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Sixto Barrera Advances to Quarter Finals, Loses to China’s Chang Yongxiang
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. Here is my professional opinion about Barrera’s loss: Argggh!
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Peruvians in Today’s Olympics: Wrestler Sixto Barrera Wants to Win Medal for Peru, Self & God (Not Necessarily in that Order)
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 strength to achieve victory in the wrestling ring. Sixto Barrera qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal (Greco-Roman wrestling, 66-74 kg) at the Pan American Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That victory secured him the only available spot at the tournament to travel to China. He defeated American wrestler T.C. Dantzler, 5th place in the 2006 World…
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