Luckily Gomez is a grad-transfer and doesn't need that turdbiscuit's release to do so.
I think that he is a competitor and it is a good chance he does. I don't think it is 50/50 but I do think it is more than 0% - which is significant.
So what happened at 76 KG? I mean no shade here, but Flo was adamant about our Top 5 there to be AS GOOD AS GOLD. They even went further to say that no matter which of the five ladies won our 76 KG spot would have been the 76 KG Golr favorite.
One of them went 0W - 2L on the day and the other, while going 4W - 1L and taking Brinze wasn't close to be competitive in her 12-1 (5M21S) Tech loss to the eventual Gold medalist.
What gives?
I don't think it really is at a ranking series tournament like this...
How many returning Worlds medalists were in the entire field, not including the USA? Less than ten?
International refs consider mat control when it comes to activity clock violations. They have done this for years while the US does whatever TF they want to do.
I am not excusing it or faulting Arujau (or his coaching/prep). I wish the refs here would just simply ref the same way. I believe Arujau will still medal at the very worst come Worlds. He beats that guy next time and doesn't leave it to the clock.
He lost two matches to none to Lee and is 0W - 3L to him on our Freestyle circuit. I would say he should be more focused on decreasing that gap than increasing...
There is one at 65 KG, one at 74 KG, and one at 92 KG. The one at 65 KG and 92 KG are twins whereas the twin of the one at 74 KG does not compete in Freestyle at this point (to my knowledge). He would likely be 70 KG or 79 KG as it were, anyways.