125 kg FS - AUGUST 20 Akgul, Makhov are top big men
Winning the last two World Championship gold medals has been Taha Akgul of Turkey, who also boasts a 2013 World bronze medal. Akgul has won three European Championships plus the 2015 European Games and also won two World University gold medals. He has been dominant in many of his match- es against top rivals, giving him great confidence going into Rio. Three-time World champion Bilyal Makhov of Russia won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. He has won five World freestyle medals, with a silver in 2011 and a bronze in 2015. He has also won World bronze medals in Greco- Roman in both 2014 and 2015. A two- time Junior World champion as well, Makhov is big, strong and skilled. 2015 World silver medalist and 2011
World bronze medalist Jamaladdin Magomedov of Azerbaijan is another top contender. He competed in the 2012 Olympics but did not place. 2013 and 2015 World bronze medalist Geno Petriashvili of Georgia was also a Junior World champion in 2013. He won the 2016 European Championships as well. 2009 and 2014 World bronze medalist
Tervel Dlagnev of the United States is returning to the Olympics after placing fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Dlagnev was also fifth at the 2011 and
2013 World Championships. A University World champion in 2008, Dlagnev is as experienced and talented as any of the athletes in the draw. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Komiel Ghasemi also won a World silver medal in 2014. Ghasemi also won the Asian Olympic Qualifier. Levan Berianidze of Armenia won a
2010 World bronze medal when he was wrestling for Georgia. He earned his spot in Rio by placing fifth at the 2015 World Championships for his new nation. Chuluunbat Jargalsaikhan of Mongolia
has been fifth in the World twice (2011 and 2015) and has been a medalist at the Asian Championships for a number of years.
Daulet Shabanbay of Kazakhstan, who
was fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games, qualified by placing second in the Asian Olympic Qualifier. Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan, a 2015 Asian champion, is another veteran competitor in the draw. Deng Zhiwei of China won the 1st
World Olympic Qualifier in Mongolia and was a 2013 World Military champion. Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khotsianivski claimed the gold at the 2nd World Olympic Qualifier in Turkey. A 2012 Olympian, Khotsianivski’s best finish at the World Championships was fifth in 2014. Ukraine could also select past World medalist Alen Zasieiev, who was banned for a positive meldonium test, but reinstated by UWW after they received additional IOC direction on how to handle these positive tests. Winning the Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier was Diaaeldin Abdelmottaleb of Egypt, who also won the 2016 African Championships. Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus placed sec-
ond in the final World Olympic Qualifier to earn his spot in Rio. He wrestled for Russia through 2012, but began to com- pete for Belarus in 2014. Korey Jarvis of Canada, a 2014 Commonwealth Games champion, qualified by taking second at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier. Among the other qualifiers are Lyuben
Iliev of Bulgaria, Robert Baran of Poland and Slim Trabelsi of Tunisia. Added to the field as a selection by the
Tervel Dlagnev: by John Sachs
Triparthite Commission is Skilang Florian Temengil of Palau. Temengil, an eight time Oceania champion, also competed in the 2008 Olympic Games.
TERVEL DLAGNEV
Residence: Columbus, Ohio Club: Sunkist Kids College: Nebraska-Kearney High School: Arlington (Texas) Born: Nov. 19, 1985
Age: 30
Career Notes • 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Team member • 2009 and 2014 World bronze medalist • Fifth in 2012 Olympic Games • Fifth in 2011 and 2013 World Championships • 2011 Pan American Games champion • 2008 University World Champion • Four-time U.S. Open champion (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) • 2016 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion • Two-time NCAA Div. II national cham- pion for Nebraska-Kearney Past Olympics: 5th (2012) Past Sr. Worlds: 3rd (2009, 2014), 5th (2011, 2013) UWW World Rank: No. 13
Expected field at 125 kg/275 lbs. Armenia - Levan Berianidze Azerbaijan - Jamaladdin Magomedov Belarus - Ibrahim Saidau Bulgaria - Lyuben Iliev Canada - Korey Jarvis China – Deng Zhiwei Egypt - Diaaeldin Abdelmottaleb Georgia - Geno Petriashvili Hungary – Daniel Ligeti Iran - Komeil Ghasemi or Kazakhstan - Daulet Shabanbay Kyrgyzstan - Aiaal Lazarev Mongolia - Chuluunbat Jargalsaikhan Palau – Skilang Florian Temengil Poland - Robert Baran Russia - Bilyal Makhov Tunisia - Slim Trabelsi Turkey - Taha Akgul Ukraine - Oleksandr Khotsianivski or
Alen Zasieiev United States - Tervel Dlagnev
19 USA Wrestler
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