Justin Ruiz misses chance for Beijing Games
Taylorsville's Justin Ruiz fell short of winning a Greco-Roman medal at the World Wrestling Championships for the second straight year Tuesday, keeping him from clinching a position for the United States in his 211.5-pound weight class at the Beijing Games in China next summer.
The Americans have three more events at which they can do so, however.
The 2005 world bronze medalist, Ruiz lost a second-round decision to Georgia's Ramaz Nozadze, the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ruiz had a chance to "wrestle back" for a bronze medal once Nozadze reached the finals in Baku, Azerbaijan, but he lost to Marek Svec of the Czech Republic and finished out of the top eight needed to ensure the U.S. a position in his weight class at the Beijing Games.
-- Tribune staff
The Americans have three more events at which they can do so, however.
The 2005 world bronze medalist, Ruiz lost a second-round decision to Georgia's Ramaz Nozadze, the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ruiz had a chance to "wrestle back" for a bronze medal once Nozadze reached the finals in Baku, Azerbaijan, but he lost to Marek Svec of the Czech Republic and finished out of the top eight needed to ensure the U.S. a position in his weight class at the Beijing Games.
-- Tribune staff
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