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RBY (Mex) vs Stechel (GER) 1:30 in … 0-0. RBY put on clock. RBY gets to legs and doubles off to get 2 about 3 sec before shot clock expires. And again. Nice and low to leg, double off and lift up. 4-0. Going to 2nd period. St gets to legs, whizzer and kick out by RBY, quick reattack by RBY but St hops away. To feet, snap by RBY, St head stuck under. R spin behind. 6-0 and again. 8-0. Funny how RBY slaps St arm forward to prevent blocking the spin behind. Single leg up. Finishes. How not 10-0???? Did I miss a TD no call??!! 8-0?? Second go behind a replay? LOL maybe. WTF? No matter, last TD. 10-0

Harutunyun (ARM) looked very good vs Ukraine. Sweet ankle picks and transition to lace on the last one. RBY up now on A.

Musk was so clearly stuck but ref out of position. Gets teched anyway.

Kinda wished I had looked at D3’s post last night. Long time before USA wrestles. Could of caught some more Zzzzs.

Flo posted on insta that semis start at 12pm eastern. Has there been a change??? Help. Traveling.

Looks like they pause mats to all go at once. For quarters. Ok.

Parked … watching on phone. Why long break to Jax match?

He did not look good

Hendrickson. V Kurbanov. K gets a leg and H falls to back. Yuck. 0-4. Stuck in a precarious position. Finally bellies down. On feet. H gets to a foot but only a step out. scramble and 2 for K. Fair. H has a foot caught under and across K body. used by K for effect. H being out savied here. Down 1-6 going to Second. Wyatt gets shot but hoisted way over by K. Four K. 10-2. Challenge Wyatt. Looks bad. To me, Wyatt showing sub par Freestyle acumen. Not all that surprising given he is pretty damn inexperienced with it. Challenge won!! But just 2 red. 8-2. K in. H pulls hard and gets K up for 2. Hard effort there. 4-8 Dig deep Wyatt!! Scramble. Tries head punch but tired and not close and slips off. K gets behind and 2 turns. 4-14 tech. Yuck.

Let’s go Jax. Vs South Korea. Jax looking thin and wirey. Jax in and switches hold to get TD. Tries lace but not given as go OOB. And a big 4 off a double!!! No … only 2? 4-0. scramble, body lock and lift but only 2 as Korea bellies down. 6-0 Jax showing great variety. 30 sec left in period. Jax finger / hand hurting. Waving it. But then goes in for TD. 8-0 going to second. Wyatt up. Hurry Jax! and TD!! Thanks Jax!! 10-0

Texts working great for me.

Zahid drops to legs, TD and w laces. Go behind. 8-0. Tries gut but gets sloppy, pauses. No turn. Shots, trying to end it. India blocking off. Shots are not getting penetration. Lowering quite a bit. Gets low to a sweep low single to his left. Gets ankle and the TD. 10-0 Zahid!!

I tried to be there, with son and friend. Guessed the wrong weekend though based on past history - men’s freestyle on second weekend. Screwed that up!! Couldn’t make it work.

Gomez winning 5-2. Ref has to cajole Turkey to mat after break. Double by Gomez 7-2. Single to double. 9-2. And snap go behind. 11-2. Ankle lace. 13-2. Made it look quite easy.

And CP on D now. Interesting.

Is that Kozak as the announcer in A?

Little Yaz got teched at 70kg by AZE!!

PJ on offense. Looks good. 1-0. Using 2 on 1. 2-0 with second push out. And another. 3-0. China fires, Duke with a drag type move to get behind with leg in. Leg is hooked by China. Cranks a turn. 7-0. Tried a half to pin but no go. Love it. 2nd period. Again drag to TD and then a quick turn! 11-0!!

First match on C - missed names. At end, red takes a clear lung time out. Then has to get 2 in about 20 sec. Gets behind, blue in quad pod, red bumps him forward while lifting … not surprisingly goes OOB. Blue gets a fleeing call. Red wins with that. Clever.

Jumped into the new bracket look and feel for Flo. Replacing Arena. Have signed up for the free alerts for the 4 weight classes on day 1. Will be doing a bit of traveling and visiting people … hope to use the text alerts to give me a chance to find a bit of space to watch a few matches. So far, looks pretty cool.

Carr has to beat Valiev and Sidakov (assuming they roll) to even get to the finals. Tough draw. Rooting for him!!!

What the hell is this fox nation thing?

Joe Herman - Long Island guy.

A. Youth - through high school are incentivized and encouraged to play multiple sports — some perhaps competitively, others more relaxed. Results in less ‘Awesomeness’ in sports and less competitive at international events. Or B. Youth specialize in one sport. Get awesome at it. Level of play much higher. Do great at international level events. As a fan, B has many perks. But as a member of a society - I wonder if A is the better approach for the overall well being of the society. More interchange of experiences, people. Healthier bodies. More diverse experiences and lessons learned. Thoughts?

Fair point! I will read better. Still feel he is far from a lock though. To many recent losses. Glad for your optimism.