NEW! Elimination Results - 54, 63, 76, 97 kg
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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
12/07/2001
Two U.S. wrestlers have moved on to wrestle in the quarterfinals of their weight divisions at the 2001 Greco-Roman World Championships Dec. 7 in Patras, Greece. 1996 Olympic silver medalist Brandon Paulson (Golden Valley, Minn./Minnesota Storm) had a bye this morning at 54 kg and will face Rakym Assembekov of Kazakstan in the quarterfinals tonight. 2000 Olympian Kevin Bracken (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC) defeated Akaki Chachua of Georgia at 63 kg by a 13-2 technical fall to move to the quarterfinals. There he will face Michael Beilin of Israel. Keith Sieracki (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) lost his match this morning to Tamas Berzicza of Hungary, 3-0. Berzicza moves on to the quarterfinals while Sieracki is done and will have to wait to see what place he will finish. 2001 Greco-Roman World Championships Patras, Greece, Dimitrios Tofalos Arena 54 kg Brandon Paulson, Golden Valley, Minn. (Minnesota Storm); dec. Vitalie Ceban (Moldova), 6-1; dec. Dariusz Jablonski (Poland), 11-2 63 kg Kevin Bracken, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC); won by tech. fall over Chieh Yen Shih (Chinese Taipai), 11-0, 1:56; dec. Christos Gikas (Greece), 6-0; won by tech. fall over Akaki Chachua (Georgia), 13-2, 4:06 76 kg Keith Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army); Keith Sieracki, won by tech. fall over Mal Suraj (India), 13-0, 1:19; dec. Andrea Minguzzi (Italy), 4-0; lost dec. to Tamas Berzicza (Hungary), 3-0; 97 kg Jason Loukides, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army), dnp; lost dec. to Petru Sudureak (Romania), 6-0; lost by tech. Fall to Urs Burgler (Switzerland), 10-0, 1:39