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The issue is not Iowa. The issue is that DT has a life that he loves in State College, Pa. This includes a family that is well settled in the area, two profitable businesses, and a list of friends that includes many of the great wrestlers in the nation and the world. I don't see him leaving for ANY head coach job ANYWHERE. He will slot in at PSU when the time comes.

Only about half a million people now speak Aramaic. Since the Middle Ages it has largely been replaced by Arabic, but it survived as a spoken language in a number of Jewish communities in the mountainous regions of northern Iraq, south-east Turkey and western Iran down to modern times.

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I'm in Taiwan. Everything on the UWW website used to be free. Now I cannot watch the live matches without a subscription. They want money. 4 Euros for a 24-hour pass. 13 Euros for the World Championship pass, which is good for 20 days, all videos including live, highlights and behind the scenes.

I count 5 former NCAA wrestlers in the brackets at 65kg. Who will make deep inroads into the bracket? Will this trend intensify in the future? Nick Lee (USA) Austin Gomez (Mexico) Colin Realbuto (Italy) J. Finesilver (Israel) S. Rivera (Puerto Rico)

Whose road is tougher, Dake's or Sidakov's? Dake has Evloev from Tajikistan, and then he may face Kaipanov, from Kazakhstan. Quarters could be against Frank Chamizo, if he can navigate his own tough road. Semis will be against Salkazanov or Kadimagomedov. If Sidakov makes the finals, Dake will see him there. To make those finals, Sidakov will start with Kentchadze from Georgia, then Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, a NLWC hammer. After that it will be Emamichoghaei from Iran in the 1/8 final, and the quarters will be Amine or Olonbayer from Mongolia. I don't know who will reach the semis from the top of the top bracket, perhaps Demirtas (Turkey) or Bayramov (AZE). If he can handle that road, he will see Dake in the finals. What a weight class!

Are the Russians even being considered a squad? I don't think there will be team implications.

No. I want to see Vito actually beat the other tough wrestlers, not get by because they forfeit. Ogawa will give Atrinagharchi (Iran) a tough match. Let's focus on one match at a time. Iliev (Bulgaria) is the only thing Vito should focus on right now. He's no pushover.

You still can't forget this, can you?

I haven't seen any quotes from the actual wrestlers, but I would guess that Dake and Nolf DON'T roll very often in the room. In the recently released video of Taylor, they talk about how Taylor rolls with Dake in the room. I'm not sure how scheduling works for the NLWC, but I imagine it's easy to have guys in the room at different times. I'm sure that Taylor and Brooks have wrestled a lot, but probably not live wrestling so much. Since they are both scheduled for Final X, I imagine that they STOPPED wrestling each other in the room.

The spot belongs to Gilman. Let's watch Final X. I want to address this statement above. I do NOT think that Gilman is still at the top of his game. I have great respect for Gilman, and I hope he beats Richards soundly. That said, there have been signs that Thomas Gilman is thinking seriously about his future post competitive wrestling. I think you mentioned about how he has had to make 57kg for years. This is true. He is married with a child now, and he is thinking about the financial security of his family, as he mentioned in an interview. These are mental aspects of a wrestler that can bring them very slightly below the level that you call "top of his game". Now Gilman may be able to make the decision that he wants to continue and put 100% of his effort and focus on the task at hand: winning Final X and then the World Championship. All the power to him. I hope he has made his commitment and is dedicated to doing everything necessary to win the World Championship. Richards has made some great adjustments. Your homerism is extremely strong. Styles make matchups, and Richards' style doesn't match up well with Gilman's. It should be exciting!

This is a point that we disagree on. I think Zare and Geno could both hand Steveson a loss. Gable looked great at the US Open, but he is not knows for being consistent, and he will be facing a long list of good opponents. He could win it all, but I wouldn't put it in such strong terms as you have done here. I mean he beat Geno with two clutch takedowns in a handful of seconds, a match that could have gone either way. He has also been away from wrestling for a year, though you couldn't tell that from the US Open. There's no doubt that the World Championships are a large step up from the US Open.

No doubt about it. And it wasn't a fluke. It was Parris's day. I would say that in the interim, Zare has been wrestling with the big boys, though, while Parris was beating up on NCAA heavyweights. Now I like watching NCAA heavies, Cass, Kerk, Parris, as much as the next guy. But they're just not the same caliber as the heavies on the senior men's circuit. I'm not saying that Zare is invincible. I'm saying that he has the best chance of giving Steveson a loss. Parris against Akgul is a fantasy match. Parris will not be representing the US on the senior men's circuit unless Steveson stops wrestling.

Who are both? Both Zare and Parris? or Zare and Steveson? I don't see Mason Parris beating Geno or Akgul right now, especially in light of how easily Steveson dispatched him at the US Open. Zare has beaten both. I see Zare as the heavyweight with the greatest chance to beat Steveson. I believe that Geno could also beat Steveson. I don't see Parris with a shot of beating Steveson. This is the Zare I'm talking about.

Not only is today's Zare considerably bigger than the 2019 version, he is more importantly much more experienced and successful on the senior men's circuit. After the loss to Mason Parris in 2019, he had a pretty good year. He won gold in the 2019 U23 World Championships, then beat Geno Petriashvili 15-11 in a match in the Iranian Premier League. He won bronze in the 2019 Alans International, teching Nick Gwiz 10-0 in the bronze medal match. In 2020 he won gold in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series, and another gold in 2021 at the Poland opening, again beating Gwiz (6-1 DQ). I can only imagine that Gwiz got DQed after too many cautions for backing out of bounds. Zare is a force to be reckoned with regarding his forward pressure, especially with his current size and strength. He gave back a match to Geno in the Olympics (6-3), where he won bronze. In 2021 he won the World Championships, teching Gwiz (10-0), beating Akgul (4-0), and then beating Geno soundly in the finals (9-2). In the 2022 World Championships, he lost to Taha Akgul 4-2, coming up short with a bronze medal. Zare is among an elite few at heavyweight on the senior men's circuit. He is only 22 years old, so I expect him to win a lot of gold medals in the future. A match with Steveson would be excellent. It would pit two of the greatest young heavyweights against each other. Zare seems to have a gas tank. It's time to forget the Junior World's fluke against Paris and focus on the Zare of today. I mean there aren't many casting doubt towards Gable Steveson's abilities due to his 2019 loss to Cassar.

That's some home cooking there. The #1 seed rolls.

125kg = 275 pounds 97kg = 213 pounds Gable is a full 125 kg. Sadulaev is by far the most accomplished and successful active wrestler. He could not compete with another great wrestler so much heavier. Please review the YouTube videos of Snyder going in the room with Akgul from Turkey. Snyder is a great wrestler. He was ragdolled. Let's see if Gable Steveson can get by Zare. Let's see if he can beat Geno again. These fantasy matches will never happen, and they shouldn't.

Nolf demolished O'Toole. There are many grasping at hopium straws here. Nolf took a vacation in the second period, and still O'Toole was only able to score once. The staff probably told Nolf to get some more mat-time in. He spent under 8 minutes wrestling in his previous three matches, all (10-0, 11-0) techs. There's no doubt that he was coasting at a loose 60-70% sparring pace in the final period against O'Toole, keeping a sharp defense. Notice how he was able to avoid giving up the takedown with :23 seconds left after a great high crotch shot by O'Toole. Nolf was loose. Then notice the final seconds when he reattacked on the low shot after stuffing two shot attempts by O'Toole. Up 9-2 halfway through the second period, the strategy is to avoid situations in which one could be injured. O'Toole is a very creative wrestler, and Nolf did a great job shutting him down and cruising to victory. Nolf looks great.

Marstellar is having a fantastic tournament. He is wrestling great, and he is hungry. He wants to dethrone JB at 79kg. Will Starocci get past Dieringer? Can Chance beat the two of them this year?

No doubt. And Nolf is high level, having achieved some real success now in international competition despite the fact that he hasn't been able to get past Dake. Now the question is about whether his old teammate Cenzo Joseph is on the same level, as they will face off in the finals. I think Nolf takes it.

So are you saying that Micic was a Cornell guy, because I recall the deliberate arm twisting Kimura was against Micic.

What happened there? FLOARENA had Bartlett as the winner with his name in the finals match in the brackets, and now it has been changed to Nick Lee. Did Lee win outright, or was there a late challenge? By the way, Bartlett is representing in freestyle!!!! Monster stuff. I never would have imagined that he could roll with Nick Lee (10-10), even though I'm aware that he has a strong freestyle pedigree.

What do you think is going on right now? A tidal wave of "defections" from Russia? Seriously, "defect" is a word that I have not heard since 1992 when the USSR broke up. Do you realize that "we in the US" are the recipients of the most propaganda of any nation in the world, including China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. This propaganda is shoveled into the trough by EVERY mainstream media outlet, from Fox to MSNBC. At least the intelligent people in the abovementioned nations UNDERSTAND that the media message is controlled. But Americans, after years and years of repeated and more serious lies from the mainstream media, continue to watch and believe these sources for information on everything. These are the most gullible people in the world, willing to gobble up the most outrageous lies and misrepresentations of truth. I mean, what do you think is going on? Russian interference in US elections? Russian bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines? Ukraine is winning the war? Ukraine will launch an offensive that will recover Crimea? China is the one disrupting the status quo in the Taiwan Strait? Putin will be dead of cancer next week? After taking Taiwan, China will want to take over Japan, the Philippines, and perhaps Korea for good measure? Chinese citizens have opened "police stations" in the US? Back to wrestling: Amine had absolutely nothing for Dauren Kureugliev , who probably just wants to wrestle, and THAT is the reason he is in Greece. Can you point to any public statements where he attacks Russia and explains his "defection"?

Belly laugh!! Cold War mentality alert! Did Dauren Kureugliev defect, or immigrate? Perhaps he wants to wrestle. He's not getting any younger, turns 31 in July.

Yo, Fletch! Do your own research.