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He’s the review guy for all the tournaments I’ve been to. It seems like that’s his job with UWW. Attend events and review/announce the challenges. I don’t think he is the only one that decides the outcome. I’ve always seen a couple other people that watch the video with him, but I don’t know what that actual process is. I don’t always agree with the calls, but he does a good job of showing and explaining what is called.

He doesn’t have to be at the same institution. He can be at Oklahoma and transfer to Iowa and compete.

The same reasons any organization or government has rules that they don't enforce. They have to in case they ever feel like it and it gives the appearance that they power/control and everything is fair.

Some of you people are going to hate seeing what Burroughs, Dake, and Taylor’s pre-senior world success looked like if you don’t think big gains and success can be had that’s not a 15x world champ by the time their 20.

What’s your list of questions left? I used to interpret NCAA rules from time to time.

NCAA bylaw 14.5.5.2 allows a wrestler to compete in the spring as long as they didn’t compete for the previous institution during the fall.

As long as the grad transfer rule provided is accurate, it means grad transfers can enter as soon as the fall term starts for their institution and have to be in the portal by the time the wrestling window closes.

I’ve never heard Burroughs commentate before because I’ve always been at any events he has done, which Jason has always been the in arena announcer. This, Jason is the only JB I ever hear.

Vito Pantaleo Burroughs (i haven't seen him say he was retired) Valencia

Caster Semenya and she hasn't been able to compete for a couple years in her normal events because of her testosterone levels. She has tried other events where there is no testosterone level requirements, but hasn't met the same success.

For anyone wondering, Axente is ok. Nothing broken or anything.

It doesn’t help that the expectations are way out of whack and we can’t admit how much draw matters when you aren’t the #1 guy.

If Bball wins then the US and China will tie for golds.

China is done, I think, with 2 more golds than the US currently. The US could get 4 more (volleyball, wrestling, w bball, and cycling).

Japan isn’t all of a sudden good at wrestling. They’ve been a top-4 team for more than this past Olympic cycle. 2024- 1st medals/1st gold 2023- 2nd medals/1st gold 2022- 2nd in medals/tied 1st gold 2021- 4th in medals/tied 2nd gold They’ve been ahead or tied with the US, Russia, Iran multiple times. Looking at their finalists this year: Higuchi was a a former world champ/olympic silver Kiyooka beat a former world/olympic champ to make the team Takayuki is a world bronze Fumita is an Olympic silver/2x world champ Kusaka is a world bronze Fujinami is a multiple world champ Sakurai is a world champ Motoki is a world silver Kagami is a world champ All of those results are during this cycle. Only one of those moves up more than 1 spot and that’s Kusaka going from bronze to gold. In men’s wrestling they are alway really good from 74 and down. With the Olympics and less weights it makes them more likely to have a better than normal result. If you’d take off your USA glasses for a minute you’d see they have the better team this year. Hell, the best wrestler in the world (Susaki) coming in didn’t even make the finals! It could’ve been even better.

Another 2 exposure. It was right if you gave Dudaev 2 exposure prior to that

Anyone that wrestles in the Olympics is not allowed to wrestle in Worlds this year.

They didn’t disallow the challenge, the coaches cancelled it. The rule is actually straight forward. If the wrestler who initiates the action steps out in the process of a TD, then it is still a TD. Dake had a TD and the challenge would’ve failed and put Dake back in the lead. It was a good call not to.

This. The coaches were challenging the step out point because the point originally never went on the board until later after the sequence. I’m not sure if 2 of the refs even put up a point for it. I believe they even started wrestling again before it was on the board. Then the coaches challenge, but action had restarted and Dake was taken down soon after the challenge. Coaches were upset that the point went on the board, but also said that the challenge wasn’t acknowledged and subsequently Dake gave up another 2. So Dake is yelling about the TD as a challenge and the coaches are yelling about the step out and sequence after that.

She was moving everything they were checking, so that’s a great first sign. Hopefully, it’s nothing crazy and she recovers quickly.

Not to get in the way of a good whine, but Kyle has only been in the bronze match 2x in his World/Olympic career. He has more silvers and golds than his bronze appearances. So Kyle “Finalist” Snyder, who is in the finals almost 80% of the time he competes, is a more apt nickname. Maybe by the next Olympics you can switch it though.

Haha. It’s red. Rouge (sp?)

I mean Artur Aleksanyan took his medal off immediately and didn’t get in any pictures after they got off the stand. Even left the mat early while they were taking pics. I want to make clear I am not stating any opinion on Spencer’s actions. Just pointing this out since you asked about other silver medalists.

I read this as @Jason Bryant. He’s the only announcer I ever hear.

I don’t understand the disappointment in not getting a gold (yet). There was only one guy that was favored to win his weight and he got beat by a better guy today. It happens. We could still potentially get 5 medals out of 6 weights. That’s damn good. If you can look at it objectively: 57 - was never the favorite, randomly drawn in, and in his first big international competition at the senior level. Looks to be 50/50 with the former world champ and Olympic silver/gold. 65- TBD, but definitely not the favorite. In that 3/5 range where draw matters. Also going down in weight where he doesn’t ever look as good. 74 - favorite that was wrestled pretty perfectly and ends up with bronze (probably) 86 - never the favorite over Yazdani but a couple seconds from the finals. In that 2/5th range where draw matters. First big senior international competition. 97 - TBD, not the favorite, but capable of winning. 125 - not the favorite and in that 3/5 range where draw matters. Wrestled a bad match and that was it. When you’re in that range where you have to be on against good guys, you are going to have this type of thing happen here and there. If you’re on you have the chance to pull an upset and make the finals.