)

Preliminaries (12 matches)
Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Rami Hietaniemi (FIN), 2-0 (1x-1, 2-0)
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL) df. Reza Farzi Zadeh (IRI), 2-0(3-0, 1x-1)
Heiki Nabi (EST) df. Daigoro Timoncini (ITA), 2-1 (7-2, 0-3, 1x-1)
Lajos Virag (HUN) df. Nguyen Van Duc (VIE) by fall, 2P=1:46
Jimmy Lidberg (SWE) df. Mindaugas Ezerskis (LTU), 2-0 (4-0, 5-0)
Mihail Nikolayev (UKR) df. Roman Meduna (SVK), 2-0 (2-1, 3-0)
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) df. Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS), 2-1 (3-0, 0-2, 7-0)
Theodoros Tounoussidis (GRE) df. Elis Guri (ALB), 2-0 (4-3, 3-0)
Marek Svec (CZE) df. Kenzo Kato (JPN), 2-0 (6-0, 3-1)
Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) df. Guillermo Talavera (VEN), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) df. Karam Gaber (EGY), 2-0 (2-1, 2-1)