Ilias Pagalidis will return with the 5th place from the very strong DAN KOLOV – NIKOLA PETROV international tournament held in Bulgaria. The Greek champion competed for the bronze medal in the 82kg category. Greco-Roman and defeated in details. The… doctor faced Nikolov and after an exciting game he was defeated 8-6.
At 87k. the interest remains undiminished, as we will have double representation in the repechages. Dimitris Papadopoulos in his opening game defeated Serbo Simovic 11-3, then scored a second victory this time with technical superiority over the Japanese Obi. In the quarterfinals, however, he lost to Novikov. The Bulgarian gave a second chance to the Greek champion, as he reached the final. In the repechage, Papadopoulos will fight with the Swiss Betchart and if he wins, he will face Armenian Nazarian for the bronze medal.
Christos Terzidis is the other champion who will claim a medal through repechages. In the preliminary round he fought Filchakov and was defeated 5-0. Voulgaros reached the final and made it possible for Terzidis to participate in the repechage. There he will face the Japanese Miyamoto and if he wins, he will fight against the Algerian Azara for the bronze medal.
Azara was the one who interrupted the course of Thodoris Tsardas, as he won 9-1 in the qualifying round.
In the category of 97k. we had triple Greek representation. Laokratis Kesidis started the event impressively and prevailed with the technical superiority of the Japanese Okunda. In the quarterfinals he faced Milof and was defeated by technical superiority.
Anestis Zarifes faced Iranos Dadkah and lost by technical superiority. Spyros Kountouratzis was also disqualified, who could not overcome the obstacle of the Dutch Stenkerburg.
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