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Canada will have to wait at least another four years for its first Olympic medal in mens freestyle wrestling since Daniel Igalis gold at Sydney 2000. On the final day of competition at London 2012, Haislan Veranes Garcia and Khetag Pliev were unable to make the podium as they both lost repechage matches in their respective divisions. Coquitlam, B.C.s Garcia, who made the quarter-finals after a walk-through in the 66kg preliminaries followed by a three-round win over Tajikistans Zalimkhan Yusupov, fell in a tough match to Japans Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 0-1, 1-0, 5-0 and then lost his repechage bout 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 to Cubas Livan Lopez Azcuy. Garcia, who was born in Cuba but moved to Canada eight years ago, looked strong in his earlier win but he was too defensive against Lopez Azcuy, with whom he was very familiar having previously lost to the 2011 Pan American Games bronze medallist. There was no scoring in regulation in either of the first two rounds, which were split after each scored the sudden-death takedown after getting his ball drawn. Garcia found himself battling for back position midway through the third period and Lopez proved too strong, getting the Canadian onto his stomach for the winning score. The 29-year-old Garcia did not register a point apart from the winning takedown from the clinch in the first rounds overtime frame. He lost a tough one as well to Yonemitsu, who went on to win the 66kg gold medal. Garcia lost the draw after a scoreless first round, but instead of securing the single leg, Yonemitsu went for a double-leg takedown and Garcia was able to defend it for 30 seconds to take the point. In the second, Yonemitsu was able to get a double-leg for the first point and then defended well against Garcias aggressive attempts to find the next one. Late in the third, Yonemitsu went for a single but quickly transitioned to a double and got Garcia down very quickly for two points. Garcia then appealed to the referee for a penalty, showing his finger was bleeding. A replay showed he had gotten his hand in the Japanese wrestlers mouth during their scramble and Yonemitsu bit down. A caution for biting could result in up to a two-point penalty, but because Garcia was deemed to have shoved his fingers in his opponents mouth, he was the one penalized a point. The 2010 and 2011 Pan American Championships bronze medallist tried for a big throw to get back into the match but Yonemitsu instead reversed it for a three-point takedown and held on for the win. Garcia, making his second Olympic appearance, managed to improve on his 18th-place finish at Beijing 2008. He got a win by default in his first scheduled bout when his Tunisian opponent Haitem Ben Alayech did not show up, and then defeated Yusupov 2-0, 0-2, 2-0. Against Yusupov, he got the benefit of a drawn ball and an upheld challenge after a scoreless first round to score the extra-time point at 2:14. Then after dropping the second round, he responded with a winning two-point takedown in the third. Later, Yonemitsu was a 1-0, 3-1 winner in the final over Indias Sushil Kumar, who was also involved in an apparent biting incident on Sunday. Reminiscent of boxer Mike Tysons infamous chomping in a bout against Evander Holyfield, Indias Sushil Kumar appeared to bite the cauliflower ear of his opponent Akzhurek Tanatarov of Kazakhstan in their 66kg semi-final, drawing a fair amount of blood. He was not penalized and instead advanced to the final to coincidentally take on Yonemitsu. Lopez Azcuy ended up taking a bronze medal with a victory over Azerbaijains Jabrayil Hasanov. Tanatarov got some consolation for his bloody injury by defeating Turkeys Ramazan Sahin in his bronze-medal match, during which his ear was bandaged up. In the 96kg division, Torontos Pliev lost his quarter-final match 1-0, 1-0 to Jacob Varner of the U.S. on two takedowns and then dropped two rounds against Uzbekistans Kurban Kurbanov in the repechage. Kurbanov scored first when he grappled against Pliev at the boundary. The Russian-born Canadian tried to circle away to stay in bounds but barely touched a foot on the blue mat for a point to his opponent. The Uzbekistani wrestler then took Pliev down early in the second and got a gut wrench turn for another two points. After being spun for another point, the 28-year-old Pliev managed a late takedown but had no time left to make up the three-point deficit and lost 1-0, 4-1. Earlier Pliev rallied from an 0-2 hole in the second frame of his first match after already being down one round to win a 0-2, 2-2, 1-0 decision over Javier Cortina Lacerra of Cuba. Pliev, who was making his Olympic debut, was hoping for a better performance but was happy with the experience. It is quite the feat for the former national champion, who came to Canada for good when he was 21 but spent the summer of 2008 homeless and sleeping on a bench in Torontos Allan Gardens. There he found a Bible, began reading it and ended up becoming a born-again Christian. "I feel this is special, this is the Olympic Games and it brings the world together," Pliev said. "I am wrestling for Canada, it is a good country and I am proud of that. "It is all possible by God. I didnt think I had the strength to turn my life around (but) God helped me." Varner ended up capturing gold with a win over Ukraines Valerii Andriitsev. Kurbanov lost his bronze-medal match to George Gogshelidze of Georgia, while Azerbaijans Khetag Gazyumov took the other bronze when 2011 world champion Reza Mohammad Ali Yazdani of Iran pulled out after being injured in his semi-final match against Andriitsev. None of the Canadians competing in the three-day mens freestyle competition were able to make the podium. Team Canada leaves London with just the two medals in womens wrestling: Beijing 2008 gold medallist Carol Huynh won a bronze in the 48kg division and Tonya Verbeek won her third Olympic medal, taking a second 55kg silver to go with her first at Athens 2004 and a bronze in Beijing. Cheap Jerseys From China . Its also given a last-place team such as the Cubs an encouraging glimpse of the future. Cheap NBA Jerseys .Y. -- Kyle Williams has taken the next big step forward on a surgically repaired left foot. http://www.azulvirtual.org/hot.html . After signing a two-year contract extension with the Mariners last week, Iwakuma decided to sit out the March 2-19 WBC in order to get ready for his season with the Mariners, Kyodo news agency reported.Ilya Kovalchuk and Alex Pietrangelo returned to their respective teams for Game Three, with different results. Scott Cullen looks at the Devils OT win and the Kings taking a commanding lead over the Blues. KOVALCHUK IGNITES DEVILSAlexei Ponikarovsky picked a good time to score his first goal of the playoffs, netting the winner in overtime as the New Jersey Devils edged the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3, taking a 2-1 series lead. Ponikarovsky was sprung loose on the counter attack which led to his goal by a pass from Ilya Kovalchuk (in combination with a horrible Flyers line change). Kovalchuk, who missed Game Two with a herniated disk in his back, was much more effective after a game off, putting up a goal and two assists to lead the Devils attack. He now has nine points in nine playoff games. Patrik Elias and Marek Zidlicky each contributed two points for the Devils. Playoff assassin Danny Briere had two more points for the Flyers, including the tying goal midway through the third period, and now has 12 points in nine playoff games. Rookie C Sean Couturier suffered a cut on his leg and left the game in the first period. If the gash is serious, that would be a big loss to the Flyers lineup, since Couturier has been handling tough checking assignments throughout the postseason. With Couturier out, its no surprise that two of the three Flyers forwards that played more than 26 minutes were centres Briere and Claude Giroux; the other was RW Wayne Simmonds. The leader in ice time for the entire game was Devils D Bryce Salvador, who logged 31:43, and he matched up most often against Claude Giroux (www.timeonice.com), the Flyers ace centre who was held off the scoresheet for the second straight game. Though the win gives the Devils the lead in the series, they might want to exercise more discipline going forward, as the Flyers have 16 power plays compared to Devils nine power plays throuugh three games.dddddddddddd Yes, New Jersey has killed 14 of the 16 man advantages, but thats a risky game to play. BLUES ON THE BRINKThe St. Louis Blues are on the brink of elimination after the Los Angeles Kings took a 3-0 stranglehold on the series with a 4-2 win in L.A. Thursday. Kings D Drew Doughty, who had two points in the first seven games of this years playoffs, had a goal and two assists to lead the Kings attack. Anze Kopitar and Mike Richards each added a pair of points for the Kings. D Matt Greene, who had 15 points in 82 regular season games, recorded a point for the third straight game. For a team in a desperate situation, the Blues didnt come out with the kind of urgency that might have been expected, managing only four shots in first period and a total of 20 in the game. RW Chris Stewart, who has been a healthy scratch for the Blues, scored both St. Louis goals. D Alex Pietrangelo returned to the St. Louis lineup, after missing Game Two with a lower body injury, and led all Blues with 26:34 of ice time. Though neither team was creating a ton of chances, the Blues were undone by a mediocre performance in goal by Brian Elliott, who allowed four goals on 22 shots, not one of which would have been considered beyond his grasp. As great as Elliott has been this year, hes now allowed nine goals in the last two games, his highest two-game total all year. Prior to Game Two, Elliott had allowed four goals in three of 43 appearances this season, and now hes done it in back-to-back games. With Jaroslav Halak on the shelf, the Blues simply couldnt afford to have a subpar game from Elliott, but thats what happened, leaving the Blues with a mountain to climb if they are going to make a highly unlikely comeback. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' ' 

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