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Article: Oly: Wrestling team announced
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- May 21, 2000
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
05-21-2000
Oly: Wrestling team announced
SYDNEY, May 21 AAP - Australian wrestler Musa Ilhan has overcome knee injuries and
surgery to take a second shot at an Olympic wrestling medal at the Sydney Games.
Ilhan was one of 10 athletes named in the Australian wrestling team in Melbourne today.
Competing in the 63kg freestyle category, Ilhan will compete at his second Olympics.
He surprised team officials by reaching the semifinals at Barcelona in 1992 but is
hoping to improve on that after taking out the national title earlier this year.
A computer engineer from Melbourne, Ilhan was disqualified at the selection trials
for the 1996 Atlanta Games after he ...