Senior worlds predictions

[Lucho]

10 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

Sadulaev (likely) out. Bummer. 
 

 

No Sadulaev means Tazhudinov murders the whole field on his way to gold. For US and Iran, our chance of medalling increased drastically but it also means worse quality wrestling with him out. Of course anything can happen at worlds but Tazhudinov gives off the kind of aura that Sadulaev has and that guy doesn't lose. 

[Truzzcat]

13 hours ago, Lucho said:

No Sadulaev means Tazhudinov murders the whole field on his way to gold. For US and Iran, our chance of medalling increased drastically but it also means worse quality wrestling with him out. Of course anything can happen at worlds but Tazhudinov gives off the kind of aura that Sadulaev has and that guy doesn't lose. 

there was a of sotiev kinda dogging him in training "probably means nothing" but it was enough to give me some hope that Azarpira still stands a chance.

[Irani]

26 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

there was a of sotiev kinda dogging him in training "probably means nothing" but it was enough to give me some hope that Azarpira still stands a chance.

There match in the Olympics was pretty close.

they have both had serious surgeries since then and this will be their first major competition since recovering

[Irani]

On 9/7/2025 at 2:21 PM, bnwtwg said:

Sadulaev (likely) out. Bummer. 
 

 

I just read the article in the Iranian media.  While it's true that he is banned from Schengen countries, Serbia is not part of Schengen.  So Sadulaev will most likely miss the next two European championships, but he should be at the worlds this year in Serbia.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

2 minutes ago, Irani said:

I just read the article in the Iranian media.  While it's true that he is banned from Schengen countries, Serbia is not part of Schengen.  So Sadulaev will most likely miss the next two European championships, but he should be at the worlds this year in Serbia.

... but Croatia is Schengen

[Irani]

1 minute ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

... but Croatia is Schengen

LOL, I don't know why I thought the games were in Serbia.  Never mind

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

11 minutes ago, Irani said:

LOL, I don't know why I thought the games were in Serbia.  Never mind

Yes, I figured!

I kid, but I figure Micic would be wrestling if it were in Serbia.

[Irani]

47 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Yes, I figured!

I kid, but I figure Micic would be wrestling if it were in Serbia.

Someone got banned on another wrestling board for bringing up the unusual success of the Serbian team at the las world championship, so it's best to stay off that topic.

[mattramosjr]

is micic wrestling? Or no?

[bnwtwg]

5 minutes ago, mattramosjr said:

is micic wrestling? Or no?

No. Still recovering from blowing his knee out last year just before the olympics.

[bnwtwg]

9 minutes ago, Irani said:

Someone got banned on another wrestling board for bringing up the unusual success of the Serbian team at the las world championship, so it's best to stay off that topic.

Nothing will ever top Kazakhstan taking home 2nd in the team race when they hosted in 2019. Not even Micic getting a 14 kg allowance! (there is not enough tin foil in the world for me to actually believe that conspiracy btw)

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

Nothing will ever top Kazakhstan taking home 2nd in the team race when they hosted in 2019. Not even Micic getting a 14 kg allowance! (there is not enough tin foil in the world for me to actually believe that conspiracy btw)

Dream draws for everyone.  It was impressive.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

Nothing will ever top Kazakhstan taking home 2nd in the team race when they hosted in 2019. Not even Micic getting a 14 kg allowance! (there is not enough tin foil in the world for me to actually believe that conspiracy btw)

In the 90s, it seemed like the home nation always did better than expected.  This is generally to be expected, but as much as I liked Angle,,, Jadidi wins the 96 final in Iran (or maybe anywhere outside of US).

The draws in Kazakhstan were nuts.

[wrestlingfan22]

57:

Gold: Lee

Silver: Harutyunyan

Bronze: RBY

Bronze: Aman

 

61:

Gold: Abakarov

Silver: Suda

Bronze: Jax

Bronze: Yessengeldi

 

65:

Gold: Kiyooka

Silver: Amouzad

Bronze: Kuular

Bronze: Rivera

 

70:

Gold: Yazdani

Silver: Kaiponov

Bronze: Aoyagi

Bronze: Kazyryk

 

74:

Gold: Valiev

Silver: Sidakov

Bronze: Carr

Bronze: Takahasi

 

79:

Gold: Usmanov

Silver: Nokohdi

Bronze: Gamkrelidze

Bronze: Mykhailov

 

86: 

Gold: Ghasempour

Silver: Valencia

Bronze: Kadiev

Bronze: Ishiguro

 

92:

Gold: Firouzpour

Silver: Hidlay

Bronze: Kurugliev

Bronze: Akturk

 

97:

Gold: Tazhudinov

Silver: Sadulaev?/Azarpira

Bronze: Azarpira/Yoshida

Bronze: Snyder

 

125:

Gold: Zare

Silver: Munkhtur

Bronze: Hendrickson

Bronze: Sharipov

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

Have RBY and Cruz wrestled in free?

[Gus]

On 9/3/2025 at 12:04 PM, Gus said:

Predictions will be biased for team USA.

57kg 

Gold- Spencer Lee

Silver- Harutyunyan

Bronze- Aman

Bronze- Mekhtikhanov

61kg

Gold- Uguev

Silver- Abakarov

Bronze- Suda

Bronze- Forrest

65kg

Gold- Amouzad

Silver- Kiyooka

Bronze- Sujeet

Bronze- Rivera

70kg

Gold- Kaipanov

Silver- Yazdani

Bronze- Kazyryk

Bronze- Gomez

74kg

Gold- Sidakov

Silver- Valiev

Bronze- Carr

Bronze- Takahashi

79kg

Gold- Nokhodi

Silver- Usmanov

Bronze- Gamkrelidze

Bronze- Haines

86kg

Gold- Valencia

Silver- Ghasempour

Bronze- Kadimagomedov

Bronze- Kadiev

92kg

Gold- Firouzpour

Silver- Hidlay

Bronze- Kurugliev

Bronze-Maisuradze 

97kg

Gold- Tazhudinov

Silver- Sadulaev

Bronze- Azarpira

Bronze- Snyder

125kg-

Gold-Zare

Silver- Hendrickson

Bronze- Meshvilidishvili

Bronze- Sharipov

 

97kg

Gold- Tazhudinov

Silver- Snyder

Bronze- Azarpira

Bronze- Matcharashvili