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Greco-Roman Semifinal Matchups: 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg, 87kg

By United World Wrestling Press

BELGRADE, Serbia (December 12) --The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in Greco-Roman at 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg and 87kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 18:00 local time. 

55kg
Artiom DELEANU (MDA) vs. Serif KILIC (TUR)
Balbai DORDOKOV (KGZ) vs. Emin SEFERSHAEV (RUS)
 
67kg
Khalmurat IBRAGIMOV (KGZ) vs. Nazir ABDULLAEV (RUS)
Artur POLITAIEV (UKR) vs. Islambek DADOV (AZE)
 
72kg
Balint KORPASI (HUN) vs. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Cengiz ARSLAN (TUR) vs. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) 

77kg
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) vs. Yasaf ZEINALOV (UKR)
Viktor NEMES (SRB) vs. Roman VLASOV (RUS) 

87kg
Kiryl MASKEVICH (BLR) vs. Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (SRB)
Hossein NOURI (IRI) vs. Davit CHAKVETADZE (RUS) 

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World Championships: Sadulaev forfeits, to undergo scans for neck injury

By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 19) -- Tokyo Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) will undergo medical scans on Tuesday for a neck injury that forced him to end the World Championships.

The 27-year-old flew to Moscow on Monday night soon after his 97kg semifinal retirement against Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with the Bahrain wrestler leading 9-2 at the World Championships.

The five-time world champion was expected to wrestle for a bronze medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete but the medical staff decided to not worsen the injury.

Sadulaev is suffering from a neck hernia, towards the end of his spinal cord. Medical scans will determine if it is a tumor or if Sadulaev can return to the mat without surgery.

He became the second Olympic champion to pull out of the World Championships repechage as 65kg champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) also pulled out due to a foot injury he has been carrying for one year.