USA wrestlers defecting

[ionel]

20 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Don’t they need to have an Italian grandparent or something to be eligible?

Believe you just have to eat lasagna.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

On 12/23/2023 at 7:56 PM, flyingcement said:

I don't see Ferrari going for Italy unless he is banned from the US team.

DeSanto... maybe but I doubt it.

Suriano - absolutely

Suriano doesn't even wrestle.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

On 12/26/2023 at 8:42 PM, Plasmodium said:

Has the Principality of Sealand joined the IOC yet?  Piece of cake to get citizenship there.

My son is Sealand nobility.

https://sealandgov.org/en-us/collections/titles

Edited December 28, 2023 by Interviewed_at_Weehawken

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

On 12/25/2023 at 8:43 AM, AgaveMaria said:

Only qualification he needs is learning to say "I Surrender" in German...

How many times did they surrender?

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

On 12/25/2023 at 10:27 AM, Le duke said:

His mom is French…


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Yes.  Not only "French," but an Olympic alternate from France and a French citizen.

[Jim L]

1 hour ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Yes.  Not only "French," but an Olympic alternate from France and a French citizen.

Pretty sure she was a US Olympic alternate even though she was born in France. I assume that she became a US citizen through marriage. A lot easier to make the US team than the French team in Judo

Edited December 28, 2023 by Jim L

[Plasmodium]

13 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

My son is Sealand nobility.

https://sealandgov.org/en-us/collections/titles

That is what's up!

Is he a wrestler?  Has he qualified Sealand for the Olympics?

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

12 hours ago, Jim L said:

Pretty sure she was a US Olympic alternate even though she was born in France. I assume that she became a US citizen through marriage. A lot easier to make the US team than the French team in Judo

I thought a French alternate, but I could be wrong.  Woman who beat her did not make weight.

[bnwtwg]

11 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I thought a French alternate, but I could be wrong.  Woman who beat her did not make weight.

Rumor is that Cormier slid in her DMs and asked if she wanted a Golden Corral the night before weigh-ins and they snuggled in bed the next morning with five orders of room service French toast

[jchapman]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

Rumor is that Cormier slid in her DMs and asked if she wanted a Golden Corral the night before weigh-ins and they snuggled in bed the next morning with five orders of room service French toast

Cormier made weight.

[gimpeltf]

1 hour ago, jchapman said:

Cormier made weight.

[bnwtwg]

2 hours ago, jchapman said:

Cormier made weight.

Way to deflate the joke like you're a Cormier kidney

[bnwtwg]

2 hours ago, jchapman said:

Cormier made weight.

No but seriously you could make this joke 256.8 times.

[lu_alum]

On 12/27/2023 at 4:51 PM, 1032004 said:

Don’t they need to have an Italian grandparent or something to be eligible?

Nope.  Simply need to be a national of the country being represented by the respective NOC (National Olympic Committee).  Those who have multiple nationality have the option to chose which NOC they will represent.  If an athlete that has previously competed in continental, regional, or world events decides to change countries, they must wait three years before representing the new country in such an event.  See rules #40 and #41 (pages 80-81) in the linked document.

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf