now knowing we have a guy at each weight how many medals are we walking away with? I firmly believe we can medal at all 6 weights and potentially gold at 5 of 6
Zain navigating 65 will be a tall task as we saw he lost to ochir but that match feels like one he can win and ochir is one of the best. A guy like Amouzad seems like a pretty good matchup for Zain and I think he could melt musakaev if the refs don't let him take too many lung injury times. Unfortunately you toss in with those guys Dudaev, Kiyooka, Tevanyan, Mamedov you could potentially see zain have to win 3-4 toss up matches in a row but something he can do for sure.
Spencer will need to be on his offense. A guy like Micic seems like a difficult matchup he will get to Spencers legs and can finish as well as anyone but if he can give himself 1,2,3 chances in par tear he can end a match against anyone.
I think its Dake Sidakov pt 2 but it would be naive to pencil either guy in 100% with how good that weight is.
Assuming AB goes I think he wins. As much as I think some of the stuff he says is rather dumb he very well may be the best wrestler at any weight in the world right now.
Sadulaev did not look as good as I expect him to be at Russian nationals which leads me to believe worlds may have not just been the neck issue. Taz is the man to beat until proven otherwise but I have more faith Snyder can make adjustments on his finishes to avoid giving up 4's against him then watching him lose to Sadulaev when he was at his best in seemingly the same way each time so I think he has a shot to win it all this year especially as good as he looked against Trumble. Azarpir will also be a huge threat he beat Snyder at a ranking series last fall but this weight feels extremely top heavy so hopefully he can snag a good draw.
I cannot see Mason beating Zare right now but he beats anyone else in the world in my opinion. Matchup wise Munkthur from Mongolia scares me a bit because I think he can match masons athleticism but I think he beats Geno the next time they wrestle and luckily Iran can only send one of Zare or Masoumi.
My prediction 4 golds 1 silver 1 bronze.