BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (September 22) – KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) defeated Roman VLASOV (RUS) in a meeting of London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalists, but Russia won the team title for the Greco-Roman events as the senior wrestling world championships came to a close.
KIM, the winner at 66kg in London, scored a second-period takedown in the 74kg final at Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena to edge reigning Olympic, world and European champion VLASOV, 2-1.
KIM’s triumph at 74kg followed another Korean win over an Olympic Games gold medalist at 66kg as RYU Han-Su (KOR) hung a disqualification on Beijing 2008 champion Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) in the 66kg final.
The third and final gold medal of the evening went to Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) at 120kg, giving Iran its second gold medal of the Greco-Roman competition.
In the team rankings, Russia stretched its one-point lead a day earlier to a six-point win, 43-37, over Korea. Russia had one champion (Nikita MELNIKOV, 96kg) and three silver medalists while Korea claimed a silver medal and bronze medal along with its two champions on the final evening of competition.
Hungary, which stood one point behind Russia on Saturday evening, faded to third place with the semifinals loss of London 2012 silver medalist Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) at 66kg and a fifth place from Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN) at 120kg.
Still, with three bronze medals won during the first two days of Greoc-Roman competition, Hungary finished third in the team rankings with 31 points.
66kg – RYU Han-Su (KOR) defeated Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) by disqualification when the Beijing 2008 gold medalist failed to make a clean start in par terre in the second period of the championship final.
ALBIEV stepped over a lift-and-throw attempt by RYU in the first period for a 2-0 lead, but RYU came back in the second period with a gut wrench in the secon for a 4-3 lead.
When ALBIEV got his final chance at par terre, his failure to make a clean start resulted in a disqualification at 5:10 and set off some Gangnam-style dancing in the Korean corner.
In the bronze medal finals, Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) scored with a gut wrench in the second period and added a go-behind takedown from an under-arm spin to defeat 2012 European bronze medal winner Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB), 4-0.
SANDEEP’s win made him India’s first medalist in Greco-Roman at a senior world championships.
Frank STAEBLER (GER) arched over with a three-point throw from par terre to defeat 2010 world champion Hasan ALIYEV (AZE), 5-2, and claim Germany’s first medal in the world championships Greco-Roman since 2005.
74kg – In the battle of Olympic champions, KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) got behind in a flurry of action midway through the second period and made it stand for a 2-1 victory over defending world champion Roman VLASOV (RUS).
In the bronze medal finals, Beijing 2008 silver medalist Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) scored with a gut wrench midway through the first period and controlled the action the rest of the match for a 3-0 victory over Mark MADSEN (DEN).
Mediterranean Games champion Emrah KUS (TUR) scored three takedowns with the last one securing a technical fall over Veri-Kalli SUOMINEN (FIN), 7-0 at 5:54.
120kg – Amir ALIAKBARI, the 2010 world champion at 96kg, scored quickly with a pair of force-outs in the first period and then added a takedown going out of bounds in the second for a 4-0 win over London 2012 silver medalist Heiki NABI (EST).
In the bronze medal finals, Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) scored a pair of force-outs and landed on top of a lateral drop attempt on his way to a 5-0 win over veteran Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN) and a bronze medal for his third straight world championships.
In a battle between the two London 2012 bronze medalists, Riza KAYAALP (TUR) hit an arm throw at 1:45 of the first period for a 3-0 win over Johan EUREN (SWE).
Final Results, World Wrestling Championships
MEN’S GRECO ROMAN
66Kg
Gold medal final
RYU Han-Su (KOR) df. Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) by disq., 5:10
Bronze medal finals
Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) df. Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB), 4-0
Frank STAEBLER (GER) df. Hasan ALIYEV (AZE), 5-2
Semifinals
RYU Han-Su (KOR) df. Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) by disq.
Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) df. Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) by fall, 5:21
Repechage
Sharur VARDANYAN (SWE) df. Matous MORBITZER (CZE) by TF, 6-0=1:17
Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) df. Sharur VARDANYAN (SWE), 6-4
Pedro MULENS HERRERA (CUB) df. Sasun GHAMBARYAN (ARM), 3-2
Frank STAEBLER (GER) df. Pedro MULENS HERRERA (CUB), 3-2
Quarterfinals
Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) df. Vladimiros MATIAS (GRE), 6-1
RYU Han-Su (KOR) df. Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) by TF, 7-0=3:00
Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) df. Frank STAEBLER (GER) by TF, 8-0=3:00
Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) df. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN), 5-2
Round of 16
Vladimiros MATIAS (GRE) df. Jefrin MEJIA SAMBULA (HON), 10-7
Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) df. Alexis CUERO (COL) by TF, 11-4=5:56
Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) df. Mihail COSNICEANU (MDA) by TF, 6-2
RYU Han-Su (KOR) df. Matous MORBITZER (CZE) by TF, 9-1=4:06
Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) df. Sasun GHAMBARYAN (ARM), 6-5
Frank STAEBLER (GER) df. Edgaras VENCKAITIS (LTU), 6-1
Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) df. Afshin Nemat BYABANGARD (IRI), 2-0
Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) df. Yuksel ATAKAN (TUR), 3-1
Round of 32
Jefrin MEJIA SAMBULA (HON) df. KAO Shih-Min (TPE) by TF, 6-0=0:48
Vladimiros MATIAS (GRE) df. Jospeh LOPEZ (GUM) by TF, 8-0=3:34
Alexis CUERO (COL) df. Andre DA SILVA FEITOSA (BRA) by TF, 8-0
Aleksandar MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) df. Benedikt PUFFER (AUT) by TF, 7-0
Mihail COSNICEANU (MDA) df. Georgian CARPEN (ROU) by disq., 5:19
Tulsi Yadan SANDEEP (IND) df. Ismael NAVARRO SANCHEZ (ESP), 5-0
Matous MORBITZER (CZE) df. Tarek BENAISSA (ALG) by TF, 7-0=1:10
RYU Han-Su (KOR) df. Sharur VARDANYAN (SWE) by TF, 7-0=4:35
Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS) df. Pedro MULENS HERRERA (CUB) by fall, 4:14
Sasun GHAMBARYAN (ARM) df. Plamen PETROV (BUL) by TF, 8-0
Frank STAEBLER (GER) df. Yerbol KONYRATOV (KAZ), 3-2
Edgaras VENCKAITIS (LTU) df. Hiroyuki SHIMIZU (JPN), 7-3
Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) df. Marius THOMMESEN (NOR), 5-0
Afshin Nemat BYABANGARD (IRI) df. Alan DZAKAIEV (UKR), 4-1
Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) df. Ruslan TIUMENBAEV (KGZ) by TF, 7-0
Yuksel ATAKAN (TUR) df. David KARECINSKI (POL), 6-0
Preliminary bouts
Marius THOMMESEN (NOR) df .Sachino DAVITAIA (GEO), 3-2
Alan DZAKAIEV (UKR) df. YAN Pengfei (CHN), 4-2
Afshin Nemat BYABANGARD (IRI) df. Attila LEVAI (SVK) by TF, 8-0=3:48
Ruslan TIUMENBAEV (KGZ) df. Nurbek KHOLMUKHAMMATOV (UZB), 5-5 criteria
Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) df. Dominik ETLINGER (CRO), 3-0
Yuksel ATAKAN (TUR) df. Ellis COLEMAN (USA), 2-2 criteria
David KARECINSKI (POL) df. Mikhail SIAMIONAU (BLR), 3-0
74kg
Gold medal final
Roman VLASOV (RUS) KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR)
Bronze medal finals
Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) df. Mark MADSEN (DEN), 3-0
Emrah KUS (TUR) df. Veri-Kalli SUOMINEN (FIN) by TF, 7-0=5:54
Semifinals
Roman VLASOV (RUS) df. Mark MADSEN (DEN), 5-3
KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) df. Emrah KUS (TUR) by TF, 7-0=0:59
Repechage
Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) df. Alvin ALMENDRA (PAN), by TF, 8-0
Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) df. Esengeldi KOZHOBEK ULUU (KGZ) by TF, 8-0
YANG Bin (CHN) df. Richard RIGO (SVK) by TF, 7-2
Veri-Kalli SUOMINEN (FIN) df. YANG Bin (CHN), 5-0
Quarterfinals
Roman VLASOV (RUS) df. Esengeldi KOZHOBEK ULUU (KGZ), 5-2
Mark MADSEN (DEN) df. Yavor YANAKIEV (BUL), 4-1
KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) df. Veri-Kalli SUOMINEN (FIN), 5-1
Emrah KUS (TUR) df. Mykola DARAGAN (UKR), 4-3
Round of 16
Roman VLASOV (RUS) df. Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM), 6-1
KOZHOBEK ULUU (KGZ) df. Piotr PRZEPIORKA (POL), 5-4
Mark MADSEN (DEN) df. Takehiro KANAKUBO (JPN), 1-1 criteria
Yavor YANAKIEV (BUL) df. Robert ROSENGREN (SWE), 1-0
Veli-Karri SUOMINEN (FIN) df. Azizbek MURODOV (UZB) by fall, 3:23
KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) df. YANG Bin (CHN) by TF, 8-0
Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) df. Emrah KUS (TUR), 3-1
Mykola DARAGAN (UKR) df. Ilia GULBATASHVILI (GEO) by TF, 7-0
Round of 32
Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) df. Florian MARCHL (AUT) by TF, 8-0
Roman VLASOV (RUS) df. Alvin ALMENDRA (PAN) by TF, 10-0=):47
Esengeldi KOZHOBEK ULUU (KGZ) df. Jonas BOSSERT (SUI) by TF, 8-0=4:36
Piotr PRZEPIORKA (POL) df. Ionael PUSCASU (ROU) by fall, 1:15
Takehiro KANAKUBO (JPN) df. Alexandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU), 5-4
Mark MADSEN (DEN) df. Hadi ALIZADEHPOURNIA (IRI), 4-0
Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) df. Askhat DILMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ), 3-2
Yavor YANAKIEV (BUL) df. Petros MANOUILIDIS (GRE), 3-1
Azizbek MURODOV (UZB) df. Luis AVENDANO ROJAS (VEN) by TF, 7-0
Veli-Karri SUOMINEN (FIN) df. Chikara RAJBIR (IND), 5-0
YANG Bin (CHN) df. Tomas SOBECKY (CZE) by TF, 7-0=4:52
KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) df. Richard RIGO (SVK) by TF, 7-0=3:19
Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) df. Zugaj NEVEN (CRO), 8-3
Emrah KUS (TUR) df. Andrew BISEK (USA), 3-1
Ilia GULBATASHVILI (GEO) df. Aleksandrs VISNAKOVS (LAT), 5-3
Mykola DARAGAN (UKR) df. Huan ESCOBAR (MEX) by TF, 7-0
Preliminary bouts
Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) df. Viktor NEMES (SRB), 6-1
Andrew BISEK (USA) df. Balint KORPASI (HUN), 2-1
Emrah KUS (TUR) df. Aliaksander MTEMIANOVICH (BLR) by disq., 3:51
Aleksandrs VISNAKOVS (LAT) df. Clinton DAVIES (NZL) by fall, 1:10
Ilia GULBATASHVILI (GEO) df. Florian NEUMAIER (GER), 1-0
Huan ESCOBAR (MEX) df. Igor BESLEAGA (MDA), 4-3
Mykola DARAGAN (UKR) df. Rafael AMURGASHEV (MNE) by TF, 10-2=4:03
120 KG
Gold medal final
Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) df. Heiki NABI (EST), 4-0
Bronze medal finals
Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) df. Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN), 5-0
Riza KAYAALP (TUR) df. Johan EUREN (SWE), 3-0
Semifinals
Heiki NABI (EST) df. Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN), 6-0
Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) df. Riza KAYAALP (TUR), 3-1
Repechage
Kamil BLONSKI (POL) df. Zaur MEHRALIYEV (AZE), 4-0
Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) df. Kamil BLONSKI (POL) by TF, 8-0
Johan EUREN (SWE) df. Oleksandr CHERNETSKYY (UKR), 7-2
Johan EUREN (SWE) df. Eduard Popp (GER), 1-0
Quarterfinals
Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN) df. Ramon GARCIA (DOM) by fall, 3;15
Heiki NABI (EST) df. Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) by disq.
Riza KAYAALP (TUR) df. Robert SMITH (USA) by TF, 7-0=0:30
Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) df. Eduard Popp (GER) by TF, 7-0
Round of 16
Ramon GARCIA (DOM) df. Juan MELO BAROLI (URU) by TF, 7-0=1:11
Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN) df. Miloslav METODIEV (BUL) by disq., 4:04
Heiki NABI (EST) df. Zaur MEHRALIYEV (AZE), 3-0
Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) df. Radhouane CHEBBI (TUN) by TF, 8-0
Riza KAYAALP (TUR) df. Sergey ANDRUSIK (RUS), 3-0
Robert SMITH (USA) df. Ioseb CHUGOSHVILI (BLR), 5-0
Eduard Popp (GER) df. Levan ARABULI (GEO), 6-4
Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) df. Johan EUREN (SWE) by TF, 7-0
Preliminary bouts
Heiki NABI (EST) df. Kamil BLONSKI (POL) by TF, 7-0
Radhouane CHEBBI (TUN) df. Shori MAEKAWA (JPN) by disq.
Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) df. Murodjon TUYCHIEV (TJK) by TF, 7-0=4:30
Riza KAYAALP (TUR) df. Naveen NAVEEN (IND) by fall, 1:09
Sergey ANDRUSIK (RUS) df. Juan CAMACARO (VEN) by TF, 7-0=2:39
Ioseb CHUGOSHVILI (BLR) df. HWANG Jong-Won (KOR), 5-0
Robert SMITH (USA) df. NIE Xiaoming (CHN), 3-1
Eduard Popp (GER) df. Vachik YEGHIAZARYAN (ARM), 1-0
Levan ARABULI (GEO) df. Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU), 4-3
Johan EUREN (SWE) df. Ali ALGHADHRI (IRQ) by TF, 8-0=2:21
Amir ALIAKBARI (IRI) df. Oleksandr CHERNETSKYY (UKR), 3-1
