Four U.S. Greco-Roman Wrestlers Place at the Sweden Cup in Malmo, Sweden, Feb. 23
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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
02/27/2001
Lindsay Durlacher (Evanston, Ill./NYAC) placed sixth at 119 pounds. He was the 2000 East Olympic Regional Trials champion. James Shillow (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) was seventh at 138.75 pounds. Shillow was fourth in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials and placed third at both the 1999 and 2000 U.S. National Championships. U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete Dan Niebuhr (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) placed seventh at 187.25 pounds. Niebuhr was a 1998 U.S. Nationals champion and placed fifth at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. Paul Devlin (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) finished seventh at 286 pounds for the United States. He is a 2000 Sunkist Kids International Open champion and a 2000 NYAC Christmas Open champion. The Sweden Cup is just one of many tours the United States is sending Greco-Roman, freestyle and women wrestlers on to compete. See the results below.