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It's hard to unsee Brooks being taken down twice by a high schooler. Ringer also threw him for 4, in fact wasn't DT the only person not to take him down? Obviously still great, but gold medal favorite is a little much at this point.

Thanks for sharing the article on Clarke, an impressive person indeed.

What happened to Bajrang for India?

I agree re: MM although like most fans I love his style. It's funny and cute at first, but he can wrestle the same way without the antics that are disrespectful to his opponents. Given how many people he's competed against have an issue with it he needs to realize as much and cut some of that out. Just because you smile while doing it and don't retaliate when someone gets chippy with you doesn't mean you aren't an instigator. When the whistle blows take your foot off the gas my friend...

Did Steiber do it?

I agree that was very nice with the speed an explanations. Lets be honest a lot of us don't know the rules super well in free, so I learned a bit just from the challenge explanations. Plus they showed them on the big screen, all positives which made the whole process less painful and fan-unfriendly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k

That's a confusing one given that they already have two really good 184s, obviously there are going to be some people changing weights.

Agreed, every year offseason freestyle results gets overhyped and you can't extrapolate them to folk. Let's not forget the hype for Carter Young after he beat Seth Gross in free before wrestling a college match - a couple years later and he likely not even a starter on his team.

Didn't hear anything about West hitting the portal, but Markel Baker wrestled his last tourney this year at 133 so maybe he is moving up.

Best case scenario for the US is seeing a Super Saiyan Spencer Lee winning this without being challenged, so I'm voting and rooting for him now that Vito is out.

Rooting for JB, but another big factor is the weight - Jordan simply isn't a 74kg guy anymore and it's probably the toughest cut for all the elite guys. Heck the cut was starting to get the better of him 3-4 years ago and before he moved up. I can't help but think he won't have the some pop and energy after those weigh-ins. Hope I'm wrong though...

Agree completely, greco skills are best suited for HWT. Let's also not forget that Amos has had recent freestyle success as well, sometimes competing in both free & greco and winning both. I like his prospects better at HWT, even if a bit undersized.

Mocco was a finalist his true freshman year.

Yep, if you didn't wrestle or have a kid who wrestled you have no idea how to actually follow a wrestling match. When my nephews started wrestling I had to explain in real time to my family all the various scoring, penalty points and nuances to them - even after half a dozen duals they couldn't grasp most of it. It also made me realize how arbitrary and difficult this sport is to follow for the "casual fan" - they'd often ask why that is and most times I couldn't answer.