She’s pretty incredible. She must be super strong because she gets a control tie and just pushes these girls all over the mat. The Japanese girl looked a bit bigger but Elor just got to her Russian tie or underhook and moved her all over. The Japanese wrestler was very good at just upsetting Elor’s balance a little bit when they got in the zone or when it looked like Elor was about to get to an advantageous position and she didn’t give up anything big like most of Amit’s opponents do. Her finals opponent is very good as well and has been a run dominating everyone lately. Should be fun.
That’s just stupid good. Outscored opponents 110-0 since 2018?!?! Hasn’t been scored on since 2018!
I was just going to post the same thing about Elor. That was an impressive win against Japan. To beat the reigning senior world champion as an 18-year-old is just so impressive. Elor has the potential to wrestle in at least four Olympic cycles as she will only be 32 for the 2036 Olympics (for comparison, Adeline, Helen and Tamyra will be 33, 32 and 31 respectively for the 2024 Olympics). She also potentially has 11 total senior world championships (Non-Olympic years) available to her. This is obviously so far into the future that it is anyone's guess how her career progresses or how long she decides to compete, but the potential to watch her compete for so many more years is great as a wrestling fan.
Helen is so slick with her feet. Watch her 4-pt takedown just after the 6:30 mark. At first it looks like an ankle pick but it's actually just a trip, where she plants her right foot just past Erkhembayar left foot and drives her through it.
I think you have it—except it’s Hayden Zillmer for us at 125kg.
That was a beautiful move, as is Helen's foot sweep series. One of the aspects of women's wrestling I really enjoy is what I believe to be a greater reliance on technique versus strength. That, combined with the greater flexibility of women, adds up to a lot of great action, especially in the lighter weights. I would also assume the difference in women's musculoskeletal anatomy, especially the placement of their hips in relation to their torso, changes the types of positions they get into and the technique they use compared to male wrestlers. Here are some videos of Helen's foot sweep technique and other highlights to show some of the great technique out there in women's wrestling.
I feel very bad for the Iranian wrestler if his team makes him forfeit, but only if he doesn't harbor the same repugnant beliefs of the leaders of his country who foment such hatred. Hopefully the Iranian wrestler discussed below is an outlier for their wrestlers:
Here we go again. This nonsense won't stop until UWW + IOC get serious.
The sad thing is if Finesilver miraculously beat the Iranian, his government would probably put him to death for losing.
That “Frenchman” is the junior world champion this year. Poor kid is going to have quite the introduction to seniors!
I'm not even going to try to top that.
You missed one important point. Helen is also pretty competitive in the attractive looks category! 😁
He fled with his family a Chechnya devastated by years of war, at only 4 years old.
arena.uww.org
Thanks for explaining that. He looked like he was about to tech by Ethan Ramos, up 8-0 in the 1st, but gassed early in the 2nd, and Ramos stuck him w/ a cow catcher.
Retherford on Mat D. Zain up 6-0 at the break.Credit to the Flo Bros though--I just learned there is a place to check mat assignments beyond the USAWrestling twitter feed:
Live Stream
Zain coming up in 6 on Mat D.
