[Orion]

2008 Freestyle World Cup from Vladikavkaz, Russia

1st Place: Russia
2nd Place: Cuba
3rd Place: Uzbekistan
4th Place: Ukraine
5th Place: United States



Results:

Russia vs Cuba (Grand Finals)
Russia over Cuba 5-2

55 kg Osip Mikhailov – Rene Montero 0:1, 0:3
60 kg Alan Dudaev – Miguel Qintana 0:1, 1:0, 1:0
66 kg Irbek Farniev – Geandry Garzon 5:0, 2:1
74 kg Buvaisar Saitiev – Ivan Fundora 4:0, 7:0
84 kg Georgi Ketoev – Reineri Salas by pin in the 1st period
96 kg Shirvani Muradov – Michel Batista 0:1, 2:0, 5:2.
120 kg Soslan Gagloev – Alexis Rodriguez 0:1, 0:1.

Uzbekistan over Ukraine 4-3 (3rd place match)

USA over Turkey 5-2 (5th place match)

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Russia over USA 6-1

Osip Mikhailov - Abas 0:1, 2:2, 1:0 (reported to have been quite heated)
Alan Dudaev - Gallick 1:0, 3:0
Shamil Batirov - Esposito 7:0, 4:1
Denis Tsargush - Askren 1:0, 4:0
Adam Saitiev - Hrovat 1:7, 1:0, 1:0
Ibragim Saidov - Backes 3:1, 2:0
Mocco beat Bakhtiar Akhmedov

Ukraine over USA 4-3

55 kg/121 lbs. – Nick Simmons (USA) dec. Alexander Galagan (Ukraine), 1-0, 6-3
60 kg/132 lbs. – Yevgeny Havilov (Ukraine) won by forfeit
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Andrei Stadnyk (Ukraine) dec. Jared Frayer (USA), 0-7, 3-1, 6-0
74 kg/163 lbs. – Ben Askren (USA) dec. Gia Chihladze (Ukraine), 3-2, 5-1
84 kg/185 lbs. - Alik Muzaev (Ukraine) dec. Andy Hrovat (USA), 0-4, 1-0, 1-0
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - George Tibilov (Ukraine) dec. Kurt Backes (USA), 0-1, 1-4
120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Steve Mocco (USA) dec. Ivan Ischenko, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0


Russia over Ukraine 7-0
55 kg/121 lbs. - Besik Kuduhov (Russia) dec. Alexander Galagan (Ukraine), 1-0, 1-0
60 kg/132 lbs - Alan Dudaev (Russia) dec. Yevgeny Havilov (Ukraine), 1-0, 2-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Irbek Farniev (Russia) dec. Andrei Stadnyk (Ukraine) (4-1, 2-0)
74 kg/163 lbs. - Buvaysar Saytiev (Russia) dec. Gia Chihladze (Ukraine), 2-1, 7-0
84 kg/185 lbs. - Georgy Ketoev (Russia) dec. Alik Muzaev (Ukraine), 3-0, 1-0
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Shirvani Muradov (Russia) dec. George Tibilov (Ukraine), 1-0, 3-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Soslan Gogloev (Russia) dec. Ivan Ischenko, 1-0, 1-0

Uzbekistan over Turkey 6-1

(no individual results for this)

Russia over Turkey 7-0
55 Besik Kudukhov - Alexander Galagan 1:0, 1:0
60 Alan Dudaev - Evgeni Khavelov 1:0, 2:0
66 Irbek Farniev - Andrei Stadnik 4:1, 2:0
74 Buvaisar Saitiev - Gia Chiladze (spelling?) 2:1, 7:0
84 Georgi Ketoev - Alik Muzaev 3:0, 1:0
96 Shirvani Muradov - Georgi Tibilov 1:0, 3:0
120 Soslan Gagloev - Ivan Ischenko 1:0, 1:0.

Grand Finals: Russia VS Cuba
3rd place match: Ukraine VS Uzbekistan
5th place match: USA VS Turkey




Sucks that Gatsalov got sick. This is about as close to an Olympic preview as we're going to get minus Gatsalov whom I think has the gold locked this year. Then again, crazy things happen in the Olympics.


I'll keep updating this as I receive info or find information on other forums.

[Cmac916]

is there somewhere on the net that I can watch this? or is there somebody at the event giving live PBP?

[Orion]

Update:

Tomorrows schedule:

Grand Finals: Russia VS Cuba
3rd place match: Ukraine VS Uzbekistan
5th place match: USA VS Turkey

[Orion]

Originally Posted by Cmac916

is there somewhere on the net that I can watch this? or is there somebody at the event giving live PBP?

themat.com has some updates here and there as the event is going on. Other than that just random people giving information on forums is about as good as it gets for PBP. No video either as far as I know. Videos are usually posted a bit after the event is completely over.

[DaRuckus337]

What an unbelievably young (and strange) team the US has at worlds this year. Three wrestlers from the college class of '07, and three from '06. Only Hrovat is an experienced international competitor.

[hayliks]

Yeah no shit, I remember seeing these guys at the national tournaments when I was in high school.

[Orion]

Update: Looks like Uzbekistan is actually going against Russia for 1st place.

[Orion]

Update: 1 hour after it was decided that UZB was going to be in the finals against RUS, the decision was revised and Cuba is now going to be in the finals against Russia.

[Orion]

Grand finals over. Russia wins the cup 5-2 over Cuba.

[supertac]

Originally Posted by DaRuckus337

What an unbelievably young (and strange) team the US has at worlds this year. Three wrestlers from the college class of '07, and three from '06. Only Hrovat is an experienced international competitor.

This isn't the world championships. This is the world CUP. Two very different events. This is a dual meet. The actual US starting world team is Henry Cejudo, Mike Zadick, Dough Schwab, Joe Heskett, Joe Williams, Daniel Cormier, and Tommy Rowlands.