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[grogs84]

In an attempt to keep my self sane and use some of the things I have to at work for a good cause I've set out to do some research on wrestling. I've been working with @Wrestleknownothing and @cowcards on some NCAA results, more on that later. But...the world championship previews and in particular the discussions of athletes that have moved across weight classes had me wondering how common that is? And who does it the most? And is there anything we can learn from it? I haven't yet answered those questions, but I manged to mangle together some results from UWW results ( ~8,000). I put them in a network connecting wrestlers by bouts and then ran some algorithms to group them. No surprise the clusters mostly aligned to weight classes. I need to dig a little deeper, but, I find the non olympic weights interesting to look at and see how those wrestlers have moved around over the years.

https://medium.com/@mattgrogan/the-united-world-wrestling-graph-2018-2025-4f9e1f9119fe

[Mr. PeanutButter]

Hey man, this is super interesting and I look forward to digging into the article soon but quick impression, the graph is a little difficult to read, at least on a phone. I'm having a hard time fully appreciating how much "spillage" there is between weightclasses, particularly in the upper weights. I'll try at a desktop soon, maybe that's all the issues.

Don't mean to be critical! Please keep this up! Super awesome work 

[grogs84]

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I'll try at a desktop soon, maybe that's all the issues.

Well, it's a screen shot of a screen shot. I really wanted it to me much more crisp. I haven't figured out how to get nice images from my little front end tool. But it is on my to do list!

Edited Saturday at 08:30 PM by grogs84

[grogs84]

[grogs84]

 

From Cadets to Contenders: Spencer Lee and the Rise of U.S. Wrestling’s Next Generation

The U.S. men’s U20 team just dominated worlds. A decade earlier, Spencer Lee was doing the same in age-group championships. What links those moments isn’t just talent — it’s a rebuilt system that now produces wrestlers who matter most in the global network of competition.

https://medium.com/@mattgrogan/from-cadets-to-contenders-spencer-lee-and-the-rise-of-u-s-wrestlings-next-generation-671c6860d362

[Mr. PeanutButter]

51 minutes ago, grogs84 said:

 

From Cadets to Contenders: Spencer Lee and the Rise of U.S. Wrestling’s Next Generation

The U.S. men’s U20 team just dominated worlds. A decade earlier, Spencer Lee was doing the same in age-group championships. What links those moments isn’t just talent — it’s a rebuilt system that now produces wrestlers who matter most in the global network of competition.

https://medium.com/@mattgrogan/from-cadets-to-contenders-spencer-lee-and-the-rise-of-u-s-wrestlings-next-generation-671c6860d362

This is awesome. Poor Bazarganov has been getting beat up by everybody it seems like. I believe Lilledahl beat him recently as well