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The guy who teched Vito 12-0 after destroying Uguev 10-2. He might be pretty good. I hear he'll be spending a few months in the NLWC room this winter and is a huge fan of Cael. It's a free t-shirt from Taylor.

Perhaps someone can clarify this. It seems that United World Wrestling controls the video rights for World's for a very short time and then allows the matches, in high quality video format, to be posted on YouTube. This is fan-friendly for those of us who do not pay for expensive packages to watch matches real time. What about the IOC? Why aren't the Olympic finals in senior men's freestyle on YouTube yet? What is the benefit to the IOC of keeping those matches, now held over two months ago, from public consumption? Any insights would be welcome.

That's rich, especially considering that we were second place that year. The Soviet Union had 5 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

What's the deal with making the team? Are people sitting because of previous World medals, or Olympic medals? It should be a great qualifying tournament in the US to see who makes the team. Any HEW Olympic reps who you see sitting this one out? Who you got?

Should there be peace on Earth, an end to war, and every man loving all his neighbors?

Yeah, my comment on the other thread about Post-Olympic reflections, which appeared before the 65kg and 97kg weights had even begun: This guy is making a statement about our FANS, not our wrestlers. And perhaps he is making a statement to demonstrate something about HIMSELF as a US wrestling fan. Seriously, the number of US fans saying that we would win gold at all six weight classes really had me chuckling. I know it's nice to be a homer, but you should never let your homerism get in the way of logic and truth. The logic and truth have been telling me that THE WORLD IS DEEP. I commend the US team for representing our country and giving their all. I agree that things didn't go our way this Olympics, and a few close matches went the wrong way for the USA. Those who were talking sh** about how the US would take all six gold medals weren't giving proper respect to the quality of wresters at the Olympics. Anyone not respecting the US team this year is completely wrong. I just give props to ALL the wrestlers who make it to the Olympics. No easy matches.

What a funny comment! Uguev would be a real threat at 57kg., Sadulaev is a real threat at 97kg., Sidakov is the king of 74kg, not to mention Jamalov and Rassadin, both Russians repping other countries at that weight, Mamedov is a hammer at 65kg, and Kurbabov at 125kg isn't a top contender, but on any given day. The absence of Russia is huge.

This guy is making a statement about our FANS, not our wrestlers. And perhaps he is making a statement to demonstrate something about HIMSELF as a US wrestling fan. Seriously, the number of US fans saying that we would win gold at all six weight classes really had me chuckling. I know it's nice to be a homer, but you should never let your homerism get in the way of logic and truth. The logic and truth have been telling me that THE WORLD IS DEEP. I commend the US team for representing our country and giving their all. I agree that things didn't go our way this Olympics, and a few close matches went the wrong way for the USA. Those who were talking sh** about how the US would take all six gold medals weren't giving proper respect to the quality of wresters at the Olympics. Anyone not respecting the US team this year is completely wrong. I just give props to ALL the wrestlers who make it to the Olympics. No easy matches.

I think perhaps you misunderstood me. I wasn't saying that Yazdani was the strongest wrestler when he digs in and gets low because of his tech of Hidlay. I have been watching Yazdani for a long time, and he has been pushing people around the mat for ALL of that time. DT got the better of him for sure, but even in the first match in which DT pinned a gassed Yazdani, we should remember that Hassan bulled Taylor around the mat and almost got him disqualified for backing out. Go back to Yazdani eight years or so ago at 74kg when he faced Dieringer, who was NOT a small 74kg wrestler. He absolutely bulled Dieringer around the mat in a 10-0 tech. Even Bader and Piles were commenting that they had never seen anyone physically handle Dieringer like that. He gets really low and has tremendous forward pressure. In more recent years, he has effectively changed that forward pressure into insane snaps. I don't think that Yazdani will adopt a strategy of showing off his pushing strength against Brooks early, as he will try to be smart and conserve energy. I hope we see that match at the Olympics. Nothing is carved in stone, especially with Brooks having little or no experience with senior men's wrestlers at 86kg.

Tashkent, 2014. Tsargush won 9-2.

Actually, although I don't disagree with you, you should keep in mind that Yazdani beat Taylor in Worlds in 2021.

If Yazdani wins, he will continue wrestling. He was born in 1994; he turns 30 in December. I would imagine an Olympic gold would motivate him to win a few more World Championships, which would give him a greater amount of medals than Taylor. That said, Taylor still has the head to head wins. I think Taylor just matched up well against Yazdani. I guess we'll see if Brooks matches up well with Hassan, who looked pretty good in his tech of Trent Hidlay earlier this year. Hassan appears to be recovered from whatever surgery he had. Brooks will have to wrestle a very high intensity match and try to gas Yazdani. When Hassan gets low and puts on the forward pressure, he might be the strongest wrestler I've ever seen.

Got news for you. Yazdani is stronger than Aaron Brooks. The question is endurance. I guarantee you that Yazdani will bull Brooks around the mat in the first minute or two.

It's hard to fathom the idiocy of comments here, calling on Dake to try to call Sidakov out and go 100% in a match to try to take one only one month before the Olympics. Spencer Lee, Zain, Dake, Brooks, Snyder and Parris have all been robbed the opportunity to compete against some of the best wrestlers in the world. Dake wants one against Sidakov, and there's a perfect opportunity for it, but it is NOT in the runup to the Olympic Games. I feel that the US Senior Men's team should participate as a group in the Russian Friendship Games from September 15 - 29, 2024. It is a great way to vote thumbs down on this exclusion of Russian competitors. If you think about it, it's also enough time to recover from the Olympics. USA Wrestling and the current administration will do all they can to nix this idea, even going so far as to ban US wrestlers from competing, in my opinion. There's no need for a Russia post Olympics dual meet; there will be some of the best wrestlers in the world at the Russian Friendship Games, and if the US team, especially one bearing heavy metals from the Olympics, demand to compete, you had better believe that nearly ALL of the best wrestlers in the world will make it.

For those wondering if we should put an asterisk next to Dake's gold medal if he wins the Olympics... YES!

Harken back to the 2016 Freestyle World Cup. Yazdani was at 74kg for Iran at that time, and everyone was very excited about the JB/Yazdani matchup. JB's wife was giving birth to one of his kids at the time, and he decided to skip the World Cup event. His choice, but it certainly appeared to me as a duck. The Iran team, perhaps even Yazdani specifically, presented JB with a gift, a sign of respect. I saw JB do an interview in which he referred to the gift as a way to thank him for not wrestling in the World Cup, as if it were a bribe or something. This was the absolute opposite of "gracious, charming, articulate and engaging". It was actually responding to a sign of respect with an overt sign of disrespect on the international stage. Yazdani was prepared to face Burroughs, and Hassan was at the top of his game at 74kg at that time. The results? Iran beat the US in the finals of the 2016 Freestyle World Cup, and it came down to the 74kg match. 2016 Freestyle World Cup Hassan Yazdanicharati IRI tf Alex Dieringer USA, 10-0 I think if Dieringer had scored even one point, the result of the tournament would have been different, because team points were increased for shutouts.

Jordan Burroughs WAS the "ambassador of our sport", but now he is just the ambassador of low impulse control. Nolf blanked him. I hope Nolf takes out Dake. The fan that yelled something about his career being over is a douchebag. What he yelled was true, but it's not necessary to remind him. Carter will remind him on X.

Just as that idiotic PSU fan is letting Iowa live in his head even as PSU wins the team title by 100 points, breaking Iowa's record for the most points, you too, by using this excuse for a comment that preceded that clowns post: "I wanted to avoid thing like this", are letting ghouls live in your head. If I recall your comment correctly, you prioritized the things you wanted and didn't want to happen. Maybe that fool on the Iowa forums will also say that his post was in good fun with a bit of truth buried in there. I still call him out as a troll. There's no need for that kind of behavior.

Fair enough. I guess that's the root of the idiom "resting on your laurels". In ancient Greece, the laurel was a plant that was sacred to Apollo. Winning athletes at the Pythian Games received laurel wreaths. The wheel does always turn, and as a PSU fan I look forward to seeing other teams rising up and a multipolar NCAA tournament. Unipolarism is ugly and boring, both in NCAA wrestling and in geopolitics. I hope PSU continues to reload and face tough competition. The Ohio State has a tough young team of hammers. Cornell has a lot of depth. NCAA tournaments will continue to be exciting, and there's no place to rest on the laurels, even for PSU.

THIS is the right attitude when another team reaches a goal and breaks a record. It demonstrates a fan who is able to remove his homer glasses and recognize a great team and performance. I feel you on Kasak. The kid stepped up in a major way this year, filling in up a weight class for an injured SVN, wrestling an amazing season and then showing the heart to wrestle back for third after dropping his first match. Root for your wrestlers and your teams. Why would Hawk fans be rooting more for PSU not to break the (ancient) record than for their own team to perform well? Mr. PeanutButter, I salute you. Vak, can you give us some insight into your views on the importance of PSU NOT breaking the record?

I had/have little doubt that Brooks would win the NCAA tournament at 197. Beating Olympic and World Champion David Taylor at the Olympic trials this year is an entirely different thing. It absolutely IS in question, especially since Taylor took care of business the last time they met. Brooks has certainly continued to improve, at least in beating up the best of the field at 197 this year. Doing that is much different than beating David Taylor in freestyle.

Absolutely. That's no longer the question for me. The question for me is whether he can take out David Taylor in the Olympic Trials.

"And thanks for giving be a better underhook than Allah gave Hasan Yazdani." God: "Fool! God and Allah are names that humans of different faiths use to address me, the Creator. I gave both you and Yazdani your underhooks, so I know them well. Keep working there, grasshopper. Yazdani's underhook is still superior to yours."

To clarify your statement, if you are born with ONE American parent in a foreign country, you are a natural born American citizen. You can run for and become the President of the United States. Contrast this with "naturalized citizen", which refers to someone who was born the citizen of another country, not a dual-citizen of the United States, who later became a citizen of the US. These people can not become the President of the US, someone like Arnold Shwarzenegger. Regarding citizenship, I have recently found out that I am eligible for Italian citizenship, as my great-grandfather, an immigrant to the US, never naturalized, or became a US citizen, in his lifetime. That means that his son (my grandfather), born in the US, a citizen who fought for the US in WW1, was an Italian citizen; my father, because my grandfather was the son of an Italian citizen, was also an Italian citizen, though my dad never knew it during his life. My brother has recently applied, provided evidence, and received Italian citizenship. Any grandchild of my grandfather can now follow the trail that my brother broke and get Italian citizenship. Don't worry! They're all too old to go over there and wrestle for Italy!

Despite the baby face, Braeden Davis is certainly not in a boy's body. As a matter of fact, his strength is impressive. He gave DeAug fits with his control of his arm much of the time they were standing. In addition, his riding was incredible; he was a real backpack, and DeAug was VERY active from the bottom. He finally got his escape after Davis rode him for 1:45 of the second period. It's good to finally see this young man getting the respect he deserves. Let's see how he does against Ayala. Barn burner for sure.