Giorgos Kougioumtsidis will fight today for the bronze medal at the World Men’s Wrestling Championship. The Greek Wrestling phenomenon in his first participation in the 74kg category. he was… unstoppable and showed that he is rightfully considered one of the very great talents.
In his opening game he faced the Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Magomedkabib Kadimagomedov and after an exciting match and a point taken literally at the last moment he won 7-6.
In the round of 32, Kouyoumtsidis defeated Jounos Jones from Puerto Rico with typical comfort 12-3.
At 16, the Greek champion faced Israeli Finesilver. In a match that he completely controlled, he finally came out mobile and advanced to the 8th.
Next obstacle in the quarter-finals was Slovakian Salkazanov. In a game for strong nerves, which was decided on the right objection of the federal coach Themis Iakovides, Kougioumtsidis won 4-3.
In the semi-final, the phenomenon of Greek Wrestling faced the American Dake. In a balanced game, the Tokyo bronze medalist prevailed 4-1, sending Kouyoumtsidis to the minor final.
Today the Greek champion is waiting to learn his opponent from the repechages. Evloev (Tajikistan) – Kaipanov (Kazakhstan) will fight in the first match. The winner of the second pair will face Japan’s Takatani. Whoever wins will compete with Kouyoumtsidis for the bronze medal.
It is worth noting that all medal positions, as well as the winner of the two fifths will ensure qualification for Tokyo.
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