Olympic Wrestling ... Day 5

[Eagle26]

Ugh. Tough one. Higuchi was on a mission too. He wrestled very well and so smart. Good tournament by Lee

[MPhillips]

1 minute ago, Perry said:

Scored the needed takedown in the 2nd to avoid it.

You believe that's how it works...

[PortaJohn]

Did the ref mess up a grounding call?  Could've sworn it should've been a point for Spencer.  Not taking anything away from Higuchi.  Spencer wrestled a great match

Edited August 9 by PortaJohn

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

Lee's strength stopped Higuchi's quickness on that low single. Match came down to one of the greatest scrambles in an Olympic final. A scramble that happened super quickly, but my brain processed, "Advantage Lee, Advantage Higuchi, Advantage Lee, Advantage Higuchi." Crazy stuff. I am entertained. 

[peanut]

It would be super tough for the MFS team to go home with zero golds -- unfortunately that's a big risk right now.

[Wrestleknownothing]

AB for bronze. Come on.

[pawrestler]

Cmon Brooks! 

[Voice of the Quakers]

Just now, PortaJohn said:

Did the ref mess up a grounding call?  Could've sworn it should've been a point for Spencer.  Not taking anything away from Haguchi.  Spencer wrestled a great match

I like the way the refs have been calling out of bounds this week. I think these situations were officiated well.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Shapiev looking huge

[Wrestleknownothing]

Shapiev warned

[Cowboy08]

Did Lee wrestle not to lose?  He didn't let it fly like he did in all his other matches (obviously Hig is a different animal).  Nothing worse than losing than losing and knowing you didn't leave it all on the mat

[Wrestleknownothing]

Shap on the clock

[denger]

3 minutes ago, BloodRound said:

Great match.  Heart breaks for Spencer though.  I wonder if he will still be the guy for 2028.

If he stays healthy!

Plenty of depth, and some young guys are promising.

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Brooms up 1-0

[bnwtwg]

Just now, Cowboy08 said:

Did Lee wrestle not to lose?  He didn't let it fly like he did in all his other matches (obviously Hig is a different animal).  Nothing worse than losing than losing and knowing you didn't leave it all on the mat

He did, Higuchi is just really freaking good. His resume speaks for itself.

[Rassling]

Great job with commentary Gus and Wrestle. Damn how disappointing! 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Brooks warned

[Window12]

At least asterisks not gonna be a subject of debate...

[goheels1812]

1 minute ago, Cowboy08 said:

Did Lee wrestle not to lose?  He didn't let it fly like he did in all his other matches (obviously Hig is a different animal).  Nothing worse than losing than losing and knowing you didn't leave it all on the mat

I don’t think he wrestled not to lose, but I think he wrestled to make sure he didn’t blink and Hig had locked up a leg lace and turned him 4 straight times. I thought the gameplan was great to slow down Hig. I think those guys could wrestle 100 times and each win 50. Just sucks one of Spencer’s 50 losses was in the gold medal match. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Period ends 1-0 Brooms

[Voice of the Quakers]

1-0 at the half. Brooks is going to need to score - duh - because he is going to be put on the clock otherwise.

[Rassling]

Imagine what it’s like for those in the IOWA forum. The disappointment has to be on the same level as the NCAA semis all over again. 

Edited August 9 by Rassling

[Voice of the Quakers]

And there is some insurance - 2-0

[Wrestleknownothing]

I hope he sweeps to ratify my bad spelling

[Gus]

2 minutes ago, Cowboy08 said:

Did Lee wrestle not to lose?  He didn't let it fly like he did in all his other matches (obviously Hig is a different animal).  Nothing worse than losing than losing and knowing you didn't leave it all on the mat

They were just very evenly matched in my opinion. Spencer almost got the hip and angle on a couple of those go behind attempts and then the one td was a back and forth exchange.