Senior Worlds (non Olympic weights) - October 28-31, 2024
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Clearly DT has regressed in the Okie State room....
Sadulaev was just immovable. Too big, too strong, too good.
Sadulaev was just immovable. Too big, too strong, too good.
his gameplan was obviously a japanese style consistent leg attack and he just couldn’t get close to scoring from there. obviously hindsight is 20/20 but wrestling a more tactical (boring) match would have given him a better shot at forcing Sadulaev out of position. But also sometimes you are just beat
I viewed Sadulaev as a bigger, better Dake. If his neck issues from last year were healed, I didn’t think this was a good matchup.Clearly DT has regressed in the Okie State room....
Sadulaev was just immovable. Too big, too strong, too good.
Im just not sure there is a game plan for peak form Sad.
Look at snyder. He’s thrown a different gameplan at him every time and beat him once.
Ono just cut through Uguev like a hot knife through butter
Why is it we never heard Taylor saying he coasted after wins, only losses? I think Brooks beat Taylor because now Brooks is the better wrestler. Both times he lost it was an excuse that basically said I was not trying,rather than the best guy won
70kg Qualif. - James Green DEC Peiman Biabani (CAN) 5-2
Green will face Akaki Kemertelidze (GEO) in the next round.
Green will face Akaki Kemertelidze (GEO) in the next round.
Father Time remains undefeated. He always will be.
79kg Qualif. - Burroughs DEC Zelimkhan Khadjiev (FRA) 4-0
JB will face Magomet Evloev (TJK) in the next round.
JB will face Magomet Evloev (TJK) in the next round.
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I feel like people just ignored the fact that DT is darn near 34, wrestling up a weight and honestly didn’t look great the last two times he wrestled domestically
Exactly. David Taylor is past his prime, primarily focused on his new coaching gig, and wrestling up a weight class.
Sudalev is 28 years old, still likely in his prime, and wrestling what is probably the best weight for him. He is clearly going to go down as an all time great.
It would have been an absolutely amazing victory if Taylor had won, but I don't think it was reasonable to expect a win if Sudalev brought his A game, which it appears he did.
No one knew. Taylor looked really good at the trials and is still top 3 in this weight. Zahid just won a bronze at the weight a year ago.
But yeah. This version of Sadulaev is just a wall.
Never thought I’d see the day where Magic Man shut down completely like that.
Great career, all time great, and the main catalyst to the amazing PSU run of dominance.
Great career, all time great, and the main catalyst to the amazing PSU run of dominance.
Your first sentence is why Cael after 2011 never looked back when he stopped competing. It is just to difficult to be a full-time head coach and trying to be a world class athlete. You can say you are putting the time in, but the mental focus will not be completely there. Those last few percentage points of dedication can make a huge difference at that level of competition.
Did he though?
Taylor got a bye to the finals, where he lost to Aaron 4-1 and 3-1. He looked good defensively, but struggled to break thru Aaron's underhook and find attacks.
Since he got that bye to the finals, we never got to see how he would've looked against anyone other than Aaron.
They both weighed 92 kg. Knock it off with the size advantage. DT got beat by a better wrestler, today.
Seems like a lot of folks are more interested in making excuses for David losing.
That's because DT is one of the worst losers I've ever seen. We all remember his loss to J'den at the Trials. There is always an excuse, other than "I got beat today. Back to work tomorrow."
I think he meant 92Kg WTT, not OTT.
This might not last long. I'm surprised that Sadulaev was THAT dominant. He had better position and held it for the entire match. He also was much quicker than he had been during his "slump." Impressive.
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I think you quoted the wrong post. Crop made no such excuses.
referring to the 'trials' where he competed for the world team
The Sadulaev I just saw is a slight favorite over Aquaman in chest deep water
Vito wins his QF match against the Serbian 6-3.
Well that didn't age well. No excuses, and that wasn't close. DT was motivated, well trained and to think Sadi wrestled sucked down returning from injury, all the indicators were leaning in David's favor.
Sadilaev is the GOAT taking out two of our very best, ever.
You're on a slippery slope there.
As an aside, having Ono training with NLWC in the winter is a master stroke. That dude is nasty.
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