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    IRAN'S SORYAN FAVORITE FOR GOLD
    By Simon Evans

    Reuters
    Aug 8 2008
    UK

    BEIJING (Reuters) Iran's Hamid Soryan, three-times world champion
    in the bantamweight 55kg Greco-Roman category, goes into battle on
    Tuesday looking in a strong position to win his country's sixth gold
    medal in wrestling.

    Soryan took the world and Asian titles last year, but will face some
    strong competition from Eun-chol Park of South Korea, who has won two
    world silver medals and a world bronze medal in the last three years.

    Cuba's Yagniel Hernandez won the 2007 Pan American Games and 2008
    Pan American Championships in this weight and will fancy his chances
    along with 22-year-old American Spenser Mango.

    In the featherweight, 60kg category, Georgia's David Bedinadze looks
    a strong contender having won the world title in 2007 and finishing
    second this year.

    Two-time Olympic gold medalist Armen Nazarian of Bulgaria remains,
    despite being 34, a serious contender.

    He won gold in the 48-52kg category competing for Armenia in Atlanta
    in 1996 and then again four years later for Bulgaria in the 54-58kg
    and also claimed a bronze in that weight in Athens.
    From: Baghdasarian
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