International Journalist Olympic Prediction Contest: Day Four Results

After a day in which no one selected more than a single finalist correctly, TheMat.com's annual International Journalist Pick Contest.  rebounded as a full flight of leg-grabbers launched. 

The Day 3 finals saw seventeen correctly pick Japan’s Akari Fujinami at 53kgs, but no one took newly crowned Olympic Champions in Greco, Saeid Esmaeili (67kg/IRI) or Semen Novikov (87kg/BUL).

As the first all-freestyle (one Women’s, two Men’s) field began, things looked brighter. Seven prognosticators have finalists in all three weights tomorrow. Six more went two-for-three. 

Day 4 Finals (Number of Selections)

57kg WFS: Tsugumi Sakurai, JPN (16) vs. Anastasia Nichita, MDA (1)

57kg MFS: Rei Higuchi, JPN (3) vs. Spencer Lee, USA (11)

86kg MFS: Magomed Ramazanov, BUL (0) vs. Hassan Yazdani, IRI (11)

The most popular pick to fall before the finals was Aaron Brooks (USA/86kg) who lost on a crotch lift as time expired to Ramazanov, preventing the highly anticipated showdown with Yazdani.

Helen Maroulis (USA/57 WFS) and Stevan Micic (SRB/57 MFS) were each selected four times. Maroulis lost to Sakurai in the semifinals and Micic was a pre-tournament scratch due to injury.

Current Standings: