125kg @ 2023 Worlds

[peanut]

Today UWW posted a list of preliminary entries (subject to change) for 2023 worlds.

This should be an exciting weight with Gable, Zare, Petriashvili, and Akgul all there.

 

[bnwtwg]

I *love that the two most talked-about weights for MFS are the big boys. 125 is going to be en fuego I cannot wait

Edited August 25, 2023 by bnwtwg
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[Ohio Elite]

Are we 100% Gable is gonna go? Man I sure hope so...

[bnwtwg]

Gable is 100% going. The question is if he is 100% all in and no insider is going to leak that nugget right now.

If he’s still spending time doing both then we are going to find out in a couple weeks if his talent really is *that* much better than the competition that he can gap them. If it’s not then I have a feeling his fire will be fully reignited and he’s going to come back all in for Paris. I hope he wins gold this year, but I feel really bad for the Olympics competitors if he doesn’t…

[MPhillips]

2 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

The question is if he is 100% all in

He has to be, right? I believe it's a must win for him. I don't think a comeback Gold medal at the Olympics is a better story  than a World Champ and then an Olympic Champ... 

[Husker_Du]

interesting that Gable and Parris are both listed. 

at least adds to the intrigue. 

either Gable is taking Parris as his workout partner or USA listed them both just in case. 

[headshuck]

I wonder how many folding chairs they are bringing?

[de4856]

I can’t wait, for this event. I hope Team USA kicks butt. 

[MPhillips]

I believe we qualify 74, 86, 97 and 125. 57, 65 are more worrisome. 

 

[Le duke]

interesting that Gable and Parris are both listed. 
at least adds to the intrigue. 
either Gable is taking Parris as his workout partner or USA listed them both just in case. 

I would actually really like to see Senior Level Parris. I think he’s ready.


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[Husker_Du]

4 hours ago, MPhillips said:

I believe we qualify 74, 86, 97 and 125. 57, 65 are more worrisome. 

 

making things even a bit more difficult is that Worlds only qualifies 5 to the Olympics and not 6 this cycle.

1-Gold

2-Silver

3-Bronze

4-Bronze

5-Winner of Bronze bout losers

[MPhillips]

24 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

making things even a bit more difficult is that Worlds only qualifies 5 to the Olympics and not 6 this cycle.

Yep. 

When do the two bronze medal losers wrestle? Would it be after the all the Gold medal matches are finished?

[Jason Bryant]

Yep. 
When do the two bronze medal losers wrestle? Would it be after the all the Gold medal matches are finished?

Yes. it on the UWW schedule each day.

[bnwtwg]

Imagine having to get yourself back up for another match after you just lost a world medal match. That's a brutal mental and physical tax.

[mspart]

For a chance to go to the Olympics?  The one who wants it more will get it together.  

mspart

[nhs67]

Per this UWW entry list... Lucas Davison is our 125 KG rep as of right now.

https://uww.org/article/freestyle-entries-released-2023-world-championships

125kg
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (AIN)
Paris KAREPI (ALB)
Catriel MURIEL (ARG)
Johannes LUDESCHER (AUT)
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Islam ADIZOV (BUL)
Bali SOU (CAM)
Zhiwei DENG (CHN)
Diaaeldin ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
Jose CUBA (ESP)
Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Gennadij CUDINOVIC (GER)
Daniel LIGETI (HUN)
SUMIT (IND)
Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI)
Abraham CONYEDO (ITA)
Aaron JOHNSON (JAM)
Taiki YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Joel TUKAI (KEN)
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ)
Donghwan KIM (KOR)
Eduardo GARCIA (MEX)
Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)
Robert BARAN (POL)
Jonovan SMITH (PUR)
Magomedgadzhi NURASULOV (SRB)
Oma SAREM (SYR)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Taha AKGUL (TUR)
Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR)
Lucas DAVISON (USA)
Sardorbek KHOLMATOV (UZB)
Jose DIAZ (VEN)

[Gus]

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

Per this UWW entry list... Lucas Davison is our 125 KG rep as of right now.

https://uww.org/article/freestyle-entries-released-2023-world-championships

125kg
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (AIN)
Paris KAREPI (ALB)
Catriel MURIEL (ARG)
Johannes LUDESCHER (AUT)
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Islam ADIZOV (BUL)
Bali SOU (CAM)
Zhiwei DENG (CHN)
Diaaeldin ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
Jose CUBA (ESP)
Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Gennadij CUDINOVIC (GER)
Daniel LIGETI (HUN)
SUMIT (IND)
Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI)
Abraham CONYEDO (ITA)
Aaron JOHNSON (JAM)
Taiki YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Joel TUKAI (KEN)
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ)
Donghwan KIM (KOR)
Eduardo GARCIA (MEX)
Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)
Robert BARAN (POL)
Jonovan SMITH (PUR)
Magomedgadzhi NURASULOV (SRB)
Oma SAREM (SYR)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Taha AKGUL (TUR)
Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR)
Lucas DAVISON (USA)
Sardorbek KHOLMATOV (UZB)
Jose DIAZ (VEN)

Strange... here is a quote from the article on UWW

"At 125kg, Gable STEVESON (USA) is set to return after a substantial absence. The 21-year-old sensation made waves at the Tokyo Olympic Games, stunning the wrestling community with his triumph. He managed to defeat now-reigning world champion Taha AKGUL (TUR) and three-time world champion Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) en route to Olympic glory.

Following his Olympic gold, Steveson took a brief retirement from wrestling to pursue a career in WWE. However, he has since added another Olympic gold to his aspirations.

During Steveson's absence, young contender Amir ZARE (IRI) has emerged as a dominant figure in the weight class. Zare claimed world gold in Oslo before relinquishing the crown to Rio Olympic champion Akgul in Belgrade. A highly anticipated clash between Zare and Steveson is eagerly awaited by fans after numerous exchanges on social media."

[nhs67]

9 minutes ago, Gus said:

Strange... here is a quote from the article on UWW

"At 125kg, Gable STEVESON (USA) is set to return after a substantial absence. The 21-year-old sensation made waves at the Tokyo Olympic Games, stunning the wrestling community with his triumph. He managed to defeat now-reigning world champion Taha AKGUL (TUR) and three-time world champion Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) en route to Olympic glory.

Following his Olympic gold, Steveson took a brief retirement from wrestling to pursue a career in WWE. However, he has since added another Olympic gold to his aspirations.

During Steveson's absence, young contender Amir ZARE (IRI) has emerged as a dominant figure in the weight class. Zare claimed world gold in Oslo before relinquishing the crown to Rio Olympic champion Akgul in Belgrade. A highly anticipated clash between Zare and Steveson is eagerly awaited by fans after numerous exchanges on social media."

When the article was first released it had Steveson and Parris both listed.  Now it just has Davison.

My hope is that Davison is in fact going, but as Parris's training partner and that Parris is actually the guy going.

Even as an avid Parris fan I know that is a serious downgrade from Steveson, as it were.

[Gus]

30 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

When the article was first released it had Steveson and Parris both listed.  Now it just has Davison.

My hope is that Davison is in fact going, but as Parris's training partner and that Parris is actually the guy going.

Even as an avid Parris fan I know that is a serious downgrade from Steveson, as it were.

It will be a big hit for team USA's title hopes. If Paris is going, he at least has a chance to bring home a medal though.

[bnwtwg]

2018: Gable announces his presence to the world by doing the Ali Shuffle embarrasing Derek White in Stillwater while his coach Zach Esposito sits in the coach's chair with his head in his hands

August 2023: Former OkSt associate head coach Zach Esposito moves to USAW as national freestyle developmental coach

September 2023: Gable off the world team

[mspart]

Yoikes!!

mspart

[PNWfan]

Are we sure Steveson is officially out? I had seen rumblings that WWE wouldn't let him go, but nothing beyond that.

[mspart]

If he wins, that would be a nice selling point on top of his Olympic win.   I think WWE should be encouraging this stuff this year and next. 

mspart

[PNWfan]

Agree, and I think he still plans to compete in the 2024 Olympics. Olympic gold is the highest peak in international wrestling, he realizes that and wants a shot at becoming a rare 2x Olympic champ from the USA.

As cool as it would be for Gable to be a world champ, that doesn't hold the same marketing appeal within WWE as an Olympic gold. Also, if he were to lose at World's, that might take a little shine off his gold that he earned in 2021.

That said, I think if he surprises us and laces the boots up for Serbia, he wins gold.

[Takuto_Otoguro]

Even if he only cares about another Olympic gold and wants to compete in the least amount of freestyle tournaments possible, it would probably be a good idea to get a medal here and make qualifying for the Olympics easier.

 

If he doesn't go it's possible the weight doesn't get qualified. He would then need to go through the process of making the team and then qualifying the weight before then going to the Olympics. If he gets a medal here he can  focus more on WWE until the trials final.