AnklePicker

Against the Armenian he shoots a single to the guy’s right leg and then kinda pull himself into a head outside hi c finish and against Rahmani he shoots an ankle pick to his right leg. He also missed a single attempt to Rahmani’s right leg where Rahmani ended up scoring on that sweet duck sequence he hit. I think max shoots his traditional single and ankle picks to the guy’s right leg and his knee pull to their left.

Retherford failed to medal? He was a world champ in 2023 and he also placed 2nd in 2022. Stieber also won a world title in 2016. Maybe Im confused?

The Kid,, That is perhaps true. But I’m not so sure. The Japanese U20 men’s team was quite low.

Well the best wrestling country implies all of its people to me. Is Japan the best wrestling country in the world because they won senior worlds one year? We have an easy way to quantify it from U16 on up since there’s a world championship held at those levels.

I figure an average from U17, U20, U23 and seniors is the best measure.

That Japanese dude was bullying guys earlier in the tournament. Not with Luke, in fact Luke not only didn’t give ground he wore him out! His finishes are concise and quick. He wrestled very smart in that world final. Fought just enough defensively and knew when to bail. He’s deceptively good. Making NJ very proud!

I respect GR but I tend to agree. I’ve always thought Greco would make a lot more sense if you were ONLY able to touch the legs in freestyle but in freestyle you can do BOTH. It’s a way more viable and practically applicable martial art/sport.

I’ll take Jax.

I was there that night for that match. That world championships was great. Iranians well represented in the stands, Cormier shoving dudes, Cael Sajidov, Cuban studs. MSG. Loved it.

Would be interesting to know what really happened to Saitiev. Even on his Wikipedia page the official word is he was sick and in and out of the hospital but his wife and witnesses claimed he fell out of a window? Such a damn shame either way. My favorite wrestler ever.

We have never come close to this level of success at the lower levels since I’ve been following. We’d have a junior world champ here and there. 5 in one freaking year?!

Are we currently the best wrestling country in the world? I guess it’s yet to be determined until after U23s and seniors but we just might be.

And can we stop with the 6 weight nonsense? 10 weights please. The change from worlds to Olympics adds some intrigue at the qualification level but it also leaves so many deserving athletes watching from home.

And traditionally a weight where we struggle to medal. That is some scary depth wow. Speaking of Nick Lee is he retired?

Kazakhstan is having a very nice tournament. Both Mirasolas lost to one and the kid at 61 looks phenomenal. Well ahead of Iran and Japan and not far off USA after day 2.