Takuto_Otoguro

It is the first stage of their two stage trials process I believe. After that is the Meiji cup in the middle of the year. If you win both you are on the team. If there are different winners then the winners of the two tournaments have a wrestle off. Not sure what/any advantage returning medalists get outside of olympic years where you are automatically on the team if you medal. Higuchi , Ono, Kiyooka, Aoyagi and Takatani were their 5 five freestyle medalists in the olympics and worlds this year and only Aoyago competed here. He was able to win 70kg.

Sakamato, who just turned 19 and trains at OSU currently, has won 57kg at the Emperor's cup. Can David Taylor and the Cowboys break the dominance that the Nippon Sports Science and Yamanashi Gakuin Universities have in Japanese wrestling?

The best to never win olympic gold? Probably Brent Metcalf.

Your thoughts on the rivalry between these two Japanese universities

I thought they would like non-wrestling countries winning medals. Transfers are the only way for that to happen consistently. It certainly makes for a more entertaining product from a fan perspective. I don't like this change.

I'd love a worlds there, but I think the issue isn't that UWW doesn't want to go to these places but that these places don't want to host worlds. From what I understand you need to bid and they simply are not interested, which is why it ends up being the same 4 European countries and the occasional central Asian one. I feel like Budapest has hosted like half of the past 10 world championships, lol. Hats off to Japan, they are awesome. I am sure they have far fewer total wrestlers than the likes of Iran, America and Russia. Add in Judo and Sumo taking a lot of the talent and it makes what they have accomplished all the more impressive.

Could Nolf beat Nokhodi? Maybe?

He has wrestled 65 before. I assume he goes up eventually

They are broadcasting

Uguev Vito bronze match set

He's getting executed tomorrow, lol. I wonder what the Turkish coaches even tell him. Definitely did a good job making the best of a fortunate draw, though.

Internet in the arena must be out. Had a guy on instagram who was live streaming it from his phone in the arena and thats also down

Uww site crashed. Flo gets their feed from them

Sometimes I think Japan has a really incredible program, then I realise that two of their guys at this tournament wrestled at u23 worlds. Takahashi got injured at it. Beyond moronic to have a guy wrestle two worlds in the space of like 5 days.

Green is so unimpressive