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One guy winning at the end doesn't buck a trend. Also, look at that bronze medal match with about 1:50 to go. He is so gassed he is just standing there. Luckily so was his opponent so they are just staring at each other barely even moving they are so gone. That is only 2/3 of the way through the match! How can our team be in that bad of shape?

Go look at Dake's bronze medal match with about 1:50 to go. He is so gassed he is just standing there. Luckily so was his opponent so they are just staring at each other barely even moving they are so gone. That is only 2/3 of the way through the match! How can our team be in that bad of shape?

Yep. We've lost all mental toughness. What a shit show.

It is embarrassing. Kennedy Blades was stopping to adjust her knee pads and hair. Using those old tricks to catch a breather. The whole team looks in poor condition which is one of the problems.

Just watch the Kennedy Blades semi-final. She was pulling the tricks of stopping to adjust her knee pads, her hair. In the end she was just sitting on her butt and the ref had to tell her to get up. How does a USA wrestler have that poor of conditioning. She almost lost that match at the last minute. She was gassed. That is an embarrassment.

I am so so glad someone is saying this. For decades the US has relied on grit and superior conditioning to win matches because our technique is inferior because we don't do freestyle 100% of the time. It looks like we have totally lost that. It looks like our team think they are just as technical and slick as our competition and that still isn't true. It was shameful to watch. Our team gassed at the end in several matches and lost close matches and that just should not happen. Is it because of ego? To many guys who have superior technique in college that come from the Penn State style who don't understand that superior technique in college doesn't mean superior technique on the world stage? I don't know. I do know that there is a problem and the coaching staff needs to be turned over because of it. The team was totally unprepared physically and mentally.