Igali and Verbeek take injury delays at Canadian Olympic Trials; Freestyle draws have been determine
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12/12/2003
* Draw determined for the 2004 Olympic Wrestling Trials pool and ladder competition Sherwood Park, Alberta - Over 90 athletes have entered the Olympic Trials competition for the Freestyle and Women events. A total of 11 weight classes are being contested for a potential berth at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Two of the top ladder qualifiers have applied for injury provisions that were accepted by the CAWA Technical Committee: at 74 kilograms, World and Olympic Champion, Daniel Igali of the Burnaby Mountain W.C. and at 55 kilograms in the women's event, Tonya Verbeek from the Brock W.C. in St. Catharines, Ontario. Both Igali and Verbeek will face up hill battles by taking an injury provision. They must defeat some ladder opponents to get to the final and then face the winner of the Olympic Trials in a best of three series in which they will be down by one match. These matches will be completed at some point early in the new year. Currently, the winner of the 66 kilogram men's and 63 kilogram women's events have automatically qualified based upon a top 10 performance at the 2003 World Championships. All the other weight categories will have to attempt further qualifying at two international events in February/March of 2004. The pool competitors will wrestle off in a single elimination competition on Friday morning. The pool winner will face the 3rd ranked ladder wrestler in a single match wrestle off on Friday afternoon. The winner of the pool vs. 3rd match will face the second ranked wrestler in a single match on Saturday morning. The winner of that match will then get the opportunity to face the top ranked wrestler in a best of three match final. CBC Sports Saturday will be covering the second round of the final matches LIVE between 2:00 & 4:00 PM, Alberta time. Check you local listings. Canadian Olympic Trials Freestyle Draw Women 48 kilograms 1. Lindsay Belisle - BMWC 2. Belinda Chou - Cattown 3. Carol Huynh - BMWC Pool - Draw Ashley Goertz - Salisbury W.C. - BYE Melissa Hillaby - Bears W.C. vs. Julie Harris - UCWC Krista Wells - Kingston W.C. - Bye Angela Mott - BMWC - BYE 55 kilograms 1. Jennifer Ryz - BMWC 2. Erica Sharp - UCWC Pool - Draw Justine Bouchard - BYE Brittanee Laverdure - UCWC vs. Teresa Piotrowski - Guelph Terri McNutt - London-Western vs. Tina Pihl - Independent Audrey Pang - Team Impact vs. Laura McDougall - UCWC 63 kilograms 1. Viola Yanik - Saskatoon W.C. 2. Tamara Medwidsky - Montreal W.C. 3. Tara Hedican - Guelph W.C. Pool - Draw Heidi Kulak - Bears W.C. - BYE Megan Dolan - Brock W.C. vs. Amy Dyck - Saskatoon W.C. Helen Hennick - UCWC - BYE Martine Dugrenier - Montreal W.C. - BYE Breanne Graham - UCWC - BYE Emily Richardson - BMWC - BYE Shannon Samler - BMWC vs. Shannon Mathie - Bears W.C. Theresa Vladicka - Bears W.C. - BYE 72 kilograms 1. Ohenewa Akuffo - Guelph W.C. 2. Pam Wilson - Hamilton W.C. 3. Christine Nordhagen - UCWC NO Pool Entires Freestyle 55 kilograms - FS 1. Mikheil Japaridze - Montreal W.C. 2. Mike Stitt - UCWC Pool - Draw Jamie Macari - Brock W.C. vs. Sean Dalton - Cattown Cory Horsburgh - Calgary Rebels vs. Promise Mwenga - Black Bears W.C. Clint Kingsbury - Brock W.C. vs. Apollo Belisle - Cattown Travis Bellarose - Prince George W.C. vs. Andy Hutchinson - UCWC 60 kilograms - FS 1. Gia Sissaouri - Montreal W.C. 2. Saeed Azarbayjani - Brock W.C. Pool - Draw Joe Slobodian - Bears W.C. - BYE Jesse Nelson - Bears W.C. vs. Chris Chase - Salisbury W.C. 66 kilograms - FS 1. Evan MacDonald - Brock W.C. 2. Rob Lang - Cattown 3. Mike Francis - Team Impact Pool - Draw Neal Ewers - BMWC vs. Nasir Lal - BMWC Fred Harrisson - CLAB vs. Jeremy Podlog - UCWC Danny Brown - Guelph W.C. vs. Ainsley Robinson - Team Impact Chris Prickett - Guelph W.C. vs. Ryan Weicker - Brock W.C. 74 kilograms - FS 1. Zoltan Hunyady - Guelph W.C. 2. Danny Einhorn - BMWC 3. Steve Rose - BMWC Pool - Draw Steve Zureski - Bears W.C. - BYE Dean DeHamel - BMWC vs. Cody Thordarson - Salisbury W.C. Wade Elliot - UCWC vs. Roger Alves - Bears W.C. Paul Harrison - Team Impact vs. Chris Harada - BMWC 84 kilograms - FS 1. Carl Rainville - Montreal W.C. 2. Roozbeh Banihashemi - BMWC 3. Nick Ugoalah - BMWC Pool - Draw Travis Cross - BMWC - BYE Jonathan Rioux - Montreal W.C. vs. Victor Sprenger - Guelph W.C. 96 kilograms - FS 1. Dean Schmeichel - UCWC 2. Randeep Sodhi - BMWC 3. David Zilberman - Montreal W.C. Pool - Draw Mel Campbell - Calgary Rebels vs. Jeremy Rudack - UCWC Peter Guterson - Independent vs. Chris Cox - Cattown 120 kilograms - FS 1. Wayne Weathers - Team Impact 2. Colbie Bell - Bears W.C. Pool - Draw Ari Taub - UCWC - BYE Eric Kirschner - UCWC vs. Orett Morgan - Guelph W.C. Derek Lauder - Toronto Thunder (CYC) vs. Adriano Bernardo - Prince George W.C. James Kirkland - Bears W.C. vs. Steve Snyders - Brock W.C.