European Championships 2025 Entries

[Gene Mills Fan]

Ramazonov with a last :30 second TD and 2 turns to win.

[Gene Mills Fan]

So many good matches and come from behind to win matches and scrambles so involved needing reviews to settle. 

[GrandOlm]

David Ovaspyan loses 1-1 in the first or second round for the 120th time in a row. 

I don't know how the Stekenburg brothers convinced the stingy Dutch federation to give them indefinite blank checks. They compete at everything and they still haven't medaled (or made the olympics) at any major tournament, despite being in their mid 20s. 

 

Edited Saturday at 04:23 AM by GrandOlm

[GrandOlm]

Artur lost. A series of bad moments have cost him titles. Take downs from neutral, here giving up a score after being on top from par tere. He's a legend and a great wrestler, but he's not clutch. Rescinded a lot of silverware from the jaws of victory. 

Sargsyan looked livid with himself. The coaches wont be happy with that performance. 

Russia doing better than they have recently (which is horrible by their standards), but nowhere near the dominating force that they once were. Hungary and Armenia doing well. 

I can't confidently say that any of the champions here would be favorites against the world (at the premier weights) besides 87 kg, which illuminates Europe's fall from the pedestal of Greco. 

[Jason Bryant]

David Ovaspyan loses 1-1 in the first or second round for the 120th time in a row. 
I don't know how the Stekenburg brothers convinced the stingy Dutch federation to give them indefinite blank checks. They compete at everything and they still haven't medaled (or made the olympics) at any major tournament, despite being in their mid 20s. 
 

Tyrone wrestling for a medal. Would be the first for the Dutch in Greco at Euros since 1937 …

[GrandOlm]

3 hours ago, Jason Bryant said:

Tyrone wrestling for a medal. Would be the first for the Dutch in Greco at Euros since 1937 …

And looks like he lost (phew). They are not terrible wrestlers who don't belong out there, but they are at that gatekeeper level where if you want a gold you should probably beat them comfortably and if you want to medal at all then they're the level of wrestler you should beat. 

There's two of them and if they keep sending them to every event for the next decade, yea they could win a bronze or silver at euros or something like that just by probability and the amount of chances. I'm just surprised the Dutch are investing so much in two brothers who realistically might never sniff an Olympic podium. They Dutch are not generous federation like the Polish or Spanish or Americans which will send near full teams and some no hopers who get 10-0'd year after year. 

 

[GrandOlm]

Milov won. The rare homegrown ethnic Bulgarian medalist makes an appearance. Why was he at 130kg at the olympics? Trying to be fill the mediocre super heavyweight slot at the games? He was never going to beat Mirazadeh or Lopez and he doesn't have the offense to score against the big guys. 1-1 his way to a medal while avoiding those two was the plan? Just seems weird. Was he injured and that's why they didn't try to qualify 97 kg with him?

Aleksanjan forfeited his bronze match. He's one of the the worst losers in the sport, always blames refs or injustice for any defeat. I've seen him complain to judges after sneakily grabbing a leg to prevent a score. Was he actually or injured or just his ego was bruised.  

Why was there a double gold lol, I'll have to look into that.