BAKU, Azerbaijan – 2002 World champion Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) claimed a bronze medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in the FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals on Sunday. Byers, who has won three career World medals, had a 3-1 record to secure his medal. He opened the tournament with wins over Numinjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan and Georgy Sakandelidze of Georgia. In the semifinals, he was defeated by 2010 World bronze medalist Riza Kayaalp of Turkey. Kayaalp had defeated Byers in the bronze-medal bout of the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Byers bounced back to defeat 2006 World champion Heiki Nabi of Estonia in the bronze-medal match, 1-0, 2-0. Byers won a silver medal in this prestigious event in 2009. Byers was the only U.S. athlete to qualify for a medal match. Placing in the top 10 of their divisionswere: • Spenser Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 7th at 55 kg/121 lbs. • Jake Fisher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 7th at 74 kg/163 lbs. • Justin Ruiz, Orem, Utah (New York AC), 8th at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Mango, Fisher and Ruiz all finished with 1-1 records, winning their first match, then dropping their second bout. When their opponents failed to reach the finals, none were eligible for the repechage rounds. Byers, Mango, Fisher and Ruiz are all members of the 2011 U.S. World Team which will compete in Istanbul, Turkey in September. This event is part of their preparation for the upcoming World Championships. Two other U.S. national team wrestlers competed in the tournament but did not place: CP Schlatter (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and Jordan Holm, Boise, Idaho (Minnesota Storm) at 84 kg/185 lbs. HEYDAR ALIEV GOLDEN GRAND PRIX FINALS At Baku, Azerbaijan, July 10, 2011 Greco-Roman results 55 kg/121 lbs. 1 Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan) 2 Taleh Mamadov (Azerbaijan) 3 Orkhan Ahmadov (Azerbaijan) 3 Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan) 5 Mohsen Hossein Hajipour (Iran) 5 Thomas Ronningen (Norway) 60 kg/132 lbs. 1 Hasan Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 2 Davor Stefanek (Serbia) 3 Eusebiu Diaconu (Romania) 3 Kamran Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 5 Dilshod Aripov (Uzbekistan) 5 Jasem Abbas Amiri (Iran) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. 1 Tamás Lorincz (Hungary) 2 Afshin Biabangar (Iran) 3 Darkhan Bayakhmetov (Kazahkstan) 3 Vitaliy Rahimov (Azerbaijan) 5 Aleksandar Maksimovic (Serbia) 5 Adam Kurak (Russia) 74 kg/163 lbs. 1 Dmytro Pyshkov (Ukraine) 2 Elvin Mursaliyev (Azerbaijan) 3 Neven Zugaj (Croatia) 3 Bilan Nalgiev (Russia) 5 Rafig Huyseynov (Azerbaijan) 5 Hadi Akizadehpournia (Iran) 84 kg/185 lbs. 1 Habibollah Akhlaghi (Iran) 2 Saman Tahmasebi (Azerbaijan) 3 Davood Akhbari (Iran) 3 Ahmet Yildirim (Turkey) 5 Nenad Zugaj (Croatia) 5 Taleb Nematpour (Iran) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. 1 Babak Ghorbani (Iran) 2 Aslanbek Khushtov (Russia) 3 Jimmy Lidberg (Sweden) 3 Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 5 Cenk Ildem (Turkey) 5 Araz Hasanov (Azerbaijan) 120 kg/286 lbs. Gold - Riza Kayaalp (Turkey) Silver - Mihály Deak Bardos (Hungary) Bronze - Revaz Chelidze (Georgia) Bronze - Dremiel Byers (USA) 5th Vladimir Guralski (Israel) 5th - Heiki Nabi (Estonia) U.S. Greco-Roman performances 55 kg/121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 7th WIN Ivan Lizatovic (Croatia), 0-1, 3-0, 3-0 LOSS Thomas Ronningen (Norway), 1-0, 0-1, 5-0 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - CP Schlatter, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), dnp WIN Arslan Abdullin (Russia), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0 LOSS Vitaliy Rahimov (Azerbaijan), 0-1, 1-0, 0-1 74 kg/163 lbs. - Jake Fisher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 7th WIN Askhat Dilmukhamedov (Kazakhstan) LOSS Bilan Nalgiev (Russia), 0-3, 0-1 84 kg/185 lbs. - Jordan Holm, Boise, Idaho (Minnesota Storm), dnp LOSS Zoltan Fodor (Hungary), 3-2, 3-0, 1-0 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Justin Ruiz, Orem, Utah (New York AC), 8th WIN Iakobi Gajaia (Georgia), 3-0, 1-0 LOSS Cenk Ildem (Turkey), 0-1, 0-2 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), 3rd WIN Numinjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), 1-0, 2-0 WIN Georgy Sakandelidze (Georgia), 1-0, 3-0 LOSS Riza Kayaalp (Turkey), 1-0, 0-1, 0-1 WIN Heiki Nabi (Estonia), 1-0, 2-0