Junior worlds
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Korina Blades, Kennedy's younger sister, up next on Mat C (after this 57kg gold medal match on B), vs Viktoria Oeverby (Norway) for 62kg bronze.
Blades gets the tech 11-1 for bronze, mostly by horsing Oeverby around and going behind, plus some step outs. Nice tournament.
Blades gets the tech 11-1 for bronze, mostly by horsing Oeverby around and going behind, plus some step outs. Nice tournament.
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Was tending to my co-home-office-worker's technical problems--again--so missed Alara Boyd's bronze match, but she fell to Estonia's Viktoria Vesso. Boyd was up 5-4 in the second and was looking good to score again on a go-behind but left her head exposed and Vesso turned a headlock into a pin.
Kennedy Blades v Lilly Schneider (GER) for 72kg gold, up now, final match in the women's junior FS tournament.
Whoa. Quick double, slips in a half, gets the pin! Seventeen seconds. Tears. Awesome.
Whoa. Quick double, slips in a half, gets the pin! Seventeen seconds. Tears. Awesome.
Kennedy Blades is a freakin' talent. Junior World Champ! Picks up and decks her finals opponent in the first 15 seconds. She might be the best woman on a very talented junior women's team.
American women win the team title! (4 individual champions)
American women win the team title! (4 individual champions)
Yeah, I'm self-quoting, but I stand by it.
“I will break you quicker than JFK broke his boat.” — Blades, Kennedy 
what???????“I will break you quicker than JFK broke his boat.” — Blades, Kennedy
Most DefinitelyWe're gonna need a bigger brace!
Yeah - Profiles in Courage. More like “Profiles in helming a more maneuverable boat that somehow collided with a less maneuverable boat”“I will break you quicker than JFK broke his boat.” — Blades, Kennedy
I was thinking of exactly one person when I made that joke for him, The Chickenman! 😍
Welker is also registered for Senior Trials at 72. I don't see anyone on Flo's registration list that has much chance past these 2 ladies.
JFK is like Shackleton. Both create near-disasters, but heroically rescue their would-be victims.
Kennedy put some poor girl underwater and then walked away.“Ask not what I can do for you; ask what you can do for me.” — Blades, Kennedy
Pretty tough to pick an OW since Elor, Blades, and Welker all teched or pinned their way through and I don’t think any of them gave up a point! Super impressive. Can’t wait to see Blades vs Welker at trials
I’m going to have @El-Jefe be my Teddy Sorenson. He’ll write the book - I’ll get the Pulitzer Prize. Seems only fairJFK is like Shackleton. Both create near-disasters, but heroically rescue their would-be victims.
Sorensen went to his back, Zain got the credit. Seems only fair.
The irony is hilarious -- that the author of "Profiles in Courage" waited 50+ years to acknowledge his role.
ICYMI
This is Ms. Blades vs. presumably the 2nd best wrestler in the world in her age level.
This is Ms. Blades vs. presumably the 2nd best wrestler in the world in her age level.
anyone know the future sites for the junior worlds? This tournament is a must go to next time it’s in the states.
Next year is Sofia Bulgaria in August. You can check the events schedules here:
https://uww.org/events
NLWC might consider "recruiting" some of these top women before others scoop them up.. Of course, many of the best juniors are either still in college or high school
Amos got teched in his semi by Russia.
If only we did away with folkstyle and freestyle and only wrestled greco from the youth level on up, imagine how good we'd be.
If only we did away with folkstyle and freestyle and only wrestled greco from the youth level on up, imagine how good we'd be.
You're an idiot and bring no value to this forum. Off to the Ignore list you go. Congrats.
Angry Spyker brings as much value as regular Spyker did, except no board inside jokes.
Beau was just on Baschamania ... another great episode.
Few things that stood out:
1. Beau talks about adjusting to the room. Like many other hammers, he said he was getting beat bad. He said he wondered if he was even good at wrestling. But now his confidence is sky high.
2. He talks about how he got into graphic design. It's just something that piqued his interest and he did it on a whim and slowly worked to get better at it until it's become a legitimate side hustle for him. The mentality here is what I love, he just wants to continuously improve.
3. He's not overly worried about NIL. He said he is open to opportunities but would rather just focus on wrestling (said it can be awesome and that RBY does it well and does it the right way)
4. He likes freestyle more than folkstyle (like everyone else) But he said the hype behind the colleges of folk style is just so awesome.
5. Here's a major thing ... he doesn't see himself sticking in wrestling very long. Said as of today, he sees himself being an Attorney long term probably. I know Beau originally was committed to Princeton (and went to Wyoming Seminary, a prestigious boarding school) so he obviously is very intelligent. Awesome to see he has a plan in the future.
Few things that stood out:
1. Beau talks about adjusting to the room. Like many other hammers, he said he was getting beat bad. He said he wondered if he was even good at wrestling. But now his confidence is sky high.
2. He talks about how he got into graphic design. It's just something that piqued his interest and he did it on a whim and slowly worked to get better at it until it's become a legitimate side hustle for him. The mentality here is what I love, he just wants to continuously improve.
3. He's not overly worried about NIL. He said he is open to opportunities but would rather just focus on wrestling (said it can be awesome and that RBY does it well and does it the right way)
4. He likes freestyle more than folkstyle (like everyone else) But he said the hype behind the colleges of folk style is just so awesome.
5. Here's a major thing ... he doesn't see himself sticking in wrestling very long. Said as of today, he sees himself being an Attorney long term probably. I know Beau originally was committed to Princeton (and went to Wyoming Seminary, a prestigious boarding school) so he obviously is very intelligent. Awesome to see he has a plan in the future.
Do you really believe that if Zain, Dake, Taylor, Cox, Snyder, and Gable spent their whole lives wrestling nothing but Greco that they would suck?
I sure don’t.
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