Etu qualifies for the gold-medal finals at the Cadet World Greco-Roman Championships in Maribor, Slovenia 
  Joshua Etu of Queensbury, N.Y. has qualified for the gold-medal finals of the Cadet World Greco-Roman Championships at the University Sports Hall in Maribor, Slovenia. The Cadet World Championships feature the best athletes in the world between 14-16 years old. 
 Etu won his first four matches, all by pin, to advance to the finals at 95 kg (209 pounds). He will battle Adem Tasci of Turkey in the championship match on Sunday, July 13. 
 Etu opened the competition with a pair of pins on Friday, July 11, stopping Nikolai Gaidouk of Belarus in 1:15 and pinning Kumar Satish of India in 1:00. 
 He won both of his bouts on Saturday, July 12, pin Robert Benko of Yugoslavia, in 1:19 in the quarterfinals and pinning Victor Shostak of Ukraine in 23 seconds in the semifinals. 
 This is the second straight year that Etu has qualified for the U.S. Cadet World Greco-Roman team. Etu recently completed his sophomore season for Queensbury High School. He is a member of the ATWA club. 
 He won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman titles at the Cadet World Team Trials in Evanston, Ill., April 11-13, but chose to compete in Greco-Roman at the World Championships. 
 The competition began on Thursday, July 10, and will conclude on Sunday, July 13. Etu is the only U.S. wrestler who remains in the tournament. None of the other nine U.S. wrestlers entered in the tournament were able to qualify for the medal competition. 
 The top performance by a U.S. wrestler other than Etu was turned in by George Kirgan of Granite City, Ill. at 83 kg (182.5 lbs.), who had a 3-2 record. Kirgan won his first two matches, but was beaten by Borislavov Petkov of Bulgaria, 3-1 in overtime. After pinning Patrik Andersson of Sweden in 1:13 in the consolation rounds, he was eliminated in a 6-1 loss to Andrei Tikhanov of Russia. 
 Four other U.S. wrestlers won a match during the competition: Kelly Pederson of Becker, Minn. (92.5 pounds), Chris Fleeger of Williamsport, Pa. (105.5 pounds), Marcus Levesseur of Minneapolis, Minn. (114.5 pounds) and Adam Hermann of Champlin, Minn. (167.25 pounds) 
 The head coach of the U.S. Cadet World Greco-Roman team is Morrie Geselter of Deerfield, Ill. and the assistant coach is four-time Greco-Roman Olympian Mark Fuller of Provo, Utah. 
  1997 GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 at Maribor, Slovenia 
 U.S. results on July 10, July 11 and July 12 
 42 kg./92.5 lbs. - Kelly Pederson, Becker, Minn. - won by tech. fall over Frenc Farkas, Yugoslavia, 11-0, 2:59; lost dec. to Evgeni Dvoskin, Israel, 7-0; lost by fall to Lukasz Konkeil, Poland, 1:40 
 45 kg./99 lbs. - Travis Harrison, Eugene, Ore. - lost by tech. fall to Ezendei Oulankine, Russia, 12-0; lost dec. to Jani Haapamaki, Finland, 7-4 
 48 kg./105.5 lbs. - Chris Fleeger, Williamsport, Pa.  - won by tech fall over Saso Lavrencic, Slovenia, 10-0, 2:46; lost dec. to Shergazy Karapov, Kyrgyzstan, 8-6; lost by fall to Ruslan Nabiullin, Uzbekistan, 1:45 
 52 kg./114.5 lbs. - Marcus Levesseur, Minneapolis, Minn. - won by tech. fall over Attila Benko, Hungary, 11-0, 2:51; lost dec. to Slavko Miholic, Slovakia, 3-0; lost dec. to Paulo Pucile, Italy, 4-3, ot, 4:33 
 57 kg./125.5 lbs. - Nathan Turck, Litchfield, Minn. - lost dec. to Jesse Kekki, Finland, 8-1; lost dec. to Benjamin Schmitt, Germany, 5-3 
 63 kg./138.5 lbs. - Brad Tupa, Dundas, Minn. - lost dec. to Valentin Aniskovets, Belarus, 7-0; lost pin to Edin Podrug, Bosnia-Herzogovina, 2:21 
 69 kg./152 lbs. - Ryan Hieber, Galion, Ohio - lost dec. to Gela Geladze, Georgia, 9-6; lost by fall to Joni Huusko, Finland, 2:08 
 76 kg./167.25 lbs. - Adam Hermann, Champlin, Minn. - pin Damjan Sparakl, Slovakia, 2:06; lost dec. to Alezej Boldyrev, Lithuania, 7-6; lost dec. to Maksim Funkler, Estonia, 6-2 
 83 kg./182.5 lbs. - George Kirgan, Granite City, Ill. - won by tech. fall over S. Kaspars, Latvia, 10-0, 3:15; dec. Oleg Manea, Moldova, 4-2, ot, 4:51; lost dec. to Borislavov Petkov, Bulgaria, 3-1, ot, 5:14; pin Patrik Andersson, Sweden, 1:13; lost dec. to Andrei Tikhanov, Russia, 6-1 
 95 kg./209 lbs. - Joshua Etu, Queensbury, N.Y. - pin Nikolai Gaidouk, Belarus, 1:15; pin Kumar Satish, India, 1:00; pin Robert Benko, Yugoslavia, 1:19; pin Victor Shostak, Ukraine, 0:23 
 NOTE: Etu will face Adem Tasci of Turkey in the 95 kg championship match on Sunday, July 13.