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SYDNEY RESULTS
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Men: Under-58kg: First round: Y Sekkat (Mor) bt P Lyons (Aus) superiority; N Buftain (Kuwait) bt M Dlamini (Swaziland) rsc 0:00, rd 3; J Salim (Hun) bt J Moreno (US) 2-0; M Mouroutsos (Gr) bt T Abada (Egy) 5-0; C-H Huang (Taiwan) bt K Higuchi (Japan) 4-0; R Cruz (Phil) bt G S Rios (Guatemala) 4-1. Byes: G A Taraburelli (Arg); G Esparza (Sp). Repechages: Huang bt Abada 7-2; Huang bt Salim 1-0; Taraburelli bt Sekkat 5-4. Byes: Sekkat. Quarter-finals: Esparza bt Sekkat 3-1; Salim bt Buftain superiority; Mouroutsos bt Huang 2-1; Taraburelli bt Cruz 7-5. Semi-finals: Esparza bt Salim 5-0; Mouroutsos bt Taraburelli 2-1.
Final: Mouroutsos bt Esparza 4-2. Bronze medal: Huang bt Taraburelli 3-0.

68kg: First round: A Acharki (Ger) bt S Ogoudjobi (Benin) 7-0; S Lopez (US) bt C Nolano (It) 7-0; C Massimino (Aus) bt F Zas (Sp) superiority; A Dzitiev (Russ) bt N Naeeli (Libya) 12-3; S Joon-sik (S Kor) bt T Caliskan (Austria) 7-3; H Saeibonehkohal (Iran) bt C-H Hsu (Taiwan) 5-2. Byes: A F Hernando (Arg); O Bernasconi (Monaco). Repechages: T Caliskan (Austria) bt A Dzitiev (Russ) 6-0; C Massimino (Aus) bt C Nolano (It) 9-7. Second repechages: T Caliskan (Austria) bt A Acharki (Ger) 7-7 tiebreak; H Saeibonehkohal (Iran) bt C Massimino (Aus) 6-5. Quarter-finals: A Acharki (Ger) bt O Bernasconi (Monaco) 15-1; S Lopez (US) bt C Massimino (Aus) superiority; S Joon-sik (S Kor) bt A Dzitiev (Russ) 9-1; H Saeibonehkohal (Iran) bt A F Hernando (Arg) 3-0.
Semi-finals: Lopez bt Acharki 2-0; Joon-sik bt Saeibonehkohal 5-3.
Bronze medal: Saeibonehkohal bt .Caliskan 4-2.
Final: Lopez bt Joon-sik 1-0.

80kg: First round: M Mokhosi (Lesotho) bt M de Meo (It) 4-3 (after tiebreak); W Hansen (Aus) bt M Dahmani (Den) 6-5; F Ebnoutalib (Ger) bt M Alfararjeh (Jordan) 8-2; V M E Garibay (Mex) bt M Aflakikhamseh (Iran) 4-3; A V M Fuentes (Cuba) bt F S Alvarez (Chile) 9-2; R Livaja (Swe) bt D D Geisler (Phil) superiority. Byes: M More (Slovenia); N’G S Konan (Ivory Coast). Repechages: Garibay bt Alvarez 6-1; Hansen bt Alfararjeh 5-4; Garibay bt Konan 6-4. Semi-finals: Ebnoutalib bt Konan 4-3; Fuentes bt Livaja 4-0. Quarter-finals: Konan bt Mokhosi 4-3; Ebnoutalib bt Hansen 2-1; Fuentes bt Garibay 2-0; Livaja bt More 4-2. Bronze medal: Garibay bt Livaja 2-1. Gold medal: Fuentes bt Ebnoutalib 3-1.

Over 80kg: First round: P Gentil (Fr) bt Y Rashwan (Egy) 4-1; K Kyong-Hun (S Kor) bt K Al-Dosari (Saudi) 5-0; M Castro (Col) bt Zhu Feng (China) 6-5; A Nikolaidis (Gr) bt Donald Ravenscroft (SA) w/o; D Trenton (Aus) beat Marcus Thoren (Swe) 6-3. Byes: C Daley (GB); N S Miller (Cuba); C D Davila (Nica). Repechages: Daley bt Thoren 9-2; Al-Dosari bt Davila 3-1; Gentil bt Daley 3-0; Al-Dosari bt Castro 3-2. Quarter-finals: Gentil bt Miller ko; Kyong-Hun bt Davila 5-0; Castro bt Nikolaidis rsc; Trenton bt Daley 8-4. Semi-finals: Kim Kyong-Hun bt Gentil 6-2; Trenton bt Castro 8-2. Bronze medal: P Gentil (Fr) bt K Al-Dosari (SArabia) w/o. Gold medal: Kim Kyong-Hun (S Kor) bt D Trenton (Aus) 6-2.

Women: Under-49kg: First round: S-J Chi (Taiwan) bt F Helvacioglu (Ger) 1-0; H H Poulsen (Den) bt K Poe (US) 4-3; U M Rodriguez (Cuba) bt A P Lopez (Mex) 4-1; D Guvenc (Tur) bt E M Ditan (Phil) 6-1. Repechages: Lopez bt L A Thamae (Lesotho) 5-3; Poulsen bt Lopez 2-1; Chi bt Guvenc 3-0. Byes: Chi; X M N Thi (Vietnam); Thamae; J W Putri (Indo); L Burns (Aus). Repechages: Lopez bt Thamae 5-3. Byes: Chi. Quarter-finals: Burns bt Chi superiority; Poulsen bt Putri 7-2; Rodriguez bt Thamae 3-0; Guvenc bt Thi 2-1. Semi-finals: Burns bt Poulsen 1-0; Rodriguez bt Guvenc 3-1.
Final: Burns bt Rodriguez 4-2. Bronze medal: Chi bt Poulsen 4-0.

57kg: First round: H N Tran (Vietnam) bt C A Sankar (Trin) 2-0; A Athanasopoulou (Gr) bt S Afifi (Egypt) superiority; C Corsi (It) bt C Silva (Br) 5-2; C-L Hsu (Taiwan) bt C Cameron (Aus) 6-0. Byes: H Bikcin (Tur); Jung Jae-eun (S Kor); V Lourens (Neth); J Strachan (Phil). Repechages: Strachan bt Sankar superiority. Second repechages: Lourens bt Corsi 6-5; Bikcin bt Strachan 9-3. Quarter-finals: Tran bt Strachan 8-3; Lourens bt Athanasopoulou 8-6; Bikcin bt Hsu 6-3; Jae-eun bt Corsi 8-1.
Semi-finals: Tran bt Lourens 9-6; Jae-eun bt Bikcin 3-2. Bronze medal: Bikcin bt Lourens 7-5.
Final: Jae-eun bt Tran 2-0.

67kg: First round: S Stevenson (GB) bt M D del Real Jaime (Mex) 8-4; Y Okamoto (Japan) bt M Bidani (Mor) 4-1; M Mueskens (Neth) bt L O’Keefe (Aus) 8-6; K Koskinen (Fin) bt E Benitez (Sp) 7-0. Byes: L Sun-hee (S Kor); B Kunkel (US); T Gundersen (Nor); He Lumin (China). Repechage: Stevenson bt Koskinen 7-4; Okamoto bt Mueskens 7-5. Byes: Okamoto; Koskinen. Quarter-finals: Stevenson bt Lumin 6-5; Gundersen bt Okamoto 7-4; Mueskens bt Kunkel 6-2; Sun-hee bt Koskinen 5-1. Semi-finals: Gundersen bt Stevenson superiority; Sun-hee bt Mueskens 4-1. Bronze medal: Okamoto bt Stevenson 6-5. Final: Sun-hee bt Gundersen 6-3.

Over 67kg: First round: I Ruiz (Sp) bt S M Ramos (Cuba) 3-0; D Bosshart (Can) bt V Liukkonen (Fin) 5-4; Chen Zhong (China) bt T White (Aus) 6-0; M Baverel (Fr) bt Wan Yuen Lee (Malaysia) 8-4. Byes: A Carmona (Ven); M Bourguigue (Mor); N Ivanova (Russ); N Vezmar (Cro). Repechages: Bosshart bye; Bourguigue bt White 3-1; Vezmar bt Bourguigue 4-1; Bosshart bt Carmona 9-8. Quarter-finals: Vezmar bt Ruiz 7-4; Ivanova bt Bsshart 8-6; Chen Zhong bt Bourguigue 5-3; Carmona bt Baverel 8-3. Semi-finals: Ivanova bt Vezmar 6-4; Chen Zhong bt Carmona 8-6. Bronze medal: Bosshart bt Vezmar 11-8. Final: Chen Zhong bt Natalia Ivanova 8-3.