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Same. I’m using it now to watch the Oklahoma - Central Michigan dual from the other night.

You are? I am not

Didn't Ghasempour reportedly tear both groins before worlds?

Agree 100%

Yes sir! Strongly considered the D3/NAIA offers that I had but felt like it would not be in my best interest since I wanted to pursue engineering. It all worked out though.

I was thinking Picklo would make a jump this year. Maybe not… he has all the stuff(strength, flexibility, athleticism) to be very good just hasn’t quite put it all together yet.

Anyone that has dealt with state or federal accounts at work know how much waste there is. It is pretty sickening to see how tax dollars get spent. I get calls from school districts that have a "bucket of money" with excess in it at the end of there fiscal year and they ask us to come up with ways in which they can spend it. If they don't spend the money this year, their budget will decrease the next year so they come up with "creative" ways to spend the money. Here is a true story and a small example used to illustrate the larger issue. There was a post office in rural South Dakota that had an overhead interior lighting fixture fail. Since the post office is a federal account, the contractor doing the work needed to be associated with a particular union that was partnered with the federal government. Rather than call a local electrician that could swap out the lighting fixture in a couple of hours, the post office had to wait 2 weeks for a union electrician to fly in from Tennessee, rent a car, drive 3 hours to the rural post office, stay the night in a hotel and perform the work. A simple project that should have taken a couple hours and cost a couple hundred dollars for the local electrician ended up costing tax payers around $7,000.

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/7985043-my-greatest-loss-shane-sparks

Beating a Smith in anything should be considered an athletic achievement.

No D1 offers for me. Wanted to study mechanical engineering so did not want to go D2/D3/NAIA route which were the only schools that recruited me. No club wrestling team at my college but that would have been fun.

I think just James Green was unable to compete at 65kg due to not making the USA team. Stieber and Zain both made a US Team at 65kg. Who else are you talking about?

Some guys that have had success at other weights that have competed at 65kg: Zain Retherford (65kg no medals, 70kg 1 gold, 1 silver), Aliyev (65kg 1 silver, 61kg 3 gold, 57kg 1 bronze), Yazdani (65kg 1 silver, 70kg 1 silver), Niyazbekov (65kg 1 silver, 55kg 1 bronze), Chakaev (65kg 1 bronze, 61kg bronze), Rashidov (65kg 1 gold, 61 kg 2 silver), Chamizo (65kg 1 bronze, 1 70kg gold, 1 74kg silver), James Green (65kg no medals, 70kg 1 silver, 1 bronze), Gadzhiev (65kg 1 silver, 70kg 1 gold, 1 bronze), Iakobishvili (65kg 1 gold, 70kg 3 bronze), Logan Stieber (65kg no medals, 61kg 1 gold). It is a mixed bag as to whether they performed better or worse at 65kg compared to other weights. That being said, many of athletes that have competed at 65kg have had success at other weights.

I guess so.. I was hoping to watch the great American hero run around the arena at NCAA's waving an American flag.

Probably should throw Arnold-Ferrari-Kueter in the mix as well.

I was following you haha. He wrestles for Cormier at Gilroy so it should not be surprising that he is going to OK State.

With Carrol there, you would assume that he is looking at 197 right?

Starocci is the biggest lock

Big get for John Smith and the Cowboys. Merrill is one of the last key pieces left in the 2024 recruiting class. Projects at 197/HWT. Currently ranked #1 at 220 and top 10 P4P.

Hasn't Rocky always wrestled 92kg internationally? Makes me think that he will stick with 197 for his whole career. If he intends to keep competing at 92kg he would definitely be in the thick of it for making the US World team.

Updated with Olympic results added from 2020 (really 2021). Conclusion: 65 kg is the only weight without a champion winning back-to-back years. 65kg also has the lowest number of wrestlers placing multiple times (4). Of the wrestlers that have placed multiple times, 65kg also has the lowest number of total medals (10) from the multiple time placers. Thus, we can deduce that 65kg has the most parity of all the Olympic weights. 57kg 2018: Uguev, Sanayev, Takahashi/Atli 2019: Uguev, Atli, Dahiya/Sanyev 2020: Uguev, Kumar, Sanayev/Gilman 2021: Gilman, Sarlak, Tsiutryn/Lehr 2022: Abakarov, Gilman, Zanabazar/Micic 2023: Micic, Higuchi, Abakarov/Harutyunyan We have one three-peat champion in Uguev (3 gold). We have 5 others that placed multiple times in Sanayev (1 silver, 2 bronze), Atli (1 silver, 1 bronze), Gilman (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Abakarov ( 1 gold, 1 bronze), Micic (1 gold, 1 bronze). 65kg 2018: Otoguro, Bajrang, Valdes/Chakaev 2019: Rashidov, Niyazbekov, Muszukajev/Bajrang 2020: Otoguro, Aliyev, Rashidov/Bajrang 2021: Shakhiev, Yazdani, Osmonov/Tulga 2022: Amouzad, Yianni, Muszukajev/Bajrang 2023: Muszukajev, Riveria, Mamedov/Tevanyan No repeat champions but Otoguro won two titles (2 gold). 3 other wrestlers that have placed multiple times: Muszukajev (1 gold, 2 bronze), Rashidov (1 gold, 1 bronze) and Bajrang (3 Bronze). 74kg 2018: Sidakov, Kentchadze, Burroughs/Abdurakhmonov 2019: Sidakov, Chamizo, Kaisanov/Burroughs 2020:Sidakov, Kadzimahamedau, Dake/Abdurakhmonov 2021: Dake, Salkazanov, Bizhoev/Eryilmaz 2022: Dake, Salkazanov, Enami/Demirtas 2023: Sidakov, Dake, Takatani/Tsabolov We had 1 guy three-peat: Sidakov (4 gold) and 1 repeat: Dake (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 Bronze) as champions. Additionally, we had 3 others place multiple times in Burroughs (2 bronze), Abdurakhmonov (2 bronze) and Salkazanov (2 silver). 86kg 2018: DT, Erdin, Friev/Yazdani 2019: Yazdani, Punia, Naifonov/Reichmuth 2020: DT, Yazdani, Naifonov/Amine 2021: Yazdani, DT, Abakarov/Naifonov 2022: DT, Yazdani, Dauletbekov/Makojev 2023: DT, Yazdani, Dauletbekov/Amine We had 2 guys repeat as champs in Yazdani (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and DT (3 gold, 1 silver). 3 others place multiple times in Naifonov (3 bronze), Amine (2 bronze) & Dauletbekov (2 bronze). 97kg 2018: Sadulaev, Snyder, Odikadze/Conyedo 2019: Sadulaev, Sharifov, Nurov/Snyder 2020: Sadulaev, Snyder, Salas/Conyedo 2021: Sadulaev, Snyder, Goleij/Zakariiev 2022: Snyder, Tsakulov, Magomedov/Matcharashvili 2023: Tazhudinov, Magodedov, Matcharashvili/Synder We have one four-peat champion in Sadulaev. 4 others placed multiple times in Snyder (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), Magomedov (1 silver, 1 bronze), Matcharachvili (2 bronze), Conyedo (2 bronze). 125kg 2018: Petriashvili, Deng, Hadi/Gwiazdowski 2019: Petriashvili, Akgul, Deng/Khotsianivski 2020: Steveson, Petriashvili, Zare/Akgul 2021: Zare, Petriashvili, Lkhagvagerel/Akgul 2022: Akgul, Lkhagvagerel, Petriashvili/Zare 2023: Zare, Petriashvili, Akgul/Parris We have one repeat champ in Petriashvili (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) and one with multiple titles with years between in Zare (2 gold, 2 bronze). 3 others placed multiple times in Deng (1 silver, 1 bronze), Akgul (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) & Lkhagvegerel (1 silver, 1 bronze).

Ramos placed lower than his NCAA counterpart (Brayden Palmer UTC) in the tournament. Has to count for something.

57kg 2018: Uguev, Sanayev, Takahashi/Atli 2019: Uguev, Atli, Dahiya/Sanyev 2021: Gilman, Sarlak, Tsiutryn/Lehr 2022: Abakarov, Gilman, Zanabazar/Micic 2023: Micic, Higuchi, Abakarov/Harutyunyan We have one repeat champion in Uguev (2 gold). We have 5 others that placed multiple times in Sanayev (1 silver, 1 bronze), Atli (1 silver, 1 bronze), Gilman (1 gold, 1 silver), Abakarov ( 1 gold, 1 bronze), Micic (1 gold, 1 bronze). 86kg 2018: DT, Erdin, Friev/Yazdani 2019: Yazdani, Punia, Naifonov/Reichmuth 2021: Yazdani, DT, Abakarov/Naifonov 2022: DT, Yazdani, Dauletbekov/Makojev 2023: DT, Yazdani, Dauletbekov/Amine We had 2 guys repeat as champs in Yazdani (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and DT (3 gold, 1 silver). 2 others place multiple times in Naifonov (2 bronze) & Dauletbekov (2 bronze). 97kg 2018: Sadulaev, Snyder, Odikadze/Conyedo 2019: Sadulaev, Sharifov, Nurov/Snyder 2021: Sadulaev, Snyder, Goleij/Zakariiev 2022: Snyder, Tsakulov, Magomedov/Matcharashvili 2023: Tazhudinov, Magodedov, Matcharashvili/Synder We have one three-peat champion in Sadulaev. 3 others placed multiple times in Snyder (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), Magomedov (1 silver, 1 bronze), Matcharachvili (2 bronze). 125kg 2018: Petriashvili, Deng, Hadi/Gwiazdowski 2019: Petriashvili, Akgul, Deng/Khotsianivski 2021: Zare, Petriashvili, Lkhagvagerel/Akgul 2022: Akgul, Lkhagvagerel, Petriashvili/Zare 2023: Zare, Petriashvili, Akgul/Parris We have two repeat champs in Petriashvili (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Zare (2 gold, 1 bronze). 3 others placed multiple times in Deng (1 silver, 1 bronze), Akgul (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) & Lkhagvegerel (1 silver, 1 bronze).

Let's compare with 74kg 2018: Sidakov, Kentchadze, Burroughs/Abdurakhmonov 2019: Sidakov, Chamizo, Kaisanov/Burroughs 2021: Dake, Salkazanov, Bizhoev/Eryilmaz 2022: Dake, Salkazanov, Enami/Demirtas 2023: Sidakov, Dake, Takatani/Tsabolov We had 2 guys repeat as champions in Sidakov and Dake. Additionally, we had 2 others place multiple times in Burroughs (2x) and Salkazanov (2x).

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