Bratislava, Slovakia - Pool pairings have been released for the first of two Olympic qualification tournaments in freestyle wrestling. The tournament dates have been moved up by one day. Competition will take place Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Names of foreign competitors are not yet available. TheMat.com will post complete results when they do become available. The U.S. still must qualify the 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and 74 kg/163 lbs. weight classes for the 2004 Olympic Games. Competing for the U.S. at the first qualification tournament are Chris Bono (Gilbert, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and Joe Williams (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) at 74 kg/163 lbs. Bono will have a bye in the first round and then face Sergei Demtchenko of Belarus. Demtchenko placed fourth in the 2000 Olympic Games and has competed in five World Championships. Bono will then meet Raska Ahto of Estonia. The winner of his pool will advance to the quarterfinals against the winner of Pool 8 between an athlete from Uzbekistan, Buren Diaz of Spain and Djamshed Abdulloev of Tajikistan. Williams will also have a first-round bye before facing Nate Ackerman of Great Britain (who wrestled at Harvard). He will then square off against Habib Mohmed of Qatar. The winner of Williams' pool will advance to the quarterfinals and face the winner of Pool 7 between Romania, Panama and Virgin Islands wrestlers. In order to qualify the weight class for the 2004 Olympic Games, wrestlers must place in the top five at their respective weight class. Wrestlers qualifying for the Olympic Games only qualify their weight class for their nation. Olympic Team athlete selection varies by country. Positions on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams will be determined at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Wrestling in Indianapolis, Ind., May 21-23. Men's Freestyle Olympic Qualification Tournament at Bratislava, Slovakia Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2004 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 2 winner): TBA, Peru TBA, Venezuela Dumitru Socaline, Israel Pool 2 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 1 winner): Laszlo Szabolor, Romania TBA, South Africa Vadim Naniyev, Kazakhstan Pool 3 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 4 winner): A, Nlyazmongliev, Turkmenistan TBA, Great Britain TBA, Mexico Pool 4 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 3 winner): Ljuhzim Verenzi, Macedonia TBA, Algeria Elman Azgarov, Azerbaijan Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 6 winner): Lucjan Gralak, Poland TBA, Iran Kryziu Ermal, Albania Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 5 winner): Ramesh Kumar, India Salvis Pudovs, Latvia Norjin Bayarmagnai, Mongolia Pool 7 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 8 winner): Sergei Demtchenko, Belarus Raska Ahto, Estonia Chris Bono, United States Pool 8 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 7 winner): TBA, Uzbekistan Buren Diaz, Spain Djamshed Abdulloev, Tajikistan Pool 9 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 10 winner): Scafiti Orazio, Italy Peter Engelhardt, Germany TBA, Senegal Ibrahim Selloum, France Pool 10 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 9 winner): O. Cubukci, Turkey TBA, Sweden Arshak Hayrapetyan, Armenia Baek Jim-Kuk, Korea 74 kg/163 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 2 winner): Carlos Dominguez, Spain Ivan Todorov, Bulgaria TBA, Yemen Pool 2 (winner advances to qualification round vs. Pool 1 winner): Daniel Igali, Canada TBA, Uzbekistan TBA, Ukraine Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. qualification round winner): Mchedlidze, Georgia TBA, Sweden Ivan Diaconu, Moldova Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 5 winner): TBA, South Africa Janis Leisa Vnieks Latvia TBA, Israel Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 4 winner): Cho Byung-Kwan, Korea TBA, Cuba Anthony Lefeez, France Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 7 winner): Nate Ackerman, Great Britain Habib Mohmed, Qatar Joe Williams, United States Pool 7 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 6 winner): Eugen Preda, Romania TBA, Panama TBA, Virgin Islands Pool 8 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 9 winner): Dennis Blch, Germany Krystian Brzozowski, Poland Adam Bereket, Turkey Pool 9 (winner advances to quarterfinals vs. Pool 8 winner): TBA, Slovakia Salvator Rinella, Italy Garsivan Yardanyan, Armenia The Slovakian Wrestling Federation has set up a web page that has information on these championships. To follow the action, visit: http://www.zapasenie.sk/olympic/main.htm