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Olympic Swimming Results
.c The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Results for Sunday’s Olympic swimming competition at
the Olympic Aquatic Center:
Men
100 Backstroke
Qualification
1. Tomomi Morita, Japan, 54.41 (Q).
2. Aaron Peirsol, United States, 54.65 (Q).
3. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 54.80 (Q).
4. Markus Rogan, Austria, 54.87 (Q).
4. Lenny Krayzelburg, United States, 54.87 (Q).
6. Steffen Driesen, Germany, 54.92 (Q).
7. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia, 55.17 (Q).
8. Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia, 55.22 (Q).
9. Matt Welsh, Australia, 55.35 (Q).
10. Kunpeng Ouyang, China, 55.50 (Q).
11. Marco di Carli, Germany, 55.58 (Q).
12. Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa, 55.62 (Q).
13. Simon Dufour, France, 55.76 (Q).
14. Gregor Tait, Britain, 55.77 (Q).
14. Razvan Ionut Florea, Zimbabwe, 55.77 (Q).
16. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia, 55.80 (Q).
17. Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greece, 55.85.
17. Josh Watson, Australia, 55.85.
19. Evgeny Aleshin, Russia, 55.91.
20. Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea, 55.97.
21. Pierre Roger, France, 56.07.
22. Cameron Gibson, New Zealand, 56.14.
23. Adam Mania, Poland, 56.20.
24. Darius Grigalionis, Lithuania, 56.21.
25. Nicholas Alfred Neckles, Barbados, 56.32.
26. Derya Buyukuncu, Turkey, 56.34.
27. Lubos Krizko, Slovakia, 56.62.
27. Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukraine, 56.62.
27. Matt Rose, Canada, 56.62.
30. Sung Min, South Korea, 56.78.
31. Ahmed Hussein, Egypt, 56.86.
32. Paulo Machado, Brazil, 57.07.
33. Eduardo German Otero, Argentina, 57.28.
34. Peter Horvath, Hungary, 57.29.
35. Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain, 57.35.
36. Matti Maki, Finland, 57.57.
37. George Gleason, U.S. Virgin Islands, 57.64.
38. Christopher Vythoulkas, Bahamas, 58.31.
39. Brendan Ashby, Zimbabwe, 58.91.
40. Igor Beretic, Serbia-Montenegro, 59.38.
41. Stanislav Ossinkskiy, Kazakhstan, 59.92.
42. Alexandr Ivlev, Moldova, 1:00.13.
43. Danil Bugakov, Uzbekistan, 1:02.28.
44. Omar Abu Fares, Jordan, 1:02.36.
NR. Donnie Defreitas, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, DNS.
Semifinals
1. Aaron Peirsol, United States, 54.34 (Q).
2. Markus Rogan, Austria, 54.42 (Q).
3. Tomomi Morita, Japan, 54.62 (Q).
4. Lenny Krayzelburg, United States, 54.63 (Q).
5. Steffen Driesen, Germany, 54.64 (Q).
6. Matt Welsh, Australia, 54.69 (Q).
7. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 54.86 (Q).
8. Marco di Carli, Germany, 55.03 (Q).
9. Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia, 55.20.
10. Razvan Ionut Florea, Romania, 55.27.
11. Ouyang Kunpeng, China, 55.28.
12. Gregor Tait, Britain, 55.31.
13. Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa, 55.76.
14. Gordan Kozulj, Croatia, 56.02.
15. Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia, 56.08.
16. Simon Dufour, France, 56.15.
100 Breaststroke
Final
1. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 1:00.08.
2. Brendan Hansen, United States, 1:00.25.
3. Hugues Duboscq, France, 1:00.88.
4. Mark Gangloff, United States, 1:01.17.
5. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan, 1:01.34.
6. James Gibson, Britain, 1:01.36.
7. Darren Mew, Britain, 1:01.66.
8. Oleg Lisogor, Ukraine, 1:02.42.
200 Freestyle
Qualification
1. Ian Thorpe, Australia, 1:47.22 (Q).
2. Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 1:47.32 (Q).
3. Emiliano Brembilla, Italy, 1:47.95 (Q).
4. Klete Keller, United States, 1:47.97 (Q).
5. Michael Phelps, United States, 1:48.43 (Q).
6. Simon Burnett, Britain, 1:48.68 (Q).
7. Grant Hackett, Australia, 1:48.90 (Q).
8. Jens Schreiber, Germany, 1:49.00 (Q).
9. Kvetoslav Svoboda, Czech Republic, 1:49.25 (Q).
10. Rick Say, Canada, 1:49.32 (Q).
11. Dominik Meichtry, Switzerland, 1:49.45 (Q).
12. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago, 1:49.48 (Q).
13. Yoshihiro Okumura, Japan, 1:49.54 (Q).
14. Brent Hayden, Canada, 1:49.56 (Q).
15. Andreas Zisimos, Greece, 1:49.60 (Q).
16. Andrey Kapralov, Russia, 1:49.91 (Q).
17. Olaf Wildeboer, Spain, 1:50.01. 18. Jacob Carstensen, Denmark, 1:50.15.
19. Stefan Herbst, Germany, 1:50.23.
20. Rodrigo Castro, Brazil, 1:50.27.
21. Saulius Binevicius, Lithuania, 1:50.50.
22. Peter Mankoc, Slovenia, 1:50.72.
23. Romans Miloslavskis, Latvia, 1:50.83.
24. Maxim Kuznetsov, Russia, 1:50.93.
25. Nicolas Rostoucher, France, 1:50.96.
26. Dominik Koll, Austria, 1:51.36.
27. Dmytro Vereitinov, Ukraine, 1:51.38.
28. Joshua Ilika Brenner, Mexico, 1:51.66.
29. Luis Monteiro, Portugal, 1:51.78.
30. Lukasz Drzewinski, Poland, 1:51.90.
31. Mihail Alexandrov, Bulgaria, 1:52.12.
32. Tamas Szucs, Hungary, 1:52.26.
33. Han Kyu-chul, South Korea, 1:52.28.
34. Damian Arthur Christopher Alleyne, Barbados, 1:52.89.
35. Aleksandar Malenko, Macedonia, 1:53.00.
35. Mahrez Mebarek, Algeria, 1:53.00.
37. Yahor Salabutau, Belarus, 1:53.03.
38. Albert Subirats Altes, Venezuela, 1:53.11.
39. Giancarlo Zolezzi, Chile, 1:53.18.
40. Juan Martin Pereyra, Argentina, 1:53.19.
40. Shaune Fraser, Cayman Islands, 1:53.19.
42. Miguel Molina, Philippines, 1:53.81.
43. Lin Zhang, China, 1:53.84.
44. Alexandros Aresti, Cyprus, 1:53.90.
45. Martin Kutscher, Uruguay, 1:53.91.
46. Andrea Beccari, Italy, 1:54.00.
47. Te Tung Chen, Taiwan, 1:54.14.
48. Igor Erhartic, Serbia-Montenegro, 1:54.21.
49. Stepan Pinciuc, Moldova, 1:54.56.
50. Anouar Ben Naceur, Tunisia, 1:54.69.
51. Jung Jun Mark Chay, Singapore, 1:54.70.
52. Aytekin Mindan, Turkey, 1:55.65.
53. Adil Bellaz, Morocco, 1:55.79.
54. Mario Delac, Croatia, 1:55.82.
55. Vitaliy Khan, Kazakhstan, 1:56.11.
56. Diego Mularoni, San Marino, 1:56.18.
57. Petr Vasilev, Uzbekistan, 1:56.93.
58. Zurab Khomasuridze, Georgia, 1:58.02.
59. Ruslan Ismailov, Kyrgyzstan, 2:01.53.
Semifinals
1. Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 1:46.00 (Q).
2. Ian Thorpe, Australia, 1:46.65 (Q).
3. Michael Phelps Iii, United States, 1:47.08 (Q).
4. Klete Keller, United States, 1:47.28 (Q).
5. Grant Hackett, Australia, 1:47.61 (Q).
6. Simon Burnett, Britain, 1:47.72 (Q).
7. Emiliano Brembilla, Italy, 1:47.93 (Q).
8. Rick Say, Canada, 1:48.16 (Q).
9. Kvetoslav Svoboda, Czech Republic, 1:49.27.
10. Yoshihiro Okumura, Japan, 1:49.49.
11. George Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago, 1:49.59.
12. Andreas Zisimos, Greece, 1:49.76.
13. Brent Hayden, Canada, 1:50.00.
14. Dominik Meichtry, Switzerland, 1:50.02.
15. Olaf Wildeboer, Spain, 1:50.61.
16. Andrey Kapralov, Russia, 1:51.35.
4×100 Freestyle Relay
Qualification
1. South Africa, 3:13.84 (Q).
2. United States, 3:15.83 (Q).
3. Italy, 3:16.18 (Q).
4. Netherlands, 3:16.42 (Q).
5. Russia, 3:17.46 (Q).
6. France, 3:17.64 (Q).
6. Australia, 3:17.64 (Q).
8. Germany, 3:17.97 (Q).
9. Canada, 3:18.35.
10. Ukraine, 3:18.95.
11. Lithuania, 3:19.28.
12. Brazil, 3:20.20.
13. Croatia, 3:21.01.
14. Greece, 3:24.26.
15. China, 3:24.31.
NR. Sweden, DQ.
Final
1. South Africa (Roland Mark Schoeman, 48.17; Lyndon Ferns, 48.13; Darian
Townsend, 48.96; Ryk Neethling, 47.91), 3:13.17.
2. Netherlands (Johan Kenkhuis, 49.81; Mitja Zastrow, 49.25; Klaas-Erik
Zwering, 48.51; Pieter van den Hoogenband, 46.79), 3:14.36.
3. United States (Ian Crocker, 50.05; Michael Phelps, 48.74; Neil Walker,
47.97; Jason Lezak, 47.86), 3:14.62.
4. Russia (Andrey Kapralov, 49.27; Evgeny Lagunov, 49.17; Denis Pimankov,
49.25; Alexander Popov, 48.06), 3:15.75.
4. Italy (Lorenzo Vismara, 49.16; Filippo Magnini, 48.30; Michele Scarica,
49.21; Christian Galenda, 49.08), 3:15.75.
6. Australia (Michael Klim, 49.37; Todd Pearson, 49.07; Eamon Sullivan,
49.19; Ian Thorpe, 48.14), 3:15.77.
7. France (Romain Barnier, 49.65; Julien Sicot, 49.31; Fabien Gilot, 48.95;
Frederick Bousquet, 48.32), 3:16.23.
8. Germany (Jens Schreiber, 49.88; Lars Conrad, 48.72; Torsten Spanneberg,
49.24; Stefan Herbst, 49.34), 3:17.18.
Women
100 Butterfly
Final
1. Petria Thomas, Australia, 57.72.
2. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 57.84.
3. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands, 57.99.
4. Jess Schipper, Australia, 58.22.
5. Jennifer Thompson, United States, 58.72.
6. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia, 58.96.
7. Alena Popchanka, Belarus, 59.06.
8. Junko Onishi, Japan, 59.83.
100 Backstroke
Qualification
1. Laure Manaudou, France, 1:01.27 (Q).
2. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 1:01.39 (Q).
3. Natalie Coughlin, United States, 1:01.45 (Q).
4. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 1:01.60 (Q).
5. Noriko Inada, Japan, 1:01.67 (Q).
6. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 1:01.68 (Q).
7. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain, 1:01.75 (Q).
8. Stanislava Komarova, Russia, 1:01.84 (Q).
9. Ilona Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 1:01.95 (Q).
10. Giaan Rooney, Australia, 1:01.96 (Q).
11. Haley Cope, United States, 1:01.99 (Q).
12. Katy Sexton, Britain, 1:02.01 (Q).
13. Louise Oernstedt, Denmark, 1:02.17 (Q).
13. Sarah Price, Britain, 1:02.17 (Q).
15. Chang Gao, China, 1:02.19 (Q).
16. Shu Zhan, China, 1:02.39 (Q).
17. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia, 1:02.47.
17. Erin Gammel, Canada, 1:02.47.
19. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine, 1:02.57.
20. Marieke Guehrer, Australia, 1:02.76.
21. Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary, 1:02.78.
22. Hannah McLean, New Zealand, 1:03.09.
23. Janine Pietsch, Germany, 1:03.13.
24. Shim Min Ji, South Korea, 1:03.14.
25. Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus, 1:03.25.
26. Alessandra Cappa, Italy, 1:03.50.
27. Gisela Morales, Guatemala, 1:03.72.
28. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel, 1:04.06.
29. Alexandra Putra, France, 1:04.13.
30. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong, 1:04.25.
31. Kiera Aitken, Bermuda, 1:04.37.
32. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand, 1:05.15.
33. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece, 1:05.30.
34. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey, 1:05.38.
35. Serrana Fernandez, Uruguay, 1:05.51.
36. Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland, 1:05.55.
37. Hsiao Han Fu, Taiwan, 1:06.62.
38. Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan, 1:07.55.
39. Lenient Obia, Nigeria, 1:09.65.
40. Galindo Ana, Honduras, 1:11.80.
41. Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan, 1:15.33.
42. Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan, 1:15.48.
Semifinals
1. Natalie Coughlin, United States, 1:00.17 (Q).
2. Laure Manaudou, France, 1:00.88 (Q).
3. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 1:00.94 (Q).
4. Louise Oernstedt, Denmark, 1:01.12 (Q).
5. Haley Cope, United States, 1:01.13 (Q).
6. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain, 1:01.19 (Q).
7. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 1:01.21 (Q).
8. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 1:01.24 (Q).
9. Giaan Rooney, Australia, 1:01.41.
10. Stanislava Komarova, Russia, 1:01.63.
11. Noriko Inada, Japan, 1:01.74.
12. Ilona Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 1:01.81.
13. Katy Sexton, Britain, 1:01.96.
14. Zhan Shu, China, 1:02.10.
15. Gao Chang, China, 1:02.17.
16. Sarah Price, Britain, 1:02.48.
100 Breaststroke
Qualification
1. Brooke Hanson, Australia, 1:07.35 (Q).
2. Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:07.69 (Q).
3. Tara Kirk, United States, 1:07.92 (Q).
4. Sarah Poewe, Germany, 1:07.97 (Q).
5. Amanda Beard, United States, 1:08.04 (Q).
6. Xuejuan Luo, China, 1:09.07 (Q).
7. Hui Qi, China, 1:09.29 (Q).
8. Svitlana Bondarenko, Ukraine, 1:09.35 (Q).
9. Rhiannon Leier, Canada, 1:09.38 (Q).
10. Masami Tanaka, Japan, 1:09.44 (Q).
11. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary, 1:09.51 (Q).
12. Vipa Bernhardt, Germany, 1:09.60 (Q).
13. Lauren van Oosten, Canada, 1:09.93 (Q).
14. Mirna Jukic, Austria, 1:09.99 (Q).
15. Elena Bogomazova, Russia, 1:10.24 (Q).
16. Chiara Boggiatto, Italy, 1:10.33 (Q).
17. Maria Ostling, Sweden, 1:10.45.
18. Ina Kapishina, Belarus, 1:10.66.
19. Majken Thorup Toft, Denmark, 1:10.97.
20. Smiljana Marinovic, Croatia, 1:11.00.
21. Madelon Baans, Netherlands, 1:11.10.
22. Marina Kuc, Serbia-Montenegro, 1:11.27.
23. Eeva Saarinen, Finland, 1:11.39.
24. Diana Gomes, Portugal, 1:11.40.
24. Emma Robinson, Ireland, 1:11.40.
26. Ilkay Dikmen, Turkey, 1:11.69.
27. Imaday Nunez Gonzalez, Cuba, 1:12.14.
28. Salama Ismail, Egypt, 1:12.20.
29. Javiera Salcedo, Argentina, 1:12.46.
29. Aikaterini Sarakatsani, Greece, 1:12.46.
31. Jaclyn Pangilinan, Philippines, 1:12.47.
32. Alia S Atkinson, Jamaica, 1:12.53.
33. Wei-Min Nicolette Teo, Singapore, 1:12.87.
34. Lee Ji Young, South Korea, 1:12.93.
35. Annabelle Carey, New Zealand, 1:13.21.
36. Yi Ting Siow, Malaysia, 1:13.30.
37. Valeria Silva, Peru, 1:13.52.
38. Adriana Marmolejo Vargas, Mexico, 1:14.35.
39. Tsz Wa Yip, Hong Kong, 1:14.53.
40. Iris Edda Heimisdottir, Iceland, 1:15.35.
41. Katerine Moreno, Bolivia, 1:18.25.
42. Varduhi Avetisyan, Armenia, 1:18.87.
43. Shrone Austin, Seychelles, 1:19.02.
44. Nataliya Filina, Azerbaijan, 1:20.21.
45. Melissa Ashby, Grenada, 1:22.67.
46. Pauline Keita, Mali, 1:30.40.
47. Nayana Shakya, Nepal, 1:32.92.
48. Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira, Rwanda, 1:50.39.
Semifinals
1. Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:06.78 (Q).
2. Sarah Poewe, Germany, 1:07.48 (Q).
3. Tara Kirk, United States, 1:07.60 (Q).
4. Brooke Hanson, Australia, 1:07.75 (Q).
5. Amanda Beard, United States, 1:07.92 (Q).
6. Svitlana Bondarenko, Ukraine, 1:08.28 (Q).
7. Luo Xuejuan, China, 1:08.57 (Q).
8. Qi Hui, China, 1:09.06 (Q).
9. Masami Tanaka, Japan, 1:09.11.
10. Agnes Kovacs, Hungary, 1:09.12.
11. Lauren van Oosten, Canada, 1:09.45.
12. Rhiannon Leier, Canada, 1:09.46.
13. Vipa Bernhardt, Germany, 1:09.72.
14. Mirna Jukic, Austria, 1:10.06.
15. Elena Bogomazova, Russia, 1:10.41.
16. Chiara Boggiatto, Italy, 1:10.84.
400 Freestyle
Qualification
1. Laure Manaudou, France, 4:06.76 (Q).
2. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 4:07.11 (Q).
3. Camelia Alina Potec, Zimbabwe, 4:07.39 (Q).
4. Ai Shibata, Japan, 4:07.63 (Q).
5. Rebecca Cooke, Britain, 4:08.18 (Q).
6. Kaitlin Sandeno, United States, 4:08.22 (Q).
7. Linda Mackenzie, Australia, 4:08.46 (Q).
8. Sachiko Yamada, Japan, 4:09.10 (Q).
9. Claudia Poll Ahrens, Costa Rica, 4:09.75.
10. Kalyn Keller, United States, 4:09.83.
11. Simona Paduraru, Zimbabwe, 4:10.39.
12. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany, 4:10.46.
13. Elka Graham, Australia, 4:11.67.
14. Jiaying Pang, China, 4:11.81.
15. Eva Risztov, Hungary, 4:12.08.
16. Brittany Reimer, Canada, 4:12.33.
17. Hua Chen, China, 4:12.67.
18. Erika Villaecija, Spain, 4:13.03.
19. Monique Ferreira, Brazil, 4:13.75.
20. Zoi Dimoschaki, Greece, 4:13.96.
21. Joanne Jackson, Britain, 4:14.89.
22. Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli, Argentina, 4:16.42.
23. Arantxa Ramos, Spain, 4:16.52.
24. Anja Carman, Slovenia, 4:17.79.
25. Daria Parshina, Russia, 4:18.24.
26. Kristel Kobrich, Chile, 4:18.68.
27. Vesna Stojanovska, Macedonia, 4:19.39.
28. Janelle Anya Monique Atkinson, Jamaica, 4:20.00.
29. Paola Duguet Duran, Colombia, 4:20.69.
30. Kristyna Kynerova, Czech Republic, 4:21.12.
31. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand, 4:21.58.
32. Ha Eun-ju, South Korea, 4:21.65.
33. Golda Marcus, El Salvador, 4:22.27.
34. Pilin Tachakittiranan, Thailand, 4:23.62.
35. Ozlem Yasemin Taskin, Turkey, 4:24.08.
36. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria, 4:25.92.
37. Anita Galic, Croatia, 4:26.09.
38. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine, 4:26.30.
Final
1. Laure Manaudou, France, 4:05.34.
2. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 4:05.84.
3. Kaitlin Sandeno, United States, 4:06.19.
4. Camelia Alina Potec, Romania, 4:06.34.
5. Ai Shibata, Japan, 4:07.51.
6. Sachiko Yamada, Japan, 4:10.91.
7. Linda Mackenzie, Australia, 4:10.92.
8. Rebecca Cooke, Britain, 4:11.35.
08/15/04 14:11 EDT

Martirosyan Gets U.S. Boxing’s Second Win
By GREG BEACHAM
.c The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Vanes Martirosyan erased any doubts about the
legitimacy of his spot in Athens, battering Algeria’s Benamar Meskine
in a 45-20 victory in the preliminaries Sunday to earn a second-round
match with Cuba’s Lorenzo Aragon.
“I finished like a champion,” said Martirosyan, an Armenian-born
18-year-old from Glendale, Calif. “I could have won another four
rounds, to tell you the truth. I felt so good out there.”
Martirosyan showed the power and flair of a contender, dictating the
fight’s pace with a stiff jab and opportunistic combinations. He also
counterpunched effectively while landing more shots to the head than
almost any competitor so far at the busy boxing venue, which hosts
more than 20 fights every day of the preliminaries.
Middleweight Andre Dirrell got the United States off to a good start
Saturday with a win in his preliminary bout. Two Americans received
first-round byes, and five more will fight in the next three days
before the second round begins Wednesday.
Tougher fights still loom for a team that’s thought to be among the
weakest in the United States’ superb Olympic boxing history, but the
boxers believe they can improve on their mediocre four-medal haul four
years ago in Sydney.
“We’re a great team, we’re in great shape and we’re going to bring a
lot of medals home,” Martirosyan said.
Martirosyan was one fight from elimination at the U.S. team trials in
February in Tunica, Miss., but the two top contenders were
disqualified when Andre Berto threw Juan McPherson to the canvas,
injuring McPherson’s neck. McPherson was medically disqualified, and
Berto was banned for his actions.
Though he caught a lucky break, Martirosyan made the most of it by
earning an Olympic spot in the ensuing qualifying tournaments. Berto,
from Winter Haven, Fla., made the Olympics anyway on Haiti’s team –
but Martirosyan beat Berto in a subsequent tourney.
“A lot of boxing fans and people in our organization were very well
aware of Vanes,” U.S. coach Basheer Abdullah said. “There were a lot
of predictions that he was going to make this team.
He was very, very aggressive today. He dictated what was happening in
the fight.”
Martirosyan was cheered at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall by his
father, Norik, a former amateur fighter who moved his family to
California when Vanes was 4; his younger brother, Vatche; his uncle
and his cousin – and a bunch of fans from Glendale who showed up
unannounced, waving Armenian and American flags.
Aragon, whose victory over Greece’s Theodoros Kotakos was stopped on
points in the third round, will be a stiff test for Martirosyan on
Thursday. The 1996 Olympic featherweight is a two-time world champion
as a welterweight, and he beat Martirosyan in the Athens Test Event in
May.
But Martirosyan was slugging point-for-point with Aragon until the
fourth round, when Martirosyan says he got overexcited by the prospect
of an upset.
“We’re Armenian. We have this thing where we get a little bit out of
control in the ring,” Martirosyan said. “I love this sport so
much. The coaches have told me to calm down, just think about points
instead of trying to get the guy out of there.”
After a slow first minute against Meskine, Martirosyan landed the
first of many shots to the Algerian’s head. Martirosyan then staggered
him with a beautiful left hand early in the third round.
That punch effectively ended the fight. Meskine retreated to
full-scale defense while Martirosyan chased. Martirosyan scored 16
points in the final round, putting his whole body behind his blows in
a vain effort to flatten Meskine.
Perhaps that Armenian instinct hasn’t completely been coached out of
him – and it will serve him well as a professional.
But first things first: Martirosyan finished third in the Athens Test
Event, and he isn’t keen on keeping that prize.
“I brought that bronze medal back so I could take the gold,” he
said.
08/15/04 14:43 EDT

SFGate.com
War and peace in a small Anatolian town
Reviewed by Charles Solomon
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Birds Without Wings
By Louis De Bernières
KNOPF; 553 PAGES; $29.95
“Birds Without Wings” is Louis De Bernières’ first novel since “Corelli’s
Mandolin” (1994), which won the Granta Prize, sold 2.5 million copies
worldwide and became a big-budget Hollywood film with Penelope Cruz and
Nicolas Cage. Even the author acknowledges that his new novel may not
duplicate the success of the previous one. “Birds” is a long, interesting
and sometimes challenging book. An account of the changes the first third of
the 20th century brings to a small Turkish village may not appeal to a mass
audience, particularly without an overriding romance to leaven the tale.
At the dawn of the 20th century, Eskibahçe is a town of no distinction in
western Anatolia. Muslims, Orthodox Christians and Armenians live there in
relative peace under the policy of tolerance that represented the Ottoman
Empire at its best. In Eskibahçe, a Christian father veils his young
daughter at the request of the learned imam, who finds that her beauty is
distracting the local men; a Muslim housewife asks her Christian neighbor to
light a candle before the icon of the Virgin — just in case. The scandals,
triumphs, solutions and problems remain local matters that the local people
can handle, just as their parents and grandparents did.
Then what Iskander the Potter calls the “great world” intervenes,
precipitating decades of wrenching sorrow and bloodshed. The Armenian
genocide is followed by World War I, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and
the emergence of modern Turkey. The end of the war produces the forced
expulsion and resettlement of half a million ethnic Greek Christians to
Greece (and of 1 million ethnic Turks to Turkey), a socially and
economically disastrous policy dictated by the Lausanne Settlement.
De Bernières presents the suffering of the inhabitants of Eskibahçe in
counterpoint to the life of Kemal Ataturk, commenting that history “is
finally nothing but a sorry edifice constructed from hacked flesh in the
name of great ideas.” De Bernières writes dense, fine-grained prose that
moves with the measured grace of a 19th century novel. But he often seems to
have spent too much time with the thesaurus and to have picked up a little
too much local color. If there’s an obscure, multi-syllable adjective that
can replace a simple, familiar one, he invariably chooses the former. He
delights in including words and phrases in Turkish and Greek, but rarely
bothers to translate them. When a grotesque, eccentric beggar takes up
residence among the nearby ancient tombs, the people of Eskibahçe provide
alms in the form of food: “They arrived with their small but honourable
offerings of kadinbudu köfte, green beans in olive oil and iç pilàv, and
then departed, having greeted him with a quiet ‘Hos geldiniz.’ ”
In an interview with the Observer, De Bernières said, “I’m one of those
writers who’s always going to be trying to write ‘War and Peace’: failing,
obviously, but trying.” A more apt comparison would be Dickens. De
Bernières’ narrative doesn’t proceed with the irresistible, martial sweep of
“War and Peace”; events seem like the product of chance and myriad small
decisions made by individuals, rather than historical inevitability. There’s
a Dickensian tone to De Bernières’ accounts of the everyday experiences of
his numerous characters, including minor, eccentric ones. It’s easy to
imagine Pip encountering Daskalos Leonidas, the embittered teacher who
spends his days teaching Greek to students he disdains and his nights
writing subversive political tracts that everyone ignores.
“Birds Without Wings” also lacks the passion that marks the novels of
Tolstoy (and Dickens, for that matter). Although Iskander’s son Karatavuk
takes part in it as a sniper, De Bernières fails to convey the horrors of
Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, where 281,000 Allied troops and 250,000 Turks
perished. The intimate domestic vignettes come to life in a way that the big
set pieces don’t. When two village housewives help each other during hard
times, blithely ignoring the religious and ethnic differences that will
later tear their lives apart, the reader can almost smell the onions and
olives in their kitchens. Karatavuk describes the stench and filth of the
battlefield in endless detail, but the images don’t register with the same
force. The catalog of tortures inflicted on the civilian populace by various
armies and brigands has less impact than the list of dishes at the feast
that Rustem Bey’s new mistress prepares for him.
Ultimately, “Birds Without Wings” is an ambitious book in which the little
things are what come to life. –
Charles Solomon is a Los Angeles writer.

08/12/04
SPPD Receives $10 Million Gift
The funds will establish the Judith and John Bedrosian Center on
Governance and the Public Enterprise, examining the nature of
democratic governance and policymaking.

Judith and John Bedrosian’s $10 million gift to the USC School of
Policy, Planning, and Development is the largest received by SPPD and
either of its predecessor schools.
By Elaine Lapriore
Judith and John Bedrosian have given $10 million to the USC School of
Policy, Planning, and Development to found a new center to study
governance.
The Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public
Enterprise will focus on the nature of democratic governance,
policymaking and management of the public enterprise. Led by the
as-yet unnamed holder of the Bedrosian Chair in Governance – also
established by the gift – the center will be fully operational for the
2005-2006 school year.
John Bedrosian, a founding member of the USC School of Policy,
Planning, and Development’s board of councilors, has served as the
board’s chair for the past five years. The gift from him and his wife
is the largest received by SPPD and either of its predecessor schools.
“This generous gift by John and Judy Bedrosian is a measure of their
commitment to ensuring that the best minds and best ideas be assessed
and amplified as a central mission of SPPD and our university,” Dean
Daniel Mazmanian said.

San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Aug 14 2004
Birds Without Wings
By Louis De Bernières
KNOPF; 553 PAGES; $29.95
“Birds Without Wings” is Louis De Bernières’ first novel since
“Corelli’s Mandolin” (1994), which won the Granta Prize, sold 2.5
million copies worldwide and became a big-budget Hollywood film with
Penelope Cruz and Nicolas Cage. Even the author acknowledges that his
new novel may not duplicate the success of the previous one. “Birds”
is a long, interesting and sometimes challenging book. An account of
the changes the first third of the 20th century brings to a small
Turkish village may not appeal to a mass audience, particularly
without an overriding romance to leaven the tale.
At the dawn of the 20th century, Eskibahçe is a town of no
distinction in western Anatolia. Muslims, Orthodox Christians and
Armenians live there in relative peace under the policy of tolerance
that represented the Ottoman Empire at its best. In Eskibahçe, a
Christian father veils his young daughter at the request of the
learned imam, who finds that her beauty is distracting the local men;
a Muslim housewife asks her Christian neighbor to light a candle
before the icon of the Virgin — just in case. The scandals,
triumphs, solutions and problems remain local matters that the local
people can handle, just as their parents and grandparents did.
Then what Iskander the Potter calls the “great world” intervenes,
precipitating decades of wrenching sorrow and bloodshed. The Armenian
genocide is followed by World War I, the collapse of the Ottoman
Empire and the emergence of modern Turkey. The end of the war
produces the forced expulsion and resettlement of half a million
ethnic Greek Christians to Greece (and of 1 million ethnic Turks to
Turkey), a socially and economically disastrous policy dictated by
the Lausanne Settlement.
De Bernières presents the suffering of the inhabitants of Eskibahçe
in counterpoint to the life of Kemal Ataturk, commenting that history
“is finally nothing but a sorry edifice constructed from hacked flesh
in the name of great ideas.” De Bernières writes dense, fine-grained
prose that moves with the measured grace of a 19th century novel. But
he often seems to have spent too much time with the thesaurus and to
have picked up a little too much local color. If there’s an obscure,
multi-syllable adjective that can replace a simple, familiar one, he
invariably chooses the former. He delights in including words and
phrases in Turkish and Greek, but rarely bothers to translate them.
When a grotesque, eccentric beggar takes up residence among the
nearby ancient tombs, the people of Eskibahçe provide alms in the
form of food: “They arrived with their small but honourable offerings
of kadinbudu köfte, green beans in olive oil and iç pilàv, and then
departed, having greeted him with a quiet ‘Hos geldiniz.’ ”
In an interview with the Observer, De Bernières said, “I’m one of
those writers who’s always going to be trying to write ‘War and
Peace’: failing, obviously, but trying.” A more apt comparison would
be Dickens. De Bernières’ narrative doesn’t proceed with the
irresistible, martial sweep of “War and Peace”; events seem like the
product of chance and myriad small decisions made by individuals,
rather than historical inevitability. There’s a Dickensian tone to De
Bernières’ accounts of the everyday experiences of his numerous
characters, including minor, eccentric ones. It’s easy to imagine Pip
encountering Daskalos Leonidas, the embittered teacher who spends his
days teaching Greek to students he disdains and his nights writing
subversive political tracts that everyone ignores.
“Birds Without Wings” also lacks the passion that marks the novels of
Tolstoy (and Dickens, for that matter). Although Iskander’s son
Karatavuk takes part in it as a sniper, De Bernières fails to convey
the horrors of Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, where 281,000 Allied
troops and 250,000 Turks perished. The intimate domestic vignettes
come to life in a way that the big set pieces don’t. When two village
housewives help each other during hard times, blithely ignoring the
religious and ethnic differences that will later tear their lives
apart, the reader can almost smell the onions and olives in their
kitchens. Karatavuk describes the stench and filth of the battlefield
in endless detail, but the images don’t register with the same force.
The catalog of tortures inflicted on the civilian populace by various
armies and brigands has less impact than the list of dishes at the
feast that Rustem Bey’s new mistress prepares for him.
Ultimately, “Birds Without Wings” is an ambitious book in which the
little things are what come to life. –

Sunday Herald, UK
Aug 14 2004
A cloud of war sits over festival launch
By Senay Boztas

THERE was much talk of war in the almost Middle Eastern sunshine of
Charlotte Square yesterday; the Edinburgh International Book Festival
launched its 650 events and found eminent authors concerned with
global conflict.
Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead opened the festival with a
sell-out discussion of her latest work, Thebans. She set a tone for
the day, comparing the struggles in her Greek drama with the
complexities of the war between Israel and the Palestinians.
Louis de Bernières, the award-winning author of Captain Corelli’s
Mandolin, took up the gauntlet, discussing the Turko-Armenian war and
the horrors that were inflicted. In researching his latest book,
Birds Without Wings, he studied a history that is not widely known in
the West .
But the most anticipated event of the festival will be JK Rowling’s
first public reading in four years at 9am today. Just over 500 fans
were the lucky winners of a ballot for tickets, with the remaining
few spaces given away in a competition by the Sunday Herald.
Other speakers included Lord Melvyn Bragg taking part in an Amnesty
International debate, Tony Parsons – who revealed that his next book
would be about punk rockers of the 1970s – writer and broadcaster
Joan Bakewell and Scottish success Alexander McCall Smith.
Yesterday, the festival reported over 8000 people through the doors
by 4pm and organisers were relieved that the rains held off for a
perfect day.
Festival director Catherine Lockerbie said: ` So far this has been
fantastically successful. Audience numbers and feedback have been
great, after a long, hard year of planning.’

USA Today
Aug 14 2004
Daily Preview of Olympics 2004
Boxing
Light welterweight Rock Allen got a bye into the second round of the
141-pound competition, so the sole American boxer in action on Sunday
will be 152-pound welterweight Vanes Martirosyan, who takes on
Benamar Meskine of Algeria at 7:45 a.m. ET. Just 18, Martirosyan was
born in Armenia and moved to the U.S. when he was 4.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

In-Forum , ND
Aug 14 2004
MeritCare program just what the doctor ordered
TerryDeVine,The Forum

The guest services program at MeritCare Medical Center has proven to
be a great success in its four years of existence and a public
relations bonanza.
And a year-old pilot program, also designed to enhance customer
service, is so popular with patients and their families that it will
become a permanent fixture, says Patricia Dirk, MeritCare coordinator
of guest services.
The pilot program was started with $200,000 in seed money from the
MeritCare Foundation and the MeritCare Auxiliary, but Dirk says it
will be included in next year’s budget as a separate line item.
“The guest services program was a strategic initiative to enhance
customer service and the patient experience,” says Dirk.
“Dr. (Roger) Gilbertson (MeritCare president) is very concerned about
easing the burden of illness, about having employees who are
compassionate and help patients and friends through illness,” says
Dirk. “He wants to know what we can do to make things better for
them. After all, they don’t choose to be here. The stress of illness
can make simple things much more difficult.”

The program is designed to alleviate that stress. By all accounts, it
is succeeding.
The key is having the right people in place, says Dirk, and she now
has 26 full- and part-time guest services representatives operating
throughout MeritCare’s health system.
The pilot program is operating on two medical/surgical floors, with
an eye toward future expansion.
In fact, Dirk says she’s currently seeking and training volunteers to
help with the pilot program.
She’d be happy to have you apply.
The person who makes the pilot program go on the two medical/surgical
floors is Karine Pogosyan, a 29-year-old sparkplug from Armenia, who
emigrated to the U.S. with her parents back in 1992.
“I don’t only laugh with patients, I also cry with patients,” says
the personable Pogosyan, who will shortly finish a master’s degree in
counseling at NDSU and start a doctoral program in human development
in the fall.
“My passion is love for people,” says Pogosyan. “It’s what keeps me
going.”
Need a movie? She’ll run down to the video store and get it for you.
Need a motel room? Count on Pogosyan. Want to know where you can find
a certain kind of cuisine? She’ll point you in the right direction or
go carry it out for you.
Pogosyan, who is fluent in Armenian, English and Russian, is a breath
of fresh air. She makes people smile, even those who don’t feel much
like smiling because they don’t feel well.
During the week, Pogosyan can be found roaming her two floors,
stopping in all the rooms and talking to patients and their families,
assisting them in any way she can. No request is too small or too
large for her to deal with.
“It makes my day to satisfy an ill person who is not in a good mood,”
says Pogosyan. “It’s my job to build a relationship so people trust
me enough to ask for something.”
Every Wednesday afternoon guest services serves coffee for patients,
family, friends and anyone who wants to come. Cookies and popcorn
come with the coffee.
“People laugh and have a great time,” says Pogosyan. “They forget
their stresses. It’s something positive and gives them a chance to
vent.”
Pogosyan says she sees her job as simply making people happy. “I
never know what I’m walking into. It’s very challenging and very
unpredictable and I love it.”
Many of her patients and family members, often from rural areas, are
now friends and keep in touch from time to time.
“We all have a purpose in life,” says Pogosyan. “My purpose is to be
here. My motto is do whatever it takes and always treat others as you
would like to be treated yourself. I always ask myself that
question.”
Dirk, a veteran of more than 20 years with MeritCare, shares that
philosophy with Pogosyan.
“The clinicians care for the patients and we care for the families,”
says Dirk.
“If someone is here with a loved one in critical care, they need as
much care as their loved one,” says Dirk. “Some don’t ever leave the
hospital.”
The goal of guest services is to attend to those needs.
“If we walk away every day feeling like we made a difference in the
lives of the people we serve, that’s what keeps us motivated,” says
Dirk.
Judging by the results of patient satisfaction surveys, the program
is an unqualified success.

Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada)
August 14, 2004 Saturday Final Edition
These Birds soar, even without their wings; Author of Captain
Corelli’s Mandolin strikes poignant chord in new novel
by WILLIAM CHRISTIAN
BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS, by Louis de Bernieres (Random House of Canada,
625 pages, $36.95).
Perhaps you know Louis de Bernieres only through the movie version of
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and think that Nicholas Cage’s
cartoon-like Italian soldier is typical of the author’s work. If you
do, this book will be an illumination.
This is a work that will move you deeply.
A profound sadness and world-weariness pervade it, though at times it
moves us to anger and pity. As the First World War British poet
Wilfred Owen wrote, the poetry is in the pity.
The story is set in a small coastal town in the Ottoman Empire before
the Great War. There, Muslims and Christians (mostly of Greek
background, a few Armenians) lived peacefully together. Everyone
spoke Turkish and was loyal to the Sultan.
They herded goats, they made pots, they taught school, they
quarrelled with one another. If they were religious, they were not
noticeably more so than most people.
>From time to time they forayed into the outside world, but normally
they kept to themselves. They were birds without wings, but the
outside world would not leave them alone.
De Bernieres tells his story through a series of discrete chapters.
One powerful theme is the rise of Mustafa Kemal, later known as
Attaturk, the founder and modernizer of Turkey.
Like many other countries, Turkey gets entangled in the slaughter of
the First World War, but the political turmoil allows Kemal to
consolidate his power.
He wants to create Turkey out of the Ottoman Empire and war with
Greece gives him his excuse for ethnic cleansing, just as the Empire
had expelled the Armenians and other groups earlier. Greeks who spoke
no Greek, who had never been to Greece, were driven from their
homeland with great brutality in the name of a political ideal.
What makes the work so poignant is de Bernieres’ exquisite ability to
draw complex and fully realized characters about whom we come to
care.
There are Karatavuk, a Turk, and Memetcik, a Greek, the title
characters, a robin and blackbird driven apart by politics they don’t
understand.
There is Philothei, who waits for Ibrahim the Goatherd, who returns
from the war driven mad by its horrors. Rustem Bey, the complex and
sophisticated landlord, is a man who lives a lonely life until a
platoon of Italian occupiers arrives and he suddenly has an equal
with whom to converse.
None of these people understand what is happening to their lives.
They don’t know why the soldiers arrive one day, force them to gather
their possessions and travel to a strange land.
There is so much brutality in this book because there is so much
brutality in the world. Some, of course, is planned.
Some massacres are ordered to prove a point or achieve a specific
end. At other times, they happen because soldiers become
desensitized.
They kill people because it’s too much trouble to take them prisoner,
or they rape and murder civilians, as it were, for fun.
The worst brutality seems to be the bureaucratic sort. Move 200,000
people from point A to point B, but don’t bother too much about
transport, food or any other necessities of life and shoot any
stragglers, not out of spite but just to maintain order.
Death by bureaucratic indifference. Death because no one really
cared. Death because, to those who had power, they were simply
things.
De Bernieres will not let us forget that these things have happened
and will happen again.
William Christian teaches political science at the University of
Guelph.

Associated Press Worldstream
August 14, 2004 Saturday
Judo Results
ATHENS, Greece
results for Saturday’s Olympic judo competition at the Ana Liossia
Olympic Hall:

Women
48Kg
Round of 32
Lyubov Bruletova, Russia, def. Konkiswinde Hanatou Ouelogo, Burkina
Faso, Waza-ari awasete Ippon, 1:39.
Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland, BYE.
Tatyana Shishkina, Kazakhstan, def. Lisseth Orozco Pallares,
Colombia, Koka.
Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, BYE.
Soraya Hadad, Algeria, def. Bertille Ali, Central African Republic,
Ippon, Kuchiki-taoshi, 1:27.
Yamila Zambranon Cuenca, Cuba, BYE.
Ryoko Tani, Japan, BYE.
Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, BYE.
Gao Feng, China, def. Daniela Polzin, Brazil, Ippon, Kata-guruma,
1:24.
Giuseppina Macri, Italy, BYE.
Tatiana Moskvina, Belarus, BYE.
Frederique Jossinet, France, def. Sonya Chervonsky, Australia,
Waza-ari awasete Ippon, 1:34.
Julia Matijass, Germany, BYE.
Carolyne Lepage, Canada, BYE.
Nese Sensoy Yildiz, Turkey, def. Ri Kyong Ok, North Korea, Waza-ari.
Ye Gue-rin, South Korea, BYE.

Round of 16
Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland, def. Lyubov Bruletova, Russia, Ippon,
Kosoto-gake, 1:38.
Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, def. Tatyana Shishkina, Kazakhstan,
Ippon, Uchi-mata, 1:33.
Soraya Hadad, Algeria, def. Yamila Zambranon Cuenca, Cuba, Ippon,
Kuchiki-taoshi, 1:54.
Ryoko Tani, Japan, def. Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, Waza-ari
awasete Ippon, 3:22.
Feng Gao, China, def. Giuseppina Macri, Italy, Ippon,
Yoko-shiho-gatame, 3:45.
Frederique Jossinet, France, def. Tatiana Moskvina, Belarus, Ippon,
Sukui-nage, 0:15.
Julia Matijass, Germany, def. Carolyne Lepage, Canada, Ippon,
Uchi-mata, 1:42.
Gue Rin-ye, South Korea, def. Nese Sensoy Yildiz, Turkey,
0010S1-0001S2.

Quarterfinal
Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, def. Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland,
Ippon, Ushiro-goshi, 0:35.
Ryoko Tani, Japan, def. Soraya Hadad, Algeria, Ippon, Osoto-gari,
2:17.
Frederique Jossinet, France, def. Feng Gao, China, Waza-ari.
Julia Matijass, Germany, def. Gue Rin-ye, South Korea, Ippon,
Uchi-mata, 1:07.
Quarterfinal Repechage
Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland, def. Tatyana Shishkina, Kazakhstan,
Hansoku make, 3:13.
Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, def. Soraya Hadad, Algeria,
0101S3-0100S1.
Feng Gao, China, def. Tatiana Moskvina, Belarus, Waza-ari awasete
Ippon, 2:12.
Gue Rin-ye, South Korea, def. Carolyne Lepage, Canada, Yuko.
Semifinal
Ryoko Tani, Japan, def. Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, Waza-ari
awasete Ippon, 4:19.
Frederique Jossinet, France, def. Julia Matijass, Germany, Ippon,
Yoko-shiho-gatame, 1:33.
Semifinal Repechage
Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, def. Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland,
Ippon, Ippon-seoi-nage, 1:18.
Feng Gao, China, def. Ye Gue Rin, South Korea, Koka.
Bronze Medal Matches
Julia Matijass, Germany, def. Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, Ippon,
Uchi-mata, 2:51.
Feng Gao, China, def. Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, Ippon,
Yoko-shiho-gatame, 5:00.
Gold Medal Match
Ryoko Tani, Japan, def. Frederique Jossinet, France, Waza-ari.
Men
60K
Round of 64
Younes Ahamdi, Morocco, BYE.
Evgeny Stanev, Russia, BYE.
Anis Lounifi, Tunisia, BYE.
Pak Nam Chol, North Korea, BYE.
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, BYE.
Kenji Uematsu, Spain, BYE.
Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan, BYE.
Omar Rebahi, Algeria, BYE.
Craig Fallon, Britain, BYE.
Scott Fernandis, Australia, BYE.
Sanjar Zokirov, Uzbekistan, BYE.
Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, BYE.
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, BYE.
Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon, BYE.
Armen Nazaryan, Armenia, BYE.
Alexandre Lee, Brazil, BYE.
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, BYE.
Akram Shah, India, BYE.
Gal Yekutiel, Israel, def. Albert Techov, Lithuania, Waza-ari.
Taraje Williams Murray, United States, BYE.
Reiver David Alvarenga Dominguez, Venezuela, BYE.
Benjamin Darbelet, France, BYE.
Choi Min-ho, South Korea, BYE.
Ludwig Paischer, Austria, BYE.
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, BYE.
Modesto Lara Arias, Dominican Republic, BYE.
Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, BYE.
Siarhei Novikau, Belarus, BYE.
Cristobal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco, Mexico, BYE.
David Fernandez Tercero, Costa Rica, BYE.
Francis Labrosse, Seychelles, BYE.
Miguel Albarracin, Argentina, BYE.
Round of 32
Evgeny Stanev, Russia, def. Younes Ahamdi, Morocco, Ippon, Uki-waza,
0:29.
Anis Lounifi, Tunisia, def. Pak Nam Chol, North Korea, Ippon,
Harai-goshi, 1:28.
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, def. Kenji Uematsu, Spain, Ippon,
Kuchiki-taoshi, 3:41.
Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan, def. Omar Rebahi, Algeria, Ippon,
Seoi-nage, 0:14.
Craig Fallon, Britain, def. Scott Fernandis, Australia, Ippon,
Tai-otoshi, 0:37.
Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, def. Sanjar Zokirov, Uzbekistan, Ippon,
Tani-otoshi, 4:33.
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, def. Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon,
Yuko.
Armen Nazaryan, Armenia, def. Alexandre Lee, Brazil, 0101S1-0001S3.
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, def. Akram Shah, India, Ippon,
Gyaku-juji-jime, 0:44.
Taraje Williams Murray, United States, def. Gal Yekutiel, Israel,
Ippon, Morote-gari, 2:59.
Benjamin Darbelet, France, def. Reiver David Alvarenga Dominguez,
Venezuela, 0010S1-0002S2.
Choi Min-ho, South Korea, def. Ludwig Paischer, Austria, Ippon,
Tai-otoshi, 4:31.
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, def. Modesto Lara Arias, Dominican Republic,
Ippon, Seoi-nage, 2:46.
Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, def. Siarhei Novikau, Belarus, Ippon,
Ushiro-kesa-gatame, 3:03.
Cristobal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco, Mexico, def. David Fernandez
Tercero, Costa Rica, Koka.
Miguel Albarracin, Argentina, def. Francis Labrosse, Seychelles,
Ippon, Sukui-nage, 4:14.

Round of 16
Evgeny Stanev, Russia, def. Anis Lounifi, Tunisia, Ippon, Sukui-nage,
3:03.
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, def. Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan, Yuko.
Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, def. Craig Fallon, Britain, Ippon,
Sumi-otoshi, 4:56.
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, def. Armen Nazaryan, Armenia,
0010S1-0001S2.
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, def. Taraje Williams Murray,
United States, Ippon, Kibisu-gaeshi, 1:37.
Min Ho-choi, South Korea, def. Benjamin Darbelet, France, Yuko.
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, Ippon,
Seoi-nage, 0:53.
Miguel Albarracin, Argentina, def. Cristobal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco,
Mexico, Ippon, 2:08.

Quarterfinal
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, def. Evgeny Stanev, Russia, Waza-ari.
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, def. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, Ippon,
Kouchi-gari, 2:55.
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, def. Min Ho-choi, South Korea,
Ippon, Kami-shiho-gatame, 1:14.
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, def. Miguel Albarracin, Argentina, Ippon,
Ouchi-gari, 0:14.
Round of 16 Repechage
Kenji Uematsu, Spain, def. Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan, Sogo gachi,
5:00.
Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon, def. Armen Nazaryan, Armenia, Ippon,
Kuchiki-taoshi, 1:01.
Akram Shah, India, def. Taraje Williams Murray, United States, Ippon,
Ude-hishigi-juji-gatame, 0:47.
Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, def. Modesto Lara Arias, Dominican
Republic, Yuko.
Quarterfinal Repechage
Kenji Uematsu, Spain, def. Evgeny Stanev, Russia, 0001x-0000S1.
Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, def. Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon,
Ippon, Sukui-nage, 0:09.
Min Ho-choi, South Korea, def. Akram Shah, India, Ippon, Seoi-nage,
0:49.
Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, def. Miguel Albarracin, Argentina, Ippon,
Yoko-shiho-gatame, 0:49.
Semifinal
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, def. Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia,
Ippon, Ouchi-gari, 0:23.
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, def. Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran,
Waza-ari.
Semifinal Repechage
Kenji Uematsu, Spain, def. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece, Ippon, 2:07.
Choi Min Ho, South Korea, def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany, Ippon,
Seoi-nage, 2:20.
Bronze Medal Matches
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, def. Kenji Uematsu, Spain, Yuko.
Choi Min Ho, South Korea, def. Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, Ippon,
Seoi-nage, 0:53.
Gold Medal Match
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, def. Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, Waza-ari.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress