Stephen Horton has his arm raised at the 2018 Veterans World Championships in Greco-Roman. Horton won a freestyle gold earlier this week and will seek a double title. Photo by Robbert Wijtman.

LOUTRAKI, Greece – The draws have been determined for the Veterans World Championships in Greco-Roman, which will run from Friday through Sunday this week. The U.S. has a large and talented group of athletes entered in the competition.

Competition on Friday will include Div. B and Div. E. Saturday wrestling will be in Div. C and Div. D. Sunday competition is in Div. A.

Coming into the Greco-Roman event, the USA won 20 medals and had five individual champions in men’s freestyle earlier in the week and won the freestyle team title. Three of the five U.S. Veterans World freestyle champions are entered in the Greco-Roman division and will be seeking double titles: Reece Humphrey (Div. A, 70 kg), Stephen Horton of Cibolo, Texas (Div. D, 70 kg) and Jon Banko of New Kensington, Pa. (Div. D, 78 kg).

All of the action is live on FloWrestling. The remaining schedule is listed below. Loutraki is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone

VETERANS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Loutraki, Greece

U.S. Div. A draws (ages 35-40)

70 kg – Jordin Humphrey, Crestline, Calif.
Vs. Eric Richter (Germany)

70 kg – Reece Humphrey, Dayton, NJ
Vs. Bagirs Bogdanovs (Latvia)

88 kg – James Medeiros II, Granada Hills, Calif.
Vs. Dmitry Pakhomov (Russia)

100 kg – Marko Bojkovic, Westmont, Ill.
Vs. Ilias Boukis (Greece)

130 kg – Ronald Dombkowski II, Waterford, Pa.
Vs. Semih Turgut (Turkey)

U.S. Div. B draws (ages 41-45)

62 kg – David Yi, Folsom, Calif.
Round robin matches against
Svetoslav Dmitrov (Bulgaria)
Roger Stewart Frederick (USA)
Alisghar Abkar (Iran)
Daniel Franke (Germany)

62 kg – Roger Stewart Frederick, Dumfries, Va.
Round robin matches against
David Yi (USA)
Svetoslav Dmitrov (Bulgaria)
Alisghar Abkar (Iran)
Daniel Franke (Germany)

78 kg – Andrei Stashonak, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Vs. Jimmy Samuelsson (Sweden)

88 kg – Rudolph James, St. Paul, Minn.
Va. Mammad Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

100 kg – Karl Junitz, Chicago, Ill.
Vs. Omid Mosavi (Sweden)

130 kg – Joseph Bellavia, San Diego, Calif.
Round robin matches against
Vitalii Kuzetcov (Russia)
Ali Davoud Darzinezhadrami (Iran)
Leif Eddy Bengtsson (Sweden)

130 kg – Christopher Pierce, Lemont Furnace, Pa.
Round robin matches against
Roohollah Ali Ghalavand (Iran)
Spyridon Koursaris (Greece)

U.S. Div. C draws (ages 46-50)

62 kg – Gary Cook, Syracuse, N.Y.
Round robin matches against
Farokh Morteza Hodael (Iran)
Nuno Jose Marques Berlinda (Sweden)
Carlos Montano (USA)

62 kg – Carlos Montano, Oceanside, Calif.
Round robin matches against
Nuno Jose Marques Berlinda (Sweden)
Farokh Morteza Hodael (Iran)
Gary Cook (USA)

88 kg – Octavius Bellamy, Bollingbrook, Ill.
Vs. Makhmud Orman (Kazakhstan)

130 kg – Gregory Conn, Antelope, Calif.
Vs. winner of Ciban Kalender (Turkey) and Bahaaldin Karimzadeh (Iran)

U.S. Div. D draws (ages 51-55)

62 kg – Joseph Raia Jr., South Elgin, Ill.
Vs. Terho Kettunen (Finland)

70 kg – Stephen Horton, Cibolo, Texas
Vs. Gunnar Sprunk (Germany)

70 kg – Ernesto Alarcon, Houston, Texas
Vs. Szabolcs Zsirka (Hungary)

78 kg – Jon Banko, New Kensington, Pa.
Vs. Ercan Ayyildiz (Turkey)

88 kg – Jeffery Anderson, Zeeland, Mich.
Vs. Oleg Uglanov (Russia)

100 kg – Gelu Bors, Henderson, Nev.
Vs. Detlef John (Germany)

U.S. Div. E draws (ages 56-60)

62 kg – Jeffrey Mallett, Lanham, Md.
Vs. Igor Chuev (Russia)

70 kg – David Manville, State College, Pa.
Vs. Ionnis Valasakis (Greece)

70 kg – Michael Madry, Saint Petersburg, Fla.
Vs. Andre Savin (Russia)

78 kg – Louis Orr, Rochester, Minn.
Vs Stig Eriksson (Sweden)

88 kg – Kevin Kares, Henderson, Nev.
Vs. Gennadii Ovdin (Russia)

88 kg – Petros Petrosyan, Los Almanitos, Calif.
Vs. Dursun Parlak (Turkey)

100 kg – Joseph Cattan, Mount Washington, Ky.
Vs. Igor Zadnepryanny (Kazakhstan)

130 kg – Brian Jones, Los Angeles, Calif.
Round Robin matches against
Ardeshir Porrhekmat (Iran)
Andrzej Wronski (Poland)
Rovshan Ismayilkhanli (Azerbaijan)

Remaining Competition Schedule
Loutraki is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone

Friday, October 22
10:30 a.m. – Preliminaries and repechage for Greco-Roman Div. B and Div. E
6:00 p.m. – Finals for Greco-Roman Div. B and Div. E

Saturday, October 23
10:30 a.m. – Preliminaries and repechage for Greco-Roman Div. C and Div. D
6:00 p.m. – Finals for Greco-Roman Div. C and Div. D

Sunday, October 24
10:30 a.m. – Preliminaries and repechage for Greco-Roman Div. A
6:00 p.m. – Finals for Greco-Roman Div. A

Greco-Roman draws set for U.S. wrestlers at Veterans World Championships in Greece

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