Moscow, Russia - Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) has earned his way into the gold medal finals at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. at the 2002 Greco-Roman World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Byers, wrestling in his first World Championships since 1999, defeated Xenofon Koutsioubas (Greece) by a 4-1 margin to advance.    "This feels great. I have put a lot of hard work into this, and so have the coaches here," said Byers after his dramatic victory.    Byers fell behind 1-0 after giving up a gut wrench in the first period, but in the second period, he began to wear Koutsioubas down. After Koutsioubas was warned for passivity, Byers went to work, scoring on a lift and throw to take a 4-1 lead and coasting to the win.    Byers will face Mihaly Deak-Bardos (Hungary) for the gold medal. Deak-Bardos, a 2001 World silver medalist, defeated Yuri Patrikeev (Russia) 2-1 in the semifinal match.    Two-time Olympic gold medalist Armen Nazarian (Bulgaria) will also wrestle for the gold medal. Nazarian, who has not wrestled for a gold medal at the World Championships since 1995, will face off against Wlodzimierz Zawadzki (Poland) at 60 kg/132 lbs.    2001 World bronze medalist Mekhmet Oezal (Turkey) will face off with Koram Mohamed Guder Ibragim (Egypt) in the 96 kg/211.75 lbs. final    In the 74 kg/163 lbs. final Badri Khasaia (Georgia) is seeking to win a gold medal in his first World Championships. He will have to get through Varteres Samourgashev (Russia), who was the 2000 Olympic champion at 63 kg/138.75 lbs.    The gold medal matches begin at 5:00 p.m. Moscow time.    2002 Greco-Roman World Championships  Moscow, Russia  Sep. 20-22, 2002  U.S. PLAY-BY-PLAY  Dremiel Byers (United States) dec. Xenofon Koutsioubas (Greece), 4-1  1:08 - passivity Byers  1:18 - gut wrench (Koutsioubas 1-0)  4:07 - passivity Koutsioubas  4:31 - lift and throw (Byers 4-1)    U.S. RESULTS  55 kg/121 lbs. - Brandon Paulson (Anoka, Minn./Minnesota Storm)  dec. Pasi Huntala (Finland), 4-0  tech. fall Hamou Oubrick (France), 11-0, 4:50  lost dec. to Geider Mamadaliyev (Russia), 3-1, ot, 6:33    60 kg/132 lbs. - Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)  dec. Seref Tuefenk (Turkey), 4-2  dec. Valentin Malutin (Kyrgyzstan), 4-2  lost tech. fall to Armen Nazarian (Bulgaria), 10-0, 2:46    66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Kevin Bracken (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)  dec. Ondrei Jaros (Czech Republic), 8-5  lost dec. to Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan), 4-1    74 kg/163 lbs. - T.C. Dantzler (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)  tech. fall Joacim Iversen (Norway), 11-0, 2:03  pin Georgios Panagiotou (Greece), 2:37  lost dec. to Volodymir Shatskikh (Ukraine), 3-0    96 kg/211.75 lbs. - Garrett Lowney (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm)  lost dec. to Aleksandr Bezruchkin (Russia), 7-0  lost dec. to Ali Mollov (Bulgaria), 3-0    84 kg/185 lbs. - Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)  dec. Tarvi Thomberg (Estonia), 4-0  pin Minguzzi Andreas (Italy), 2:51  lost dec. to Mohamed Ibrahim Abd El Fattah (Egypt), 5-1    120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)  dec. Jidong Song (China), 6-0  pin Dzmitry Debelka (Belarus), 3:14  dec. Youri Evseytchik (Israel), 3-1, ot, 6:31  dec. Xenofon Koutsioubas (Greece), 4-1