He looked like skeletor at 57 kg and had nothing on the mat. I think he either needs to bump up to 61kg or go the MMA route. Sad to see such an energetic wrestler melt like wax on the mat.
Let's be realistic - the average American still has no idea who she is. I doubt you're going to see her doing many national endorsements and getting any significant come. Men's wrestling is a niche sport and women's wrestling is probably 1/100 of what men's is in this country.
This. There are 35 swimming events in the Olympics, and a swimmer could theoretically swim in 18 of the 35 events. Even if a wrestler could wrestle both freestyle and greco at most they could win 2 medals per Olympics.
She just won the gold medal but is not on a college roster. She would obviously get a full scholarship to the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes. Any reason why she isn't wrestling on the NCAA level too?
Brooks has been outspoken in his Christianity and has explicitly disavowed Mohammed. Yazdani is obviously Muslim. Would a Brooks Yazdani matchup have some extra religious fervor behind it?