Note: TheMat.com has resumed its series of previews for the 2001 World Championships. Although it has not yet been determined when and where the event will be hosted, the tournament is expected to be held this year. Those athletes listed as entries for the event originally scheduled for New York City will be used in these previews.    69 kg Greco-Roman World Championships Preview    Claiming his second career Olympic gold medal with a strong performance in Sydney was Cuba's Filiberto Azcuy. He was the 163-pound Olympic champion in the Atlanta Games, then competed a few seasons at 167.5 pounds. winning a pair of World medals, before dropping down to 152 pounds for the 2000 season.    Azcuy is a talented and powerful athlete, who has proven an ability to peak at the right time. He stopped unheralded Katsuhiko Nagata of Japan in the gold-medal finals in Sydney. Nagata lost a match to American Heath Sims in his pool at the Olympics but advanced, and surprised many by moving through the field into the gold-medal match.     Winning the Olympic bronze medal in Sydney was Alexei Glouchkov of Russia, who beat veteran Valeri Nikitin of Estonia in the third-place match. Both are listed on their team rosters for the World Championships, and should be top contenders.    Russia also lists Mikhail Ivantchenko, Yuri Krikoukha or Viktor Kopaygorodskiy as possible entries alongside Glouchkov. Ivantchenko was the 2001 European silver medalist, dropping the gold-medal match to Georgia's Alex ander Dokhurishvili in the finals. Dokhurishvili is one of three possible entries from Georgia, and will be a medal hopeful if entered.    1997 and 1999 World Champion Son Sang-Pil of Korea placed fifth in Sydney, a major disappointment for one of Greco-Roman's greatest stars. Son was also a World bronze medalist in 1998. When he is on, Song is an explosive scoring machine who can dominate the competition.    1996 Olympic gold medalist Ryzard Wolny of Poland placed seventh at the Sydney Olympic Games, and is always a top challenger.  1995 World Champion Adji Roustam of Ukraine is talented and must always be considered a threat.    The U.S. entry is Marcel Cooper, who is competing in his first World meet. Cooper was the Pan American Championships winner this year, the only American to claim the title. He would have had a big boost with the event held in New York City as he is originally from nearby Nyack, N.Y. Cooper has paid his dues in the U.S. Marines system and is very strong.    The 2001 Asian Champion was Parviz Zaidvand of Iran, who beat top international star Ruslan Biktyakov of Uzbekistan in the gold-medal finals. Biktyakov was 10th in the Sydney Olympic Games. China's Lain Chunzhi was third in the 2001 Asian Championships.    Sweden's Jimmy Samuelson placed fourth in the 2001 European Championships and  Selcuk Cebi of Turkey placed fifth, and both will be aiming for medals at the World meet.     Colombia's Luis Fernandez Izquierdo was second to Cooper in the 2001 Pan American Championships. Andrej Lisitsa of Belarus is a veteran competitor. Others with potential include Max Schwindt of Germany, Csaba Hirbik of Hungary  and Juha Lappalainen of Finland.    This weight class could be very interesting. Stars such as Azcuy of Cuba and Son of Korea will be expected to rise to the top, based upon talent and past excellence. Olympic medalists Nagata of Japan and Glouchkov of Russia may have the chance to show that their Sydney performance was not just a one-time peak. There is a possibility that new young stars will emerge in this division this year, identifying themselves for a run at the medals in 2004 in Athens.     69 kg/152 lbs. (33)  Azerbaijan - Ilgar Abdulov  Belarus -Andrej Lisitsa  Bulgaria - Stoycho Kubatov or Velin Marianov  Canada  -Ainsley Robinson  China -Lain Chunzhi  Colombia - Luis Fernandez Izquierdo  Croatia - Tomislav Kovac  Cuba - Filiberto Azcuy  Estonia - Valeri Nikitin  Finland - Juha Lappalainen, Ari Harkanen or Juha Hiltanen  France - Christophe Guenot  Georgia -Alex ander Dokhurishvili, Kakhaber Tsiamua or Manuchar Verdzadze  Germany - Max Schwindt  Greece - Konstantinos Papadopoulos  Guam - Melchor Manibusan  Hungary - Csaba Hirbik, Andras Horvath or Balazs Nagy  India - Ravinder Mann  Iran  - Parviz Zaidvand  Japan - Katsuhiko Nagata  Korea -Son Sang-Pil  Latvia - A. Kuzilov  Peru - Andy Cubas Ypanaque  Poland -Ryszard Wolny or Szymon Kogut  Romania - Matei Constantin, Emil Constantin, Adrian Oszda  Russia - Mikhail Ivantchenko, Alexei Gloushkov, Yuri Krikoukha or Viktor Kopaygorodskiy  Sweden - Jimmy Samuelson  Switzerland - Daniel Schnyder  Tajikistan - Aradj Davlatov  Turkey - Mahmut Altay, Selcuk Cebi or Selahattin Gungor  Ukraine - Rustam Adzhy or Armen Vardanyan  United States - Marcel Cooper  Uzbekistan - Ruslan Biktyakov  Yugoslavia - Goran Bojanic