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06/26/2002


EDMONTON -- Iran was the dominant nation with four gold medals and one bronze Tuesday as the fifth world university wrestling championships concluded with the men's Greco Roman competition.     Turkey collected two gold and two bronze medals at the University of Alberta. China was third in the medal standings with one silver and two bronze.     Iranian supporters were noisy, clapping and chanting as the medal total grew during the seven division finals.     Korea was fourth with two silver medals. Finland finished fifth with two bronze.     Slovakia won the remaining gold medal, at 96 kilograms.     Last year's world champion, Hassan Rangraz, started Iran's haul of gold with a win in the 55-kilogram final. He defeated Eun-Cheol Park of Korea 6-2.     Rangraz had a 4-0 record during the tournament.     Aghbolagh Ali Ashkani followed with Iran's second gold, in the 60-kg division. He controlled the second period and beat Kyung-Ho Jung of Korea 11-5 in the final, to improve to 6-1 overall.     Seyed Hossein Marasheian and Ali Rez Gharibi secured Iran's other golds, in the 74- and 120-kg divisions.     Marasheian beat Alah Mikhalovich of Belarus 2-1. Marasheian had a 4-1 record.     Gharibi defeated China's Ren Li 4-2. Gharibi was unbeaten in three matches.     Defending world university champion Bunyamin Emik and 1999 world champion Nazmi Avluca were Turkey's gold medallists.      Emik beat Mehdi Nasiri of Iran 5-4 for a 4-0 record. Avluca dominated the first period in a 7-0 win over Bojan Mijatov of Yugoslavia.     Roman Meduna was Slovakia's gold medallist. He defeated Lajos Virag of Hungary 3-0.           Serkan Ozden and Fahri Guzel won Turkey's bronze, at 96 and 120 kg, respectively. Ozden won on an injury forfeit and Guzel defeated Paul Devlin of the U.S., 4-1.     Wang Hui and Wang Sileng earned China's bronze, at 55 and 74 kg, respectively. Hui beat Mucahit Vardal of Turkey on a fall at 2:28 of the second period and Sileng defeated Turkey's Yusef Duzer 4-1.     Jarko Ala-Huikku and Tuomo Mantyla had Finland's bronze, at 60 and 84 kg, respectively.     Ala-Huikku beat Ai Lineur of China on a foul, which had to be confirmed on a vide replay, in overtime. Mantyla defeated Takeo Tomori of Japan by superiroty, 10-0 at 2:04 of the second period.            Following are Tuesday's men's Greco Roman results from the fifth world university wrestling championships in Edmonton:    55 kg  Gold-medal match  Hassan Rangraz, Iran defeated Eun-Cheol Park, Korea 6-2    Bronze-medal match  Wang Hui, China def. Mucahit Vardal, Turkey by fall    Remaining placements  5th -- Joseph Espinoza, U.S.; 6th -- Bunsel Murakami, Japan; 7th -- Ernesto Salazar, Mexico     60 kg  Gold-medal match  Aghbolagh Ali Ashkani, Iran def. Kyung-Ho Jung, Korea 11-5    Bronze-medal match  Jarkko Ala-Huikku, Finland def. Ai Lineur, China on a foul in overtime     Semi-finals  Ashkani def. Ala-Huikku 3-1  Jung def. Lineur 4-2    Remaining placements  5th -- Tevfik Bulent Odabasi, Turkey; 6th -- Nathan Piasecki, U.S.; 7th -- Ikuhiro Yanagawa, Japan; 8th -- Daniel De La Mona, Mexico; 9th -- Avash Rayhaniasi, Netherlands; 10th -- Ron Boucher, Canada (Oshawa, Ont.); 11th -- Morgan Le Moroux, France     66 kg  Gold-medal match  Bunyamin Emik, Turkey def. Mehdi Nasiri, Iran 5-4     Bronze-medal match  Ikuo Usuda, Japan def. Cui Peng, China 3-1    Semi-finals  Nasiri def. Peng 7-1  Emik def. Usuda by superiority, 10-0    Remaining placements  5th -- Ondrej Jaros, Czech Republic; 6th -- Darnell Lollis, U.S., 7th -- Fred Harrison, Canada (Bathurst, N.B.); 8th -- Milan Maric, Yugoslavia; 9th -- Juha Hiltunen, Finland; 10th -- Il-Woo Lee, Korea; 11th -- Armando Zamudio, Mexico; 12th -- Marc Viardot, Germany; 13th -- Hovhannes Kurghinyan, Netherlands    74 kg  Gold-medal match  Seyed Hossein Marasheian, Iran def. 2-1     Bronze-medal match  Wang Sileng, China def. Yusef Duzer, Turkey 4-1    Semi-finals  Mikhalovich def. Duzer 5-0  Marasheian def. Sileng 3-1 in overtime    Remaining placements  5th -- Yong-Hee Lee, Korea; 6th -- Michal Flis, Poland; 7th -- Yuuki Iwasaki, Japan; 8th -- Tuomas Ojala, Finland; 9th -- Hugo Arroyo Rodriguez, Mexico; 10th -- Cam Weatherby, Canada (Sherwood Park, Alta.); 11th -- Patrick Cadwallader, U.S.    84 kg  Gold-medal match  Nazami Avluca, Turkey def. Bojan Mijatov, Yugoslavia 7-0     Bronze-medal match  Tuomo Mantyla, Finland def. Takeo Tomori, Japan by superiority, 10-0    Remaining placements  5th -- Rahman Reisi Gahroei, Iran; 6th -- Jordan Holm, U.S., Chris Maynes, Canada (Edmonton)     96 kg  Gold-medal match  Roman Meduna, Slovakia def. Lagos Virag, Hungary 3-0    Bronze-medal match  Serkan Ozden, Turkey def. Rasoul Jazini Dorcheh, Iran by injury forfeit    Semi-finals  Meduna def. Ozden 5-1  Virag def. Jazini Dorcheh 7-0 in overtime    Remaining placements  5th -- Han Dezhi, China ; 6th -- R. C. Johnson, U.S., 7th -- Juan Delgado, Mexico; 8th -- Kenzo Kato, Japan; 9th -- Jiri Matysek, Czech Republic     120 kg  Gold-medal match  Ali Reza Gharibi, Iran def. Ren Li, China 4-2    Bronze-medal match  Fahri Guzel, Turkey def. Paul Devlin, U.S., 4-1    Remaining placements  5th -- Carlo Panaro, Canada (Edmonton); 6th -- Hiroki Fukuda, Japan; 7th -- Luis Torres Juarez, Mexico       EDMONTON -- Iran, Turkey and China dominated the men's Greco Roman matches Monday at the fifth world university wrestling championships.     Six Iranians and six Turks qualified for today's semi-finals, on the final day of the competition at the University of Alberta. Five Chinese wrestlers also advanced to the semi-finals from the preliminary rounds.     Hassan Rangraz and Mehdi Nasiri of Iran had 3-0 records in the 55- and 66-kilogram divisions, respectively.     Rangraz won his matches 8-3 and twice by superiority, 14-1 and 10-0. Masiri won his matches 11-1, 4-1 and 5-3.     Ai Linuer and Ren Li of China also had three consecutive wins, at 60- and 120-kg, respectively.     Linuer allowed one point. He won 3-1 in overtime, 10-0 and 12-0.     Li's final two wins were on pins. His first win was 6-2.     Yusef Duzer of Turkey had a 3-0 record and permitted one point in the 74-kg division. He won 5-0, 5-1 and 3-0.     Bojan Mijatov of Yugoslavia had a 3-0 record as he qualified for the semi-finals in the 84-kg division. Eun-Cheol Park of Korea was also 3-0 as he qualified for the 55-kg semi-finals.     Sixty-six athletes from 19 countries entered the Greco Roman, including 13 at 66 kg, 11 each at 60 and 74 kg.           Following are Monday's men's Greco Roman results from the fifth world university wrestling championships in Edmonton:    55 kg  Bunsel Murakami, Japan defeated Ernesto Salazar, Mexico 6-4  Hassan Rangraz, Iran def. Wang Hui, China 8-3  Mucahit Vardal, Turkey def. Khom Ratanak Mony, Cambodia by superiority, 11-0  Eun-Cheol Park, Korea def. Joseph Espinoza, U.S., by superiority, 11-1  Rangraz def. Murakami by superiority, 14-1  Hui def. Salazar by superiority, 12-0  Park def. Mony by superiority, 10-0  Vardal def. Espinoza 4-2  Hui def. Murakami by superiority, 10-0  Rangraz def. Salazar by superiority, 10-0  Espinoza def. Mony by injury forfeit  Park def. Vardal 7-3    60 kg  Nathan Piasecki, U.S., def. Avash Rayhaniasi, Netherlands 11-3  Ai Linuer, China def. Aghbolagh Ali Ashkani, Iran 3-1 in overtime  Ikuhiro Yanagawa, Japan def. Morgan Le Moroux, france 3-2 in overtime  Jarkko Ala-Huikku, Finland def. Tevfik Bulent Odabasi, Turkey 4-0  Daniel De La Mona, Mexico def. Ron Boucher, Canada (Oshawa, Ont.) 8-5  Kyung-Ho Jung, Korea def. Piasecki 3-1  Linuer def. Le Moroux by superiority, 10-0  Ashkani def. Yanagawa by superiority, 16-2  Ala-Huikku def. Boucher by superiority, 11-0  Odabasi def. De La Mona by superiority, 11-0  Jung def. Rayhaniashi by superiority, 11-1  Linuer def. Yanagawa by superiority, 12-0  Ashkani def. Le Moroux by superiority, 10-0  Ala-Huikku def. De La Mona by superiority, 11-0  Odabasi def. Boucher by superiority, 12-0  Ashkani def. Piasecki by injury forfeit  Odabasi def. Piasecki by injury forfeit  Ashkani def. Odabasi 9-1    66 kg  Ikuo Usuda, Japan def. Fred Harrison, Canada (Bathurst, N.B.) 6-2  Milan Maric, Yugoslavia def. Marc Viard