Peruvian wrestler Sixto Barrera trounced Lithuanian Valdemaras Venckaitis, ranked 3rd in the world, in the first qualifying rounds of Men’s Greco-Roman 74 k, in Beijing, on August 12.
Barrera then went against China’s Chang Yongxiang in the quarter finals and lost.
Chang Yongxiang advances to the finals with Georgia’s Manuchar Kvirkelia.
This will be China’s first-ever medal in wrestling.
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Andina news agency reports that Peru’s wrestler Sixto Barrera debuts today at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling, 74 kg., at 6:30 p.m. Beijing time (9:40 p.m. Perú time or 10:40 p.m. U.S. eastern time, notes blogger Peruanista). The 24-year-old Peruvian wrestler is counting on God’s grace, he says, to give him the [...]
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