Jason Bryant

No, because that word, too, is completely stupid. The difference is one of those stupid words is an actual term that I must say - the other isn't.

Full consolations in combat sports is pretty much just an American concept. There isn't a push for this (and hasn't been) other than my published pitch for the repechage to expand to at least the semifinal losers to wrestle out to eight spots for potential qualification purposes back in 2013. Although I do find it amusing that you titled this the same way I explain repechage when not in a professional setting. "A French word that means ... completely stupid." I'd prefer a full consolation, but it's not something the international federations seem interested in to even bring it up for consideration. From a timing situation, international matches average about 5 bouts an hour, so how many more matches are you going to add on the four mat (won't be changing) format?

Completely happened.

What was mysterious about it?

Bey gets the US off to a good start with a win at 77.

It was a close call, but it was the red wrestler's counter, grabbing blue's arm and pulling her towards the mat. They reviewed a number of angles and it was very close, but was two. Sucks for Dom. Veteran move by the 2x world champ. Blue didn't regain control before time expired.

One is you don't show up, the other is you lose in the mat ... via an injury.

He didn't medically forfeit. He lost via injury, which isn't the same thing. But it's kinda moot, since he didn't weight in.

Wiebe was doing men's freestyle. Focken is doing women's freestyle.

Aline Focken, German Olympic Champion from Tokyo.

He did not.

When they win those bouts, my scripting is instructed to say "XXXX receives a quota as an Independent athlete"

They're different events, thus, records are kept differently for those events. This isn't a sport that's good with assumptions.

Espinal was in the Olympics, not the World Championships.

But not like this ... sorry, couldn't resist.

Hazard is on "team correct" not "team bowling"

Yeah, gonna disagree there. He caught the singlet TWICE in the sequence, the first one was about 12-13 seconds to go, then Aliev called attention to it, then they circled again and the Mongolian caught it again (fool me once). I'd say inadvertent if it was once, but he did it twice and watching his hands almost fish for it on the second watch made me agree with the call, despite not really liking it.

Hazard is on the mic this session. Wasn't me.

No, Tonya Verbeek is on the Iowa staff.

Erica Wiebe, 2016 Olympic champ.

QF order: 79, 92, 57, 74.

Won Europeans a year or two ago. Has a silver medal at the age group worlds.

quarters will all begin at the same time. So they won't be start one mat without the others.

The Greek is legit Greek.