Dremiel Byers poses with National Greco-Roman Coach Steve Fraser after his impressive win at 120 kg at the Pytlasinski International in Raciborz, Poland on Saturday RACIBORZ, Poland – Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) beat an Olympic champion in the finals to claim the gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. at the respected Pytlasinski International Tournament on Saturday. Byers defeated Olympic and World champion Khasan Baroev of Russia in the championship finals, 1-0, 1-0. A 2008 Olympian, Byers has won a 2002 World gold medal, a 2009 World silver medal and a 2007 World bronze medal. Baroev was a 2004 Olympic champion, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and won a World title in 2006. Byers won four matches, stopping Yannick Szczepanik of France, Lalli Taisto of Finland and Ralf Bohtinger of Germany prior to the finals. Byers won a silver medal at the 2009 Pytlasinki International. “Byers was wrestling with a great sense of calm today, beating some very tough opponents, including Olympic champion Baroev from Russia. He lost the first period of his first match, and then won the rest the entire day. He wrestled very smart and with great resolve. He made us Americans proud today,†said National Greco-Roman Coach Steve Fraser. This is a very strong competition, which many nations use a tuneup for the World Championships, which will be held in Moscow, Russia in September. The 2010 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team has entered the event as part of its preparation for the World Championships. Placing fifth at 84 kg/185 lbs. was Jake Clark (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) losing to Evgeny Bogomolov of Russia in a bronze-medal bout, 0-1, 0-3. Clark lost his opening match to Nenad Zugaj from Croatia. When Zugaj qualified for the finals, Clark was brought back into the repechage rounds where he beat Damian Janikowski of Poland. Clark is on his second U.S. World Team, after also competing for the U.S. at the 2006 World Championships. At 66 kg/145.5 lbs., Faruk Sahin (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) dropped his opening match to 2008 Olympic champion Steeve Guenot of France and was not eligible for the repechage. PYTLASINSKI INTERNATIONAL At Raciborz, Poland, July 31 55 kg/121 lbs. 1 Jani Haapamaki (Finland) 2 Nazyr Mankiev (Russia) 3 Elchin Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 3 Krystian Fris (Serbia) 5 Ivan Huzan (Belarus) 5 Ville Kaki (Finland) 7 Aleksandar Kostadinov (Bulgaria) 8 Thomas Ronningen (Norway) 9 Ogata Tsubasa (Japan) 10 Crusius Florian (Germany) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. 1 Migran Arutuynyan (Russia) 2 Tero Valimaki (Finland) 3 Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine) 3 Marius Thommesen (Norway) 5 Alexs Khvosh (Ukraine) 5 Kazbek Kilov (Belarus) 7 Sergei Krasylnikov (Ukraine) 8 Lucjan Kwit (Norway) 9 Emil Milev (Bulgaria) 10 Steeve Guenot (France) 84 kg/185 lbs. 1 Nenad Zugaj (Croatia) 2 Vasiliy Rachiba (Ukraine) 3 Evgeny Bogomolov (Russia) 3 Timo Kallio (Finland) 5 Vitaliy Lishynskyy (Ukraine) 5 Jake Clark (USA) 7 Bolat Abdulayev (Ukraine) 8 Theodoros Tounousidis (Greece) 9 Artur Omarov (Czech Republic) 10 Oleksandr Shyshman (Ukraine) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. 1 Dremiel Byers (USA) 2 Khasan Baroev (Russia) 3 Ralf Bohtinger (Germany) 3 Ioseb Chugishvili (Belarus) 5 Taisto Lalli (Finland) 5 Kucera Oldrych (Czech Republic) 7 Nico Schmidt (Germany) 8 Yannick Szczepanik (France) 9 Anton Dok (Croatia) 10 Heiki Nabi (Estonia) U.S. performances on Saturday 66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), dnp/20th LOSS Steeve Guenot (France), 0-1, 0-3 84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force), 5th LOSS Nenad Zugaj (Croatia), 0-3, 1-1, 0-1 WIN Damian Janikowski (Poland), 3-0, 1-0 LOSS Evgeny Bogomolov (Russia), 0-1, 0-3 120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 1st WIN Yannick Szczepanik (France), 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 WIN Lalli Taisto (Finland), 1-0, 2-0 WIN Ralf Bohtinger (Germany), 2-0, 1-0 WIN Khasan Baroev (Russia), 1-0, 1-0