Wrestling Blogs - Craig Vitagliano
2009 Worlds - 66 kg preview
What a great weight class!
Missing is 2008 Olympic Champion Ramazan Shahin of Turkey.
Watch for Olympic Bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India, 2009 Junior World Champ and Euro Runner-up Jabrail Hasanov, first round match up between 2007 Euro Champ Albert Batyrov of Belarus and 2007 World Silver Medalist Geandry Garzon of Cuba. Russia's Rasul Djukaev will have a tough opponent from Korea first. USA's Trent Paulson will take on veteran Leoinid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan. Olympic Silver Medalist Andrey Stadnik of Ukraine will face 2x Junior World Champ Mehdi Taghavi of Iran in the secnd round. The winner will take the whole thing. Also look for Haislan Garcia of Canada and Chung Song Yang of North Korea.
1/4 Finals: Kumar v. Garzon, Yonemitsu v. Djukaev, Paulson v. Taghavi, Garcia v. Yang
1/2 Finals: Garzon v. Djukaev, Taghavi v. Yang
Finals: Garzon v. Taghavi
Champion: Mehdi Taghavi
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