The Greco-Roman 66kg event of the 2007 Junior World Wrestling Championship ended on August 22, the final was between the Russian wrestler Ruslan Belkharoev and the Kazakhstani wrestler Aibek Yensekhanov, as a result, the former clichéd the gold medal and the latter finished runner-up regretfully. Both the Azerbaijani and Koran wrestlers won bronze medals.
The Russian wrestler was a gold medalist of the European Junior Wrestling Championship, in the first round of the final today, he made an active attack in an attempt to score with an rolling bridge, but his opponent dissolved his attack successfully, however, he did not open a gate to his opponent by his similarly excellent defense so as to win this round according to the rules. In the second round, the situation was the same, despite absence of active points by both wrestlers; the Russian wrestler became the winner. This was also Russia's first gold medal in the Greco-Roman events of the Junior World Wrestling Championship.
The bronze match of the Greco-Roman 66kg event was between the Chinese wrestler Zheng Pan and the Azerbaijani wrestler Rafig Huseynov. Zheng lost the first round 1:2, but won the second round by successfully dissolving the attack of his opponent. In the deciding round, Zheng score the first point by pushing his opponent out of the surface, but the Azerbaijani wrester scored three straight points subsequently to clinch the victory. Another bronze medal went to the Korean wrestler Hyun-Woo Kim, bronze medalist of the Junior World Championship last year. |