Russia has won this weight division for two straight years, with Alexei Glushkov taking the gold medal in 2003 and Varteres Samourgashev winning the title in 2002. Samourgashev was an Olympic gold medalist at 63 kg in 2000. Gloushkov was a World silver medalist in 2001 and Olympic bronze medalist in 2000 at 69 kg. Russia had different athlete win the European gold medal at this weight class in 2004, Mikhail Ivantchenko. Needless to say, whoever Russia selects for this position will be a top gold-medal hopeful.    One of the sport's superstars is also at this division, two-time Olympic champion Filiberto Azcuy of Cuba. Azcuy was a World champion at 69 kg in 2001, and when the weight classes changed, moved up to 74 kg and won a World bronze medal in 2002. In previous years, he was second at the 1998 World Championships and third in the 1997 World meet. Last year, Azcuy missed out of the top 10 at the World Championships, but he earned his ticket to Athens by winning a gold medal at the first Olympic Qualification Tournament. This exciting star can still wrestle with the best of them.    Marko Yli-Hanukksela of Finland, a 1997 World champion, has also qualified at this division by placing seventh at the 2003 World Championships. Finland has some other good athletes at this weight including Kim-Jussi Nurmela and Ari Harkanen, but Yli-Hannuksela has been the choice when the World Championships come around. Yli-Hannuksela won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics, and is seeking a second Olympic medal.    Winning World medals at this division in 2003 were Konstantin Schneider of Germany (silver) and Kim Jin-Soo of Korea (bronze). Kim was a 2001 World bronze medalist and was fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games at 76 kg. Schneider was seventh in the 2002 World Championships and seems to be getting stronger each season.    Katsuhiko Nagata of Japan, a surprise 2000 Olympic silver medalist at 69 kg, has qualified to compete at this division by placing 10th at the 2003 World Championships. Nagata is a bit undersized at this division. Kunihiko Obata was third at the 2004 Asian Championships for Japan at this weight.    Danil Khalimov of Kazakhstan placed fourth at the 2003 World Championships, a strong performance leading into the Olympic year.  Voldymir Shastkikh of Ukraine was fifth at the 2003 World meet and fourth in the 2002 World Championships, and is expected to be in the medal hunt again. Ukraine has other options, such as 2004 European silver medalist Vassili Radyiba or 2001 World bronze medalist Rustem Adzhy.    Aliaksandr Kikiniou of Belarus comes into the World meet hot from a victory at the Pytlasinski Tournament in Poland in July, an important tune-up event. Kikinoiu was fifth in the 2003 World Championships and eighth in the 2002 World Championships, proving he is capable of challenging for a medal. Belarus could also consider 2004 European bronze medalis Oleg Mikhailovich.     Also qualifying for the Olympic Games by placing in the top 10 at the 2003 World Championships were Yakov Menasherov of Israel in eighth place and Vougar Aslanov of Azerbaijan in ninth place. These were the top international placements for both of these athletes. Aslanov was second in the 2004 Pytlasinski Tournament, with Germany's Schneider placing third, both good tuneup performances.    Showing some consistency is Hungary's Tamas Berzicza, who was fifth in the 2001 and 2002 World Championships. He did not qualify through the World Championships last year, but got into the tournament by taking a silver medal at the final Olympic Qualification Tournament.    Winning a gold medal at the final Olympic Qualification Tournament was Poland's Radislaw Truszkowski. He has not been consistent this year, placing low in the standings at both the European Championships and the Pytlasinski Tournament.    Athletes who earned a spot in this event through the first Olympic Qualification event were Alexander Dokturisjvili of Uzbekistan, Mohammed Babulfath of Sweden and Yinjiya Sai of China. Of this group, Babulfath is the most experienced, placing seventh and fourth in the last two European Championships. Uzbekistan could also consider Dzhakhombir Turdiev, who finished 10th in the 2002 World meet and won a 2003 Asian silver medal.    Also qualifying in the final Olympic Qualifying event were Dania Kobonov of Kyrgyzstan, Reto Bucher of Switzerland and Alberto Recuero of Spain. Kobonov was fifth at the Pytlasinski Tournament in Poland and Recuero was 10th.  Greece receives an automatic entry, and Georgias Panagiotou was the nation's entry at the 2004 European Championships.    The U.S. did not qualify to compete at this weight class. Three U.S. wrestlers entered the qualification process but did not meet the entry standards. Veteran Keith Sieracki won the U.S. Trials at this division, but is not in the Olympic tournament.    Nations qualified (alphabetically): Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan    Past gold medallists expected in field: Alexei Glushkov of Russia (2003), Varteres Samourgashev of Russia (2002, 2000), Filiberto Azcuy of Cuba (2001, 2000, 1996), Marko Yli-Hannuksela of Finland (1997)    No U.S. entry    74 kg/163 lbs.-  Greco-Roman  1st at 2003 World Championships - Russia (Alexei Glushkov or Varteres Samourgashev)  2nd at 2003 World Championships -Germany (Konstantin Schneider)  3rd at 2003 World Championships -Korea (Kim Jin-Soo)  4th at 2003 World Championships -Kazakhstan (Danil Khalimov)  5th at 2003 World Championships - Ukraine (Volokymyr Shats'kykh)  6th at 2003 World Championships - Belarus (Aliaksandr Kikiniou or Oleg Mikhailovich)  7th at 2003 World Championnships -Finland (Marko Yli-Hannuksela)  8th at 2003 World Championships - Israel (Yakov Menasherov)  9th at 2003 World Championships -Azerbaijan (Vougar Aslanov)  10th at 2003 World Championships - Japan (Katsuhiko Nagata)  Host Nation entry - Greece (Georgias Panagiotou)  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Cuba (Filiberto Azcuy)  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1-Uzbekistan (Alexander Dokturisjvili or Dzhakhombir Turdiev)  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Sweden (Mohammed Babulfath)  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -China (Yinjiya Sai)  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Poland (Radoslaw Truszkowski)  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 - Hungary (Tamas Berzicza)  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Kyrgyzstan (Daniar Kobonov)  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Switzerland (Reto Bucher)  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Spain (Alberto Recuero)    RECENT WORLD AND OLYMPIC RESULTS    2003 World Championship results   163 - Gold - Alexei Glushkov (Russia) dec. Konstantin Schneider (Germany), 3-0; Bronze - Jin Soo Kim (Korea) dec. Danil Khalimov (Kazakhstan),  3-0 ot; 5th - Volokymyr Shats'kykh (Ukraine); 6th -  Aliaksandr Kikiniou (Belarus); 7th - Marko Yli-Hannuksela (Finland); 8th - Yakov Menasherov (Israel); 9th - Vougar Aslanov (Azerbaijan); 10th - Katsuhiko Nagata (Japan)    2002 World Championships results   74 kg/163 lbs. - Gold - Varteres Samourgashev (Russia) dec. Badri Khasaia (Georgia), 3-0; Bronze - Filiberto Ascuy (Cuba) dec. Volodymir Shatskikh (Ukraine), 5-1; 5th - Tamas Berzicza (Hungary); 6th - Michal Jaworski (Poland); 7th - Konstantin Schneider (Germany); 8th - Aleksandr Kikiniov (Belarus); 9th - Marko Yli-Hannuksela (Finland); 10th - Dzhakhombir Turdiev (Uzbekistan)    2001 World Championships results   69 kg/152 lbs. -  Gold - Filiberto Azcuy (Cuba) dec. Alexei Gloushkov (Russia), 4-0; Bronze - Rustem Adzhy (Ukraine) pin Jimmy Samuelson (Sweden), 1:28; 5th - Moises Sanchez (Spain); 6th - Parviz Zaidvand (Iran); 7th - Song Sang Pil (Korea); 8th - Maxim Schwindt (Germany); 9th - Ondrej Jaros (Czech Republic); 10th - Mahmut Altay (Turkey)    2001 World Championships results   76 kg/167.5 - Gold - Ara Abrahamjian (Sweden) pin Alexei Michine (Russia), 5:04; Bronze - Kim Jin Soo (Korea) dec. Sergiy Solodkyy (Ukraine), 3-0; 5th - Tamas Berzicza (Hungary); 6th - Marko Yli-Hannuksela (Finland); 7th - Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (Kazakhstan); 8th -