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    U.S. wrestlers fall short of medal round on Day 6

    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- American Greco-Roman wrestlers Robby Smith, Bryce Saddoris and Joe Rau fell short of the medal round at the World Championships on Saturday at the Gymnastics Palace.

    Smith used his lethal front headlock to down Korea's Jon Won Hwang 8-2 in his first bout at 130 kilos.

    Smith then lost by a 9-0 technical fall to World No. 7 Lyubomir Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the quarterfinals. Smith was put down in par terre for passivity and Dmitrov used a succession of turns to go up 7-0 at the break.

    Smith, fifth at the 2013 Worlds, was eliminated when Dimitrov lost to World champion Riza Kayaalp of Turkey in the semifinals.

    "I didn't wrestle my best at all," Smith said. "I felt sluggish. It's all on me -- I lost. I got caught in a gut wrench and I couldn't stop him. I wasn't on my game today." Read full story ...

    Team USA Results (Saturday)

    Bryce Saddoris (66 kilos):
    Round of 64: Won by pin over Loiqi Amirkhanzode (Tajikistan), 1:26
    Round of 32: Lost by dec. to Revaz Lashkhi (Georgia), 1-0

    Joe Rau (80 kilos):
    Round of 32: Lost by pin to Jonas Bossert (Switzerland), 4:11

    Robby Smith (130 kilos):
    Round of 16: Won by dec. over Jon Won Hwang (Korea), 8-2
    Quarterfinals: Lost by tech. fall to Lyubomir Dimitrov (Bulgaria), 9-0

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