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USA Greco-Roman receives draws for 2022 Veteran World Championships in Bulgaria

by Taylor Gregorio, USA Wrestling

Octavius Bellamy (USA) bites his Veterans World Greco-Roman gold, and also wears the USA flag after victory

Photo of Octavius Bellamy at the 2021 Veteran World Championships.

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria – 36 U.S. wrestlers received their draws for the Greco-Roman portion of the 2022 Veteran World Championships.

Action begins Friday with Divisions B and E, followed by Divisions C and D on Saturday and Division A on Monday.

Among those representing the USA are 12 athletes that earned medals earlier this week in the freestyle tournament, including champions David Yi (62 kg, B), Kevin Pine (88 kg, D), George Porter (130 kg, D) and Stephen Horton (70 kg, E).

Yi, Reece Humphrey (70 kg, A) and Octavius Bellamy (88 kg, C) are seeking their second-consecutive Veteran World Greco-Roman titles.

Fans can watch all the action live on FloWrestling.org.

U.S. Greco-Roman draws
Division A
70 kg: Jordin Humphrey

vs. Aibek Berdaliev (Kyrgyzstan)

70 kg: Reece Humphrey

vs. Azamat Satybaldiyev (Kazakhstan)

78 kg: Rashaad Saunders

vs. Dumitru Popov (Moldova)

88 kg: Michael Morgan

vs. Plamen Palev (Bulgaria)

100 kg: Marko Bojkovic

vs. Singh Amandeep (India)

-OR- Guglielmo Cecca (Italy)

130 kg: Ronald Dombkowski

vs. Saleh Omara (Egypt)

Division B
70 kg: Eric Caballero

vs. Milan Maric (Serbia)

78 kg: Andrei Stashonak

vs. Jani Syrjaenen (Finland)

88 kg: Jeremy Black

vs. Ben McCrillis (USA)

88 kg: Gerald Harris

vs. Nurzhan Akzholov (Kazakhstan)

-OR- Dragos Ivanov (France)

88 kg: James Medeiros

vs. Attila Benko (Hungary)

88 kg: Ben McCrillis

vs. Jeremy Black (USA)

100 kg: Karl Junitz

vs. Bengt Stradner (Sweden)

Division C
62 kg: David Yi

vs. Michele Maggiale (Italy)

78 kg: Rudy James

vs. Mohammad Ahmadi Afshar (Spain)

88 kg: Octavius Bellamy

vs. Jani Lauttanen (Finland) – second round

88 kg: Dave Hart

vs. Slobodan Ilic (Serbia)

88 kg: Alvin Riggs

vs. Jani Lauttenen (Finland)

100 kg: William Carr

vs. Frederic Calixte (France)

100 kg: Alsandro Turner

vs. Nabil Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)

130 kg: Gabe Beauperthy

vs. Gyula Papp (Hungary)

Division D
70 kg: Ernesto Alarcon

vs. Gunnar Sprunk (Germany)

78 kg: Jon Banko

vs. Krasimir Ganev (Bulgaria)

88 kg: Kevin Pine

vs. Alessandro Zappala (Italy)

100 kg: Erik Hinckley

vs. Domenico Lemme (USA)

100 kg: Domenico Lemme

vs. Erik Hinkley (USA)

100 kg: Todd Moss

vs. Hristo Gabrovski (Bulgaria)

130 kg: George Porter

vs. Zoltan Pozsonyi (Hungary)

Division E
70 kg: Stephen Horton

vs. Jerry Valencia (USA)

-OR- Murat Tussupbekov (Kazakhstan)

70 kg: Michael Madry

vs. Lars Dahl (Sweden)

70 kg: Jerry Valencia

vs. Murat Tussupbekov (Kazakhstan)

78 kg: Louis Orr

vs. Stig Eriksson (Sweden)

88 kg: Jeffery Anderson

vs. Daniel Kapsazov (Bulgaria)

88 kg: Kevin Kares

vs. Igor Karimov (Hungary)

100 kg: Charles Jones

vs. Anton Mayr (Germany)

130 kg: Brian Jones

vs. Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran)

 

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