WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS DEC.7

Views on BG | December 8, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

Olympic champion Rulon Gardner beat Yuriy Yevseychyk of Israel 3-0 on December 7 in the 286-pound category It was the first outing here for Gardner, of Afton, Wyo., who shocked three-time gold medalist Alexander Karelin at the Sydney Games. Karelin hadn't lost since 1985. Gardner will wrestle two-time world championships bronze medalist Georgiy Saldadse of Ukraine on December 8.

Kevin Bracken of the United States defeated Akaki Chachua of Georgia on a 13-2 technical fall at 138 3-4 pounds to reach the quarterfinals.

The championships are being held at Demetrios Tophalos stadium in the southern port of Patras, 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Athens. The games end December 9.

The championships were originally scheduled for New York's Madison Square Garden in September, but were rescheduled and moved after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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