Today, on May 9, the Olympic world qualification tournament in wrestling started. On the first day Greco-Roman wrestlers in weight categories 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, 87kg, 97kg and 130kg started their performances. The strongest wrestlers of the tournament reached the semifinal stage, and they are separated by only one victory before the Olympic tickets to Paris. Semifinal bouts will take place at 18:00 Moscow time.
Results of 1/4 finals
60kg:
Michal Tracz (Poland) - Murad Mamadov (Azerbaijan) 1 - 5
Daihun Kim (Korea) - Virgil Bika (Sweden) 10 - 0
Georgi Tibilov (Serbia) - Sadyk Lalaev (Russia) 2 - 6
Ravzan Arnaut (Romania) - Justas Petravicius (Lithuania) 6 - 6
67kg:
Valentin Petric (Moldova) - Andreas Wetsch (Switzerland) 4 - 1
Lei Li (China) - Mateuz Bernatek (Poland) 10 - 5
Etienne Kinzinger (Germany) - Christian Vanca (Hungary) 2 - 1
Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia) - Din Koshkar (Kazakhstan) 9 - 4
77kg:
Paulius Galkinas (Lithuania) - Aik Mnatsakanyan (Bulgaria) 1 -1
Sergey Kutuzov (Russia) - Per Albin Olofson (Sweden) 8 - 2
Victor Nemes (Serbia) - Yuri Lomadze (Georgia) 1 - 10
Idris Ibayev (Germany) - Rui Liu (China) 5 -5
87kg:
Kirill Maskevich (Belarus) - Nico Ozhog (Romania) 7 - 1
Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark) - Ivan Huklek (Croatia) 3 - 2
Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan) - Alex Kessidis (Sweden) 2 - 1
Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) - Marcel Stenkerburg (Luxembourg) 3 - 3
97kg:
Vladen Kozlyuk (Ukraine) - Artur Sargsyan (Russia) 2 - 1
Arvi Savolainen (Finland) - Filip Smetko (Croatia) 9 - 1
Yuri Nakazato (Japan) - Felix Baldauf (Croatia) 6 - 0
Lukas Lazogianis (Germany) - Mihail Kajaja (Serbia) 1 - 1
130kg:
Alin Chiurariu (Romania) - Sota Okumura (Japan) 5 - 1
Oscar Marvik (Norway) - Heiki Nabi (Estonia) 1 - 5
Elias Kuosmanen (Finland) - Pavel Khlinchuk (Belarus) 3 - 13
Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan) - Mantas Knyastautas (Latvia) 1 - 1
Semifinal pairs:
60kg:
Daihun Kim (Korea) - Sadyk Lalaev (Russia)
Murad Mamadov (Azerbaijan) - Ravzan Arnaut (Romania)
67kg:
Etienne Kinzinger (Germany) - Valentin Petrich (Moldova)
Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia) - Lei Li (China)
77kg:
Rui Liu (China) - Hayk Mnatsakanyan (Bulgaria)
Sergey Kutuzov (Russia) - Yuri Lomadze (Georgia)
87kg:
Kirill Maskevich (Belarus) - Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark)
Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) - Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
97kg:
Arvi Savolainen (Finland) - Yuri Nakazato (Japan)
Artur Sargsyan (Russia) - Lukas Lazogianis (Germany)
130kg:
Pavel Khlinchuk (Belarus) - Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan)
Alin Chiurariu (Romania) - Heiki Nabi (Estonia)