Vering advances to quarters; second group begins pool competition
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Meredith Wilson (TheMat.com)
10/03/2003
CRETEIL, FRANCE EBrad Vering advanced to the quarterfinal round after a 3-0 overtime decision against Tuomo Mantyla of Finland in this mornings preliminary qualification match. Vering will face Fritz Aanes of Norway this evening in the quarters. Rulon Gardner was defeated 3-0 by Khassan Baroev of Russia in his preliminary qualification match. Pool matches for the second group of weights also began in the morning session. Justin Ruiz came from behind with a 3-point lift and throw in the final minute to secure a 4-2 win over Huacheng Jiang of China. His next pool match will be wrestled this after against Marek Sitnik of Poland. At 74 Kg, TC Dantzler fell 4-1 to Konstantin Schneider of Germany in his first pool match. He will have a bye next round and faces Mark Madsen of Denmark in his second pool match tonight. Jim Gruenwald sat this mornings session with a bye. He will wrestle both his pool matches, against Karen Mnatjakanyan or Armenia and Laszio Bona of Hungary this evening. Friday Morning Session Results 60 KG: Jim Gruenwald, bye 74 KG: Konstantin Schneider (GER) dec. TC Dantzler (USA), 4-1 84 KG: Brad Vering (USA) dec. Tuomo Mantyla (FIN), 3-0 OT 96 KG: Justin Ruiz (USA) dec. Huacheng Jiang (CHN), 4-2 120 KG: Khassan Baroev (RUS) dec. Rulon Gardner (USA), 3-0