Men's Olympic Freestyle Thread
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And in related news...Russian boxer Mikhail Aloyan is pregnant and may also have a yeast infection but has not yet been confirmed..From The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/article/russian-olympic-officials-concerned-after-learning-53556
Russian Olympic Officials Concerned After Learning Team’s Clean Urine Reservoir Almost Empty
MOSCOW—Stressing that they are on the precipice of a major crisis, Russian Olympic Committee officials held a press conference Friday to confirm that the team’s clean urine reservoir is almost fully depleted. “The demand for fresh, clean urine over the past two weeks has greatly exceeded our supply, and unfortunately, if we aren’t able to get more soon, our athletes may run out well before the final Olympic events,” said committee president Alexander Zhukov, adding that the 400,000-gallon reservoir’s supply of clean urine is at its lowest point in decades. “We are currently enacting numerous urine management techniques in order to conserve what little we still have left, but if we are unable to replenish our supply soon, we will experience our nation’s worst clean urine shortage since the 1992 Summer Games.” At press time, in response to the emergency, the Chinese Olympic Committee confirmed that it will immediately donate 200,000 bottles of clean urine to the Russian delegation.
Garrett should have been wrestling at the weight Dennis was at...They gave Ramos that match at Iowa. Garrett would have beaten Dennis..No way does Dennis get a take down on Garrett...Dennis needs work on his feet....
Unfortunately, it just didn't work out for Dennis. I don't care about Garrett vs Ramos. Garrett will have another chance in 4 years. Props to Dennis for representing the USA!
Not just talking about today "Robin"! If everyone else in the world is FS/Grec from day one let's make this an even playing field. We have 10X the resources then other country in the world...
I've always felt this way.....Robin!
If it's not a reaction, then why voice it now, instead of after the entire event? Why not wait until after college student Kyle Snyder ... never mind.
If every other country is absolutely crazy about football(soccer), does that mean we need to abandon the NFL immediately, to fit in? I think our folk style is a lot more entertaining than freestyle, I would not want to see it disappear on some notion that we can't compete if we don't fully focus on FS, from grade school on. Too many examples of past US wrestlers that prove this is not true.
Agree. I get more enjoyment out of following college and high school wrestling than international freestyle competition and wouldn't want to change that just to maybe improve in freestyle (or Greco for that matter) competition.
Let's talk JDen
you guys think Cox has a decent shot to medal today? The weight class is loaded for sure, but he has beaten Top 5 opponents and lost to others. Should be fun, hope he can get on a run, go USA
you guys think Cox has a decent shot to medal today? The weight class is loaded for sure, but he has beaten Top 5 opponents and lost to others. Should be fun, hope he can get on a run, go USA
The draw is about as good as you could've possibly hopes for. Avoids Sadulav and Sharifov and is in the opposite quadrant of Yasar and RSP
yep, I like the idea of trying to escape or reverse an opponent. I do like freestyle, but I enjoy scholastic more.
Hopefully partner proves more fruitful than Spencer (searches for sarcasm emoji)
<Runs under wooden desk to protect himself from incoming nuclear blast>
Things that trumped wrestling coverage today: replay of yesterday's basketball, replay of yesterday's soccer, rhythmic gymnastics. At least the streams are high quality with the exception of the Brit announcer, who's maybe a notch above the Nebraska backfisting crew.
J'den up on on Mat B soon, with Tervel up on the same mat a few matches after.
J'den up on on Mat B soon, with Tervel up on the same mat a few matches after.
Yep. Here's his IG post
magicman_psu:
Really thankful that @jmiz_cusa and @usawrestling brought me to the Olympics as his training partner. It's been a great experience being around all the team USA athletes and coaches in their Olympic preparation. #rio2016 #grateful#gratitude #usa #wrestling
J'den scored enough points to be working on a second tech fall but points kept coming off the board. Belarus was awarded a mystery point at some point during the match, I'm guessing for a step out. Still, he looked great, lots of motion and misdirection, got in on legs with ease.
That second period proves once again just how subjective the shot clock is. That said, Tervel dug deep for that win.
Dude didn't want to do anything in the last 1:30 and Tervel was pushing him around and they still wouldn't put him on the clock.
My EXACT thoughts Chief. I kept thinking, "they're going to give him this unless Tervel finds a way".
Thanks for the updates, guys; for some reason, I'm surprised to see the lack of TV coverage. Sucks.
Dlagnev 3-2 final. On to the semis!
Scored a pushout point early in the 2nd -- go-behind on a failed shot by Poland, flurry took them out. Hit the wall at 5:00 and went into "Chris Perry Mode." Poland scored a takedown with 12 sec left, stopped wrestling immediately to get a reset on feet, but it was too late.
Scored a pushout point early in the 2nd -- go-behind on a failed shot by Poland, flurry took them out. Hit the wall at 5:00 and went into "Chris Perry Mode." Poland scored a takedown with 12 sec left, stopped wrestling immediately to get a reset on feet, but it was too late.
