She transferred to Sunkist Kids shortly after trials. Still wears NLWC gear casually though, from her social media.
As JB eluded to, I wouldn't be surprised to see him back in 3 years at age 41. That would be so cool to see.
I think in the last two matches she mostly wrestled to not lose, and wound up having the pace dictated to her once she went up. Then in the gold was even more tentative and hesitant.
I thought it was a slip. Smith said it was maybe a loss of balance.
Her post match interview was, indeed, inspiring.
I think she was trying to slip behind the leg with a trip (with her leg) and the German turned her hip into it
Incredible composure for that interview. Wonderful. After the world championships she deserved the gold but.... Great interview and rep of the sport.
I think she was trying to cut it back by blocking with her knee and using her head, but her head popped and there was nothing left to counter balance the force she was creating with it.
Camera angle wasn't helpful, but that was my thought too. But also that it was kind of doomed for being too slow and not recognizing that a quick adjustment was needed.
I'll give you this, Crop, when a greco match is good, it is really good. But too often, the nuance of what is happening is lost on me, and there are no scintillating throws. But you're right--nothing in sports is as exciting as a big 4/5 point throw.
Yeah, those moments are rare, probably more so the tighter the competition. One of the Flo guys tweeted a pretty depressing statistic about the amount of offensive points scored through a few rounds. That said, both Cubans gold medalists were entertaining. The US's Hancock was too, but his second match also illustrated why the final results often feel incongruous to what you just watched, with points coming on technical nonobvious nonsense. But hey, FS can sometimes feel like that too.
She has to return to a defensible position and Tamyrah kept her legs split the whole time so her hips never turned down.
The scoring and passivity have been very inconsistent. What else is new. Like the way they do the draws.
That’s what a glass-half-empty person says. A glass-half-full person would say: “Hooray! at least Greco is not about kissing each other until one wins!”
lol greco glass is always totally empty!!That’s what a glass-half-empty person says. A glass-half-full person would say: “Hooray! at least Greco is not about kissing each other until one wins!”
