Pool pairings released for Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships

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John Fuller (USA Wrestling)
09/22/2004


Pool pairings have been released for Divisions A (35-40 years old), D (51-55 years old) and E (56 + years old) at the 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships in Seinajoki, Finland.    Competition for these three divisions will begin on Thursday, September 23. Divisions B (41-45 years old) and C (46-50 years old) will weigh in on the 23rd.    For complete information on the 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships, visit http://members.surfeu.fi/ls_spl/WVC2004/wvc2004.htm.    Following are the U.S. athlete pool matchups for Divisions A, D and E.    Division A (35-40 years old)  85 kg - Jeffery Anderson (Elburn, Ill.)  vs. Jukka Lehtinen (Finland)  vs. Morad Shiri (Iran)  vs. Roy Andersen (Norway)    85 kg - Todd Falk (San Diego, Calif.)  vs. Kooresh Nezhad (Iran)  vs. Sergey Gizatulin (Russia)  vs. Eugen Riedel (Germany)    97 kg - Wayne Purtell (Bay City, Mich.)  vs. Yuri Seukhikh (Russia)  vs. Juha Jokinen (Finland)      Division D (51-55 years old)  97 kg - Ron Cole (Federal Way, Wash.)  vs. Nikolay Botchkarev (Russia)  vs. Peter Hallander (Sweden)      Division E (56 + years old)  69 kg - Kevin Martin (Philadelphia, Pa.)  vs. Konstantin Buzuliu (Russia)  vs. Urgesh Myrzagerey (Kazakhstan)    76 kg - Barry Aiken (Bremerton, Wash.)  vs. Arto Savolainen (Finland)  vs. Aliakbar Pilehvar (Iran)    85 kg - Donald Apodaca (Huntington Beach, Calif.)  vs. Alexander Maltsev (Russia)  vs. Gholamali Sheykhinejad (Iran)  vs. Dieter Heuer (Germany)    97 kg - Bob Anderson (Chula Vista, Calif.)  vs. Anatoly Pozdnyakov (Russia)  vs. Mohammad Hassankhar (Iran)