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Insert, "Oh no baby! what is you doin'?" meme here.

I’m not talking about that rumor. He’s a mammoth 57kg guy but Zain Rutherford made 65 two days in a row, twice in the last month, too. Just saying that ol’ boy got BIG after worlds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also seems like he doesn’t actually listen to the response half the time. “That’s great” or similar is his response to his guest’s statements with a lot of them. I’ve heard a few where the thing the guest said was decidedly … not great … and it was cringe inducing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If Micic was below 180 in a Flo video from this past winter, I’d eat my hat. Dude had a double chin. He had the collar on his vest popped to hide it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You know this was in the fall of 2023, right? October. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Says the Russian.

I could see it being Nolf. That said, I thought that DT was going to be the next head-coach-in-training there, but then he lost to Brooks, so my perspective isn't worth much.

Basch is one of those people who have succeeded far beyond what you’d expect for the limits of their talent. And yeah, Brooks needs to develop a personality. Two of my wife’s cousins (one of them being my best friend and godfather of our 3 year old) are Catholic priests. They are very different people but you’d never know that they have the same profession unless you asked. They can actually… talk to you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Head in the hole. Didn’t the Japanese wrestler do that to Zain in the 70kg match at Worlds two years ago? Got 8 points to end the match with it, IIRC. Found it: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Note the location of the period. Yeah, that appears to be edited. Not even artfully. That said, if real, the authors should run as Republicans for Congress. Plenty of those running around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This gets its own thread every couple of years. https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2010/1/29/1284010/welcome-back-cael-1-iowa-wrestling Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If Trent Hidlay thinks that some time-release Vyvanse is making the difference, he’s already lost. But I’m guessing he doesn’t think that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I believe that’s his plan. Done with wrestling after this cycle. It’s a shame to lose a guy as talented as him but maybe he’ll come back some day after he’s set for life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are no doctors present when you take a test, either. They are people employed by WADA (or USADA, in the US) for that purpose, but they are not doctors. https://www.usada.org/about/meet-our-team/ Doctors employed by WADA and USADA review documents signed by the athlete, to include any statements they make “I’m on allergy meds, such as XYZ” and any prescriptions they have, before and after the samples are analyzed. Those are the doctors he’s referring to. The TUE process takes a long time. If you or I file a TUE application a month out from Worlds, it’s not happening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bringing an Rx with you to a USADA or WADA drug test doesn’t do a damn thing for you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Brooks seemed to imply it in his interview with Basch today. Didn’t say it outright but seemed to be aimed at someone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are we ignoring the rumor (which they are clearly responding to) that he’s the one who gave the information about Brooks to Mineo? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My next door neighbor is a scientist for USADA. I asked her about this scenario earlier this week. Her response was a bit clearer than AB’s; the national federation (after consultation with USADA) can grant someone permission to compete if they believe there is a high likelihood that the athlete will be cleared. It seems that USAW (and maybe USOC) was provided enough information to make the decision that he should be allowed to participate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do you have another source of information that contradicts this? He didn’t have to do this interview or agree to answer this question so I’m guessing he has a good idea what the outcome will be. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aaron Brooks appeared to imply that it was DT who leaked the story to Mineo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Zero. None of them would wrestle for him, now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

TheresASnakeInMyBoot fits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Zain has a job-in-waiting with a hedge fund. Nick Lee might be following in his dad’s footsteps and going to law school. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sounds like Brooks will be good to go. Also, sounds like DT is a snake. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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