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Amouzad in the finals, which pulls Zain back in. Amouzad has looked ridiculous this tournament. 8-0 over Zain. 11-0 over Dudaev. 10-0 over Musukaev. Jeez.

Kiyooka wins. Seabass pulled into repechage.

Zahid has had some interesting results. A few I can find are: In 2021 lost to Paris gold medalist Ramazanov 7-8 In 2021 beat Amine 7-1 In 2022 beat Paris #1 seed Dauletbekov 2-2

Right. And for the rest of their lives they can put "Olympian" on their resumes. That will certainly separate you from people with roughly similar qualifications.

If I were Cruz -- and I am not Cruz -- I would retire right now. 5th at the Olympics is a good note to leave on.

How did all the American expats do at this Olympics? Micic -- withdrew Cruz -- 5th RBY -- 0-1, eliminated Rivera -- 1-1, will be pulled into repechage if Kiyooka (Japan) wins Gomez -- 0-1, eliminated Amine -- 5th Ramos -- 0-1, eliminated Smith -- 0-1, eliminated Mutuwa -- 0-1, eliminated As of now, it looks like the process of switching countries won't result in a medal -- pending the results at 65kg, of course. But remember, this is a brutal tournament. Only 16 can qualify, and it's everyone's lifelong dream to win.

Let's say Zahid had chosen to represent Mexico and qualified for the Olympics. How would he have done?

Yazdani conceded his gold-medal match and seemed to genuinely congratulate his opponent.

What a phenomenal wrestler. You can tell that competing is his passion, and that should be an inspiration to us all. With this Olympic cycle coming to close for him tomorrow, what does the future look like for him?

Yaz appeared to be injured and was down by six with little time left. Conceding and congratulating your opponent in that situation is the noble thing to do. Spazzing out and throwing your medal away and being upset for the rest of your life is not the noble thing to do. It is instead the ignoble thing to do.

Politics and all that side, Yazdani is one noble dude.

Amine is about to go Bob Ross mode.

It would be super tough for the MFS team to go home with zero golds -- unfortunately that's a big risk right now.

Japan came to wrestle. Wow.

I feel horrible for Dake. Ugh. But he's so strong minded that I do not doubt that he will be ready for the bronze medal match. As for Takatani, wow. Techs Garzon, techs Tsabolov, and takes out Dake 20-12 (after losing him 4-6 last year). My goodness.

Greco has come to a close. The US took home zero medals (with all due respect to all Olympians). That puts us behind Chile (1), Denmark (1), China (2), and Kyrgyzstan (3). Tomorrow we'll get it crackin' as follows. MFS Spicy Spencer Lee -- gold medal match Dake -- Day 1 Brooks -- bronze medal match Paris Parris -- Day 1 WFS Helen -- bronze medal match Miracle -- Day 1

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No, it does not.

RBY is a 2x NCAA champ and Olympian who can do whatever he feels like doing.

Dake has a good situation. Sidakov, of course, is out. Dake may see Iran in the quarters—but Iran has a pigtail match versus Chamizo off the bat. Dake may then see Cabolov in the semis. Then in the finals he may see Greece, Salkazanov, or Kadzi. (Kadzi has a pigtail then meets Salkazanov in the first round.) Still a tough tournament, but it’s a good situation for Dake.

Brooks has Ramazanov next. Dont know much about him. No world medals and looks like he last wrestled at 79kg in like 2020. He’s obviously super tough, though, because he’s in the Olympic semis.

Does Spencer sort of feel at home in France? Like, does he eat baguettes and stuff in Iowa?

57kg semis will be Lee vs Abdullaev and Aman vs Higuchi. Good stuff

Do the semis immediately follow the quarters?

Brooks with the tech. Wow