Really feel terrible for Stevan I think he had a great chance of winning it all again and his post was quite sad. That being said I think it really is spencers to lose at this point now. He will still have to deal with Higuchi but Rei's main offense is a left single and as long as spencer can keep that on the mat I just don't see Rei scoring a ton of points there given spencer's low leg defense. I am still very bullish on Haryutunyan as well and Abakarov but I think Stevans style and frame were going to give spencer the biggest headache.
Wishing Stevan a speedy recovery and hope that his transition to 65kg for 2028 goes well (he has mentioned moving up after this olympics). He should feel much better at that weight.
I am inclined to believe Amit will have a pretty large size advantage in this one. The Turkish girl is coming up in weight and Amit is coming down, let's just hope she's good to go off the scale.
Thats really sad news for him wishing a speedy recovery. Given how close it is to competing I'm wondering if it was not allowing him to get the weight off more than it is a serious injury although freak things happen.
would not hate Guchi off the scale Id obviously much rather him have a cake walk draw but I think Guchi match 1 is probably at his weakest although they have like 4.5 hours off the scale which is insane.
Not sure what this means if anything for his recruiting obviously they work pretty closely with Cornell guys/ex guys, but David Carr is also with them.
thats the difference with the olympics, you are hard pressed to find someone who is not at least talented and savy. You get guys at worlds that are just not on the level.
his neutral game from his feet I think is the best in the world once the knees touch though things get dicey for him. I like that hes still like 24 so I imagine hes still getting better but having never shown he can win it is concerning.
I dont really know if I see him getting by mason I think zare is the biggest lock ahead of kyle and Taz personally. Harutunyan is +2000 in my book if he can avoid guchi and spencer I think he has a shot his par tear is just really bad.
I put some on kiyooka and Azarpira as well I think i got him at +900 I put a little on zhamalov +500 but I may have to go back in with tsabalov in the field now at 74 also nothing at 86 or 125 kinda bummed brooks is only +150 was hoping to go heavy on yaz at like even and hedge with brooks.
Flo has really pushed the agenda that he is a contender. While he has not lost in his small sample of senior level matches, he has by no means looked good to me and I think all his competitions have been +2kg.
Definitely the practical take. Where they end up weight wise will be huge obviously too. Blaze and Jax may be two of the likely candidates but I could see them both at 141/149. Lockett and Duke could be the same weight as well.
I was reading the Coleman to Ohio State thread and its implications on Jax and it just made me think about all these kids right now that feel like they could instantly change the trajectory of a program. Thinking of 2024-2027 you have these guys I'm probably missing some. If I were to set an over under as crazy as it seems Id probably go 3.5.
Blaze
Jax
Lilledahl
Bo
Duke
Melvin Miller
Connor Mirasola
Dee lockett
Davino
I always refrain from DK for straight bets Ill use them for DFS betrivers is offering me a 180 cash out on Spencer for a 75 dollar bet because I got him at +600.
Tech had 3 finalists at fargo for their 2025 class in Ryan Burton, Aaron Seidel and Drew gorman the two former won the entire thing. Add that in with top recruits from this year like Gage Wright and Dillon campbell and things are looking good for the Hoakies.
I don't know if any of you guys are betting men like me but I would be remised if I did not inform you all that you can get spencer at +600 Amouzad at +700 and Ochir at +1300 on betrivers.
extremely bummed we did not get to see the bouzakis finals matchup but if he beats Jimenez he still will have beaten 5 nationally ranked guys in a row at 157 which he's probably small for right now.
edit: checkout Aaron stewarts run at 165 in u16's he has actually been rag dolling people.
I remember the hype around this match being insane however there were a lot of factors going on. This was Chances first tournament of the year and he was up a weight. Wiercoch was a 2x state champ and 3x finalist coming into it and it was in his home gym at cannon mac. The match certainly lived up to the hype.
He has not given up a point all techs into the fargo semis. He wrestles Maddox shaw there who has also absolutely demolished the competition hes actually been the most impressive wrestler to me because he use to just be a folk guy but he looks super dynamic on his feet a little tOSU vs OSU battle.