UPDATED: Summaries of U.S. Greco-Roman matches on Thursday, August 14

84 kg/185 lbs. - Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)

Second match - Denis Forov (Armenia) dec. Brad Vering (USA), 4-0, 1-2, 3-0

First period - Tough pummeling but no advantage and no takedowns.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Vering is down. Forov tries a lift, then runs Vering over for two points. Forov then hits a one-point gutwrench, 3-0. Period ends on the feet.
Reverse lift 2 - Vering on top. Vering tries a lift. They go to the mat. Vering can't turn the gutwrench. Point to Forov for defending, 4-0.

Second period - Vering gets a bodylock takedown to lead 1-0 in the final seconds of the period.
Reverse lift 1 - Vering on top. Vering working for gut wrench. Forov defends for one point, 1-1.
Reverse lift 2 - Vering on bottom. Forov goes for gut wrench. Vering defends and gets one point to win period, 2-1

Third period - No takedown.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Vering on top. Forov gets to feet. Hard pummeling, the ref stops the pounding. Forov gets point for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Vering on bottom. Forov gets two point throw with 10 seconds left to win the period, 3-0 and the match.

First match - Brad Vering (USA) dec. Artur Mikalkiewicz (Poland), 4-0, 1-1.

First period - Active sparring but no takedowns
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Vering is up. Vering gets an immediate three-point lift and throw, leading 3-0. Athletes end up on their feet.
Reverse lift 2 - Vering is down. Mikalkiewicz works the reverse lift to no avail. Vering gets to his feet. One point to Vering for defending, 4-0.

Second period - No takedowns, as both wrestlers make attempts.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Vering is up. Vering moves to gut wrench, and almost gets it to go. One point to Mikalkiewicz for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Vering down. Mikalkiewicz continues working reverse lift, hopping back and forth. Vering defends. One point to Vering, 1-1. Vering wins period by scoring last.

96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Adam Wheeler (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC)

Semifinals -Mirko Englich (Germany) dec. Adam Wheeler (USA), 2-1, 2-1
First period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Wheeler is up. Englich gets a one-point reversal. When period ends, he also receives a point for defense. 2-0
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler is down. Wheeler gets to his feet and there is no scoring. Wheeler gets one point for defense. 2-1

Second period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Wheeler is up. Wheeler tries a high gut wrench. Englich gets a reversal for one point. When the period ends, Englich gets another point for defense, 2-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler is down. Wheeler gets to his feet, but can not score a takedown. One point to Wheeler for defense, 2-1.

Quarterfinals - Adam Wheeler (USA) vs. Jiang Huachen (China), 0-7, 3-2, 1-1

First period - Wheeler works the head but can't get an attack. No takedowns
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Wheeler is on top. Wheeler can't get a turn. One point to Jiang for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler on bottom . Jiang locks up a front headlock, and turns Wheeler for two points, three different times. Gets 7-0 tech fall.

Second period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Wheeler is up. Wheeler works for a two-point turn, but Jiang quickly recovers and gets a two-point reversal, a 2 and 2 exchange. No more scoring, 2-2.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler is down. Jiang tries his favorite reverse lift position but can't score. Wheeler gets one point for defending, 3-2.

Third period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Wheeler is up. Jiang defends for one point, stopping the gut wrench, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler is down. Jiang goes to that front headlock but Wheeler defends to receive one point.

First match - Adam Wheeler (USA) dec. Lajos Virag (Hungary), 1-1, 1-1, 1-1.

First period - Pummeling for position, neither wrestler gets an attempt. No takedown.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Wheeler is down. Wheeler gets to his feet. Virag can't get anything. One point to Wheeler, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler on top. Gets a gut wrench. Almost gets a turn, the officials wave it off. One point to Virag, 1-1. Virag wins period by scoring last point.

Second period - Wheeler picks up the pace, but can't get a technique. No takedowns.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Wheeler is on top. Switches to gut wrench. Tries a power half but no turn. One point to Virag, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler on bottom. Virag goes for gut wrench. Wheeler defends, and gets one point. 1-1. Wheeler wins by scoring the last point.

Third period - Wheeler works on the head, but does not get technique. No takedown.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Wheeler on top. Switches to high gut, then low gut. Virag defends, receives one point, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Wheeler is down. Virag goes for a gut wrench. Wheeler defends for one point. 1-1. Wheeler wins by scoring the last point.

120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)

Quarterfinals - Jalmar Sjolberg (Sweden) dec. Dremiel Byers (USA), 0-3, 1-1, 1-1

First period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Byers is up. Byers gets a nice two-point gut wrench to take a 2-0 lead.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers down. Byers defends and gets to his feet. Byers gets one point for defending, 3-0.

Second period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Byers is down. Byers is able to defend, and receives one point, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers is up. Attempts a lift and a gut wrench but can't finish. One point to Sjolberg, 1-1. Sjolberg wins period by scoring last.

Third period - No takedown
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Byers is down. Byers does a good job on defense. One point for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers is up. He attempts his turns and lifts, but can not complete. One point to Sjolberg for defending, 1-1. Sjolbert win

Second match - Dremiel Byers (USA) dec. Liu Deli (China), 4-0, 1-1, 1-1.
First period - No takedowns
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Byers is down. Byers defends from bottom to receive one point, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers is up. Late in period, he gets a three-point lift and throw and finishes period at 4-0.

Second period - No takedowns
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Byers is down. Liu tries a gut wrench but can't turn Byers. One point to Byers for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers is up. Byers tries gut wrench but is not able to turn. One point to Liu for defending, 1-0

Third period - No takedowns.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is red. Byers is up. Byers switches to gut wrench. Liu defends and receives one point, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers is down. Liu gets Byers up off mat but can't turn him. Byers gets one point for defending, 1-1. Byers wins period by scoring last.

First match - Dremiel Byers (USA) dec. Oleksandr Chernetskyi (Ukraine), 1-1, 2-0

First period - No takedowns as both work for position
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Byers on top. Chernetskyi has blood on hand, must be cleaned up. Byers goes from reverse lift to gut wrench, and is unable to turn him. One point Chernetskyi for defending, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers down. Chernetskyi tries a lift, but drops Byers. One point to Byers for defending, 1-1. Byers wins by scoring last point.

Second period - No takedowns, with similar pummeling as first period.
Reverse lift 1 - Ball is blue. Byers on top. Byers goes to gut wrench. Gets a hand to hand one-point gut wrench with just a few seconds left in period. Byers leads, 1-0.
Reverse lift 2 - Byers down. Byers is strong on defense as Chernetskyi doesn't get close to turning him. Point to Byers for defending. Byers wins 2-0.