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I don't know of any specifics, but he talked recently about having nerve and stinger issues. Plus he had surgery late last year for his hand/fingers I believe. Now maybe he's fully healed and I sure hope so, but it just seems like he hasn't been right since he won Worlds. Couple all that with the time off and I just don't feel like we'll see peak Vito at Final X. But I'm 100% speculating and that's not fair, should have clarified that.

Give me Forrest over Vito, too much time off the mat for Vito and quite frankly I'm not sure he'll be 100% (or even 80%) fully healthy again. Hope to be wrong and we see peak Vito.

How can we have a mat this bad for the World Team Trials? People have been consistently losing their footing all day.

Another wrinkle is that Alvarez beat Williams in the bloodround at NCAAs this year

Duke looked quite a bit bigger than Miller to me, I wonder if his days at 70kg (and 157 in folk) are numbered.

Sure can, Maple and Dom were in his corner

Even better yet, have PJ Duke sign an NIL deal with Randolph & Mortimer Duke. Frozen concentrated orange juice futures could use a marketing boost.

Starocci just did it last year

I'm guessing he walks around quite a bit over 174 and cutting hinders his plan to be a proper 86kg wrestler for 2028.

Disagree here, Dake and especially Taylor used to attend all sorts of events they didn't have to. As DT got older he competed less but was pretty active for a good chunk of his career. Lest we forget the Spanish Grand Prix jokes?

Caleb Smith was a transfer from Appalachian State, before that they had Liam Cronin as a transfer. So their 125 pounders have been transfers for what, the last 4 years?

What are the IOC regulations here? From the Flo article, it seems the "only transfer countries once" is a UWW thing and not an IOC thing. If that is true, maybe UWW gives them a one-time exemption for this given the national governing bodies change of heart.

Can someone provide a link or summary to what this decision is? Thanks

I'm more confused how Randleman has 17% of the votes, he had a loss and all regular decisions at NCAAs. There's 4 undefeated guys this year.

I know he had a losing record, but how did Branch do at Big 12s? If he wasn't the "last place" qualifier at his conference he could have avoided the 32/33