Olympic wrestling... Day 1

[nhs67]

22 minutes ago, Sheerstress said:

Sigh.....first Stevan, now Adam.  Tough beginning for the Michigan crew.

A 3-1 loss to the defending World Champ and odds-on favorite to win isn't that horrible.  He likely will get pulled in, if the Iranian gets by Lopez.

It could benefit Coon in that I could see Lopez not wrestling Repechage if he make sit through.

[D3 for LU]

Too bad I'm at work... would like to see that match between Lopez Nunez & Mirzazadeh live.

(I'll have to see it later when I get home... )

D3

[scribers]

Chilean is a monster. Seems Cuban 

[d3grappler]

The 68kg girl from Japan is really good. Going to be an interesting match with Elor.

 

[scribers]

That was dumb. Off to loser lodge for coon 

[scribers]

Lopez is just showtime. 

[Voice of the Quakers]

It's been a long time since I've seen a wrestler just refuse to engage the way the Pole did against Elor. Almost backed straight out of the ring in the first 10 seconds. Could've easily been DQ'ed if Elor pressed the issue. But, Elor is smartly conserving her energy.

Edited August 5 by Voice of the Quakers

[PUWrestler]

Elor dominates again, this time 8-0, to move on to the semis.

[Voice of the Quakers]

27 minutes ago, scribers said:

Chilean is a monster. Seems Cuban 

He is. Left Cuba because he was behind Lopez. Smart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmani_Acosta#:~:text=Acosta started wrestling in Cuba,and the Cerro Pelado International.

[Eagle26]

Amit is so impressive with dominating position at all times, but not over pursuing and getting herself in trouble. Looking like a savy veteran 

[Eagle26]

Lopez clears his biggest hurdle in his pursuit of a historic 5th Olympic gold! Was surprised the Iranian did not choose to take his opportunity on top? Lopez’s one turn ended up being the difference.

 

Unfortunately, for Coon it eliminates from the competition. Literally, the worst possible draw… he could have been the third best guy, but we will never know. 
 

[Voice of the Quakers]

3 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

Lopez clears his biggest hurdle in his pursuit of a historic 5th Olympic gold! Was surprised the Iranian did not choose to take his opportunity on top? Lopez’s one turn ended up being the difference.

 

Unfortunately, for Coon it eliminates from the competition. Literally, the worst possible draw… he could have been the third best guy, but we will never know. 
 

16-man tournament. Opportunity to run a true double elimination with no wrestler competing in more than three bouts per day. But, FILA/UWW have never cared to use/understand the American bracket (you should've seen some of their attempts in 1995-96) and they never will.

[Voice of the Quakers]

Wild match in the other quarter opposite Elor. PRK makes massive comeback when Indian opponent hurts her shoulder. Thought the Indian could've handled the situation (stalled) better. Elor will crush the North Korean in her semi.

[Scouts Honor]

i think its her elbow

[denger]

2 minutes ago, Voice of the Quakers said:

Wild match in the other quarter opposite Elor. PRK makes massive comeback when Indian opponent hurts her shoulder. Thought the Indian could've handled the situation (stalled) better. Elor will crush the North Korean in her semi.

That was miserable to watch.

I was a little bit relieved for her after the match. If she had held on, a semi-final of fending off Amit's ties would have been at least as miserable to watch. 

 

[Voice of the Quakers]

I believe the Cuban Chilean has just advanced to the semis without scoring an offensive point in his first two matches. This is a problem.

Makes me respect Lopez's low gut on the Iranian that much more.

[Voice of the Quakers]

Some of these challenges are really desperate, if understandable.

[Scouts Honor]

crowd chanting cuba

[D3 for LU]

Amazing that Lopez is still on track to nab that 5th gold... and sorry to see Coon one & done.

D3

[denger]

1 minute ago, Voice of the Quakers said:

Some of these challenges are really desperate, if understandable.

I guess I understand why someone who clearly lost wants judges to look for something...but you lost, bud.

Makes me appreciate the French accent on "Challenge LOST!"

[Voice of the Quakers]

4 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

crowd chanting cuba

I thought so, too. It was actually "Koumba" for the French wrestler who lost to NGR on the women's side.

[Voice of the Quakers]

KGZ getting work done over JPN in the 4th women's quarterfinal.

[Voice of the Quakers]

KGZ with the last second TD! JPN is out of the running for gold. KGZ-NGR in the other semi opposite of Elor.

Edited August 5 by Voice of the Quakers

[d3grappler]

55 minutes ago, d3grappler said:

The 68kg girl from Japan is really good. Going to be an interesting match with Elor.

 

this didn't age well...

[nhs67]

HOLY SHIT.

Ozaki down 6-4 gets a TD with a minute to go.

KGZ goes and gets one with 7 seconds left.

Ozaki was WC at 62 KG in 2022, at 65 KG in 2023 and does not make the Finals this year.  Stalled her way to a loss in the final seconds.