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Thazudinov training partner did well against zare.
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Don lemon is republican right ? Defending a private company being allowed to make decisions of who is or is not on their platform. Similar to Disney no ?
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Team title is still unrealistic at this point but they're ambitious with their program hiring an entire team of Russians .
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For me this is where I edge Helen. The depth of the competition at the weight(s) over Gray, and the development of the sport since the time of Saunders.
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Should we be expecting Bahrain to take home the team title, then?
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While folks consider whom to choose, I would like to make sure it is well understood and respected that weight classes exist for a reason. The answer should be Gray all day.
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It is just very hard for me to unsee the destruction Mendez put on him. I would think that Hardy will do the same.
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Argument doesn't help Saunders, who didn't have that opportunity. But yeah, Maroulis has the gold and beat the world GOAT to do it.
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No disrespect to Adeline, but IMO, you can’t be considered the GOAT if you haven’t reached the pinnacle of the sport with an Olympic gold. My vote goes to Helen
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Hillary is promoting “Why Fascists Fear Teachers.” -
Raney is a few matches back on Mat C. He's taking on the 1 seed Azizli from Azerbaijan, who is a 4x world champ, including the past three
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The RAF 02 card is starting to come together as a second bout for the event was released on Wednesday. Bantamweight champion Nathan Tomasello will face a challenge from Mexican Olympian and two-time NCAA champion Roman Bravo-Young. RAF 02 will take place on October 25th at Penn State’s storied Rec Hall. It will be a homecoming, of sorts, for Bravo-Young, who starred for the Nittany Lions from 2018-23. Bravo-Young earned NCAA All-American honors on four occasions and was named an NWCA first-team All-American in 2020. In each of his final three seasons, Bravo-Young claimed Big Ten titles. During that span, he also made the NCAA finals each year, winning in 2022 and 2023. Both NCAA titles came at the expense of Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix. Speaking of Oklahoma State, after graduation, Bravo-Young moved out to Stillwater to train with OSU’s Cowboy RTC and represent Mexico on the international stage. Bravo-Young qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games and was recently in action at the World Championships. In Zagreb, Bravo-Young was a match away from earning a world medal, losing to Armenia’s Arsen Harutyunyan, the same opponent who beat him at the Olympics. At the World Championships, Bravo-Young picked up a win over 2017 NCAA champion Darian Cruz, who was representing Puerto Rico. Tomasello has the distinction of being the first wrestler to ever win a match (and a belt) in RAF competition. He held off 2023 NCAA runner-up, Matt Ramos, 4-3, to get the win and the bantamweight title. Tomasello was a 2015 NCAA champion for Ohio State. He got on the NCAA podium four times and never finished lower than third. In each of his four years with the Buckeyes, Tomasello captured a Big Ten championship. Tomasello was also an integral part of the Buckeyes NCAA title-winning squad in 2015. During his time at Ohio State, Tomasello never lost to a Penn State wrestler and finished with a 100-8 career record. As of now, the RAF 02 card looks like this: Bantamweight (135 lbs) - Nathan Tomasello (champ) vs. Roman Bravo-Young Heavyweight (Unlimited) - Mason Parris vs. Kyle Snyder -
Post-Worlds Way Too Early Olympic Lineup Predictions
okokzach replied to RandolphTJones's topic in International Wrestling
Agreed. And Woods is still relatively new to freestyle. I don't think he's near his ceiling yet -
I think there's a distinction with greatest and most accomplished. They're not always synonymous with one another. Even on the women's side of things, the upper weights, especially the heaviest, gets generally panned. I think people tend to lean Maroulis due to her technique at a lower weight, which can seem generally more appealing. Adeline rips people's arms off, but isn't as quick comparatively. It's a great discussion to have either way.
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Hello Rv also! Uh Oh I'm doing it again. My high school physics teacher once told me I had to learn to pick better lab partners.
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This would be true if all nations put as much emphasis on Worlds prep as we do. They simply don't. Many top people from other nations show up out of shape, up a weight--or just no-show. Much less money is invested in the four non-olympic weights as well. Olympics years, when funding is fully there, we see every possible top contender at their very best. There is simply no comparison between a 65kg Olympic title and a 70kg worlds title the year after the Olympics.
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Went back and re-watched it. George never said the bowling term, his accent made it sound that way. Trying to get the pin further from the edge. Some of you aren't down with how the King's English is spoken, which pre-dates the bowling term.
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Post-Worlds Way Too Early Olympic Lineup Predictions
Eagle26 replied to RandolphTJones's topic in International Wrestling
That is totally true. It’s sounds pretty crazy that Woods took bronze in a bracket with a top 2 like Amouzad and Kiyooka, but he definitely had a better path to that bronze. I was impressed by his win over Sujeet, but I was more impressed with Jax beating Suda. If Jax and Blaze fill out to a full size 65 (they likely will), they are probably the favorites. Just saying Real should be included in the conversation at least. -
I'm out but the Armenia who beat Bey is in the whole on Mat C if anyone wants to pick up the slack
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Ref missed the first pin. Had it been called, the Iraq wrestler might not have been injured
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Raney will have the 1 seed from Azerbaijan in the quarters
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Raney still on top with an armbar and turns him a bunch and gets its 11 - 3 before they call the fall! Raney advances by pin!
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Raney gets to rear standing off a nice drag; gets him down and adds a gut wrench. 5 - 3 Raney
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No more scoring in the first; 3 - 1 Iraq at the break
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