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17 minutes ago, ionel said:

Your poll seems inaccurate.  Burroughs didn't get all Gold correct, he had some non gold world/Olympic? 

Burroughs has ten world-level medals, and seven world-level golds. Six golds are world golds and one gold is Olympic. 

6 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Yes.  Let the kid be a kid.  Let him enjoy his family, and high school, and being on a team with his little brother.

One of the Sanderson brothers recently had a post about the average parent has already spent 75% of the time they will ever spend with their child by the time the child is 12 and 90% by the time the kid is 18.  I have no idea if there is any truth to it, but it hard for me as a parent.  Hold on to your time with the kids! I used to work at an elite prep school and really didn't understand the parents who sent their kids away to high school (and even elementary school.)

Generally speaking, if someone wants to be the best in the world, they need to take a path other people might not normally take. But of course nobody is obligated to attempt to reach that level.

This is not about resumes but about current level of performance IMO:

1- Zahid 

2- Snyder 

3- Hidlay

4- Haines

5- Woods

Other strong competitors out there include Carr and Dake. 

Wonderful performance—and he’s from a country that is not a traditional freestyle power.

Does anyone have any background info on him? (How he got into freestyle, who his coach is, who he trains with, etc.)

More men’s freestyle golds than anyone else. Not bad at all. 

40 minutes ago, boconnell said:

How has his improvement been lately while wrestling with high schoolers?  Has he been benefitting or has he been hurt by his lack of training partners?

Speaking for myself, if I were trying to go from #5 in the world to #1, I would try to get into a room with other world-class wrestlers.

On 9/13/2025 at 8:38 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Good for him. Don't be in a hurry. 

IMO it’s not about being in a hurry or not. It’s about continuing to develop or not.

Based on what little I know, it seems like a top-five-in-the-world talent would benefit more from training with other elite wrestlers rather than high schoolers. 

Who does Kougioumtsidis train with?

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

Another low-IQ result from Carr.  Disappointing.

Carr is the best we have at 74kg, and he did a great job. That was a tough weight class. Sidakov is no joke.

Jax being fifth in the world at the age of 18 (I think) is insane. Wow. 

Also…

RBY in the bronze medal match

How do we feel about Team USA’s performance so far?

Spencer: 1-1 (eliminated)

Jax: 3-2 (5th)

Real: 1-1 (still hope for a bronze)

Duke: 1-1 (11th)

Carr: 3-1 (going for bronze vs Sidakov)

Haines: In the finals 

Zahid: Champ

Hidlay: In the finals 

Snyder: In the finals 

Wyatt: 0-1 (17th)

Spencer needs to study Buddhism. Then he will learn to transcend his ego. He will not need victories, or happiness, or comforts. He will equally be above pain and concern for his reputation. He will just be.

Does anyone know what Forrest plans to do this year? I can’t imagine being as good as he is, so my opinion means nothing, but it somehow feels pointless for him to compete against high schoolers. 

As for Duke, does anyone know if he’s greyshirting, redshirting, etc?

9 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

The nude photos?

In general — and as applied to any college sports team — if a team policy, school policy, or law is broken, and there is evidence presented to the coaches of that, I would hope appropriate action would be taken. 

7 minutes ago, Ragu said:

Read it

Perhaps when I have more time.

3 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Kicked Starocci off the team?

Based on what evidence? (I only skimmed the story so maybe there was something actionable in there that I missed.)

Given the available evidence, what should the PSU coaches have done?

25 minutes ago, juniorvarsity said:

Why not just redshirt?

If PJ Duke does U20s and Seniors, then why not just redshirt as a freshman? He could go to ranking series events in 2026. The first two are usually in February and early march and then the next two are late May and early June. He will probably be the 2026 Pan Ams rep too. It could be a lot of competition in a redshirt year. Plus he can get Big Ten duals at 157.

The reason he might consider greyshirting is schoolwork. Getting into peak condition for mid to late September. Traveling to Europe. I assume a camp in Europe to acclimate himself. Competing. Coming back. How much would he really be able to study? If he’s on the world team now, he may decide to treat it as his full time job now. 

Worlds are in mid to late September. That has to make starting college tough. Maybe he’ll consider a greyshirt. Seems like he’ll be pursuing freestyle anyway. 

7 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Oh, I'm well aware of the NATIONAL team.  My training partner and roommate was on the national team for 10+ years. (but no world teams)  You said WORLD TEAM and this thread (that I started) is about the World Team (not national team).  

The more you know...

I thought it was all just the Senior National Team, whether they competed at worlds or not. Now I see that there is a different name for the group that competes. 

2 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

The worLd team is just the #1 guy; that wrestler made the team that goes to "worlds." He is the only guy to make the "world team."

Why would the world team be top 3?  Is third place the NCAA champ? 

The top three at each weight are part of the Senior National Team and receive money to train for worlds. That’s why there were true third place matches. The more you know 

If we’re talking the word team as in top three placers, PSU has reps at 57, 65, 70, 74, 79, 86, and 92. And that’s not counting Dake and Snyder. Seems good to me. 

High schooler PJ Duke winning Final X is impressive. Wow.