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Last four finals for man's freestyle to start at 5 p.m.
2007-08-26 15:44:00   Good Luck Beijing
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The last four men's freestyle finals (55kg, 66kg, 84kg and 120kg) will be held tat 5 p.m.today. Wrestlers from different countries will fight for their last honors.

In the 55kg competition, the Russian wrestler Otarsultanov advanced easily to the final. As the champion of the 2006 Junior World Wrestling Championships, Otarsultanov became a young world champion of the 2007 Wrestling World Cup by his superb strength. In the face of his opponents, Otarsultanov was extremely outstanding in both attack and defense. Otarsultanov's opponent in the final will be the Turkish wrestler Sezar Akgul, who was also qualified for the final without losing even a point in the eliminations this morning. The final can be rated as a top close competition.

The 66kg competition was more intense, as a result, the American wrestler Nurlan Jenkins and the Turkish wrestler Okay Koksal met in the final, the latter had consumed much physical strength due to the strong resistance of his opponents in the quarterfinals and semifinals, on the contrary, the latter advanced smoothly to the final, with the progress of the competition, he performed better and better and won an easy victory over the Iranian wrestler in the semifinals to enter the final.

The 84kg eliminations also ended this morning.The Russian force showed their outstanding strength again, Anzor Urishev advanced to the final after beating the veteran wrestlers from Iran and Georgia. The eliminated Iranian wrestler was even the champion of the 2007 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships. Anzor Urishev's opponent in the final will be the Uzbekistani wrestler Abdul Ammaev.

The 120kg event can be rated as a competition between wrestling kings, in which the giants from different countries showed their special prowess. As a result, Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, the champion of the European Junior Wrestling Championships, successfully entered the final to meet the Iranian wrestler Azarshakib who had beaten the Chinese wrestler Deng Zhiwei in the semifinals.

After the completion of the first-day freestyle competition, the pattern of Russia, Iran and Turkey in tripartite confrontation came into being, all the three countries with a total of 25 points each stood a chance of winning the men's freestyle team championship.

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