kinda watching some of the greco at this poland tourney…
lots of good countries and their guys who are lower o nthe ladder…
then all of sudden sharshebekov pops up at 63 looking tiiiiiiny…
we have a decent US free contingent going obviously headlined by Vito… they should be starting saturday local time…
these links should be continuous through the end of the tourney on sunday if anyone is inclined…
was sitting here after a long week watching the greco medal matches from poland and pleasantly surprised at how good the wrestling is overall…
lots of the big greco countries and all the stans… typically their guys who are lower on their respective ladders, but, really impressive wrestling…
it got me to thinking how many of these countries are former soviet block…
out of the 40 greco medals from last year at the olympics and worlds, those countries accounted for 20 of them…
it is crazy how much harder it is to medal internationally now than it was through the soviet block era…
saw a pic on the socials but did not think anything about it…
a buddy who is much more successful and business savvy than i just brought it up to me…
Jamie DInan is a greco team leader?
little Basset won world championship with a pin that lasted 10 seconds
about 3 weeks away from this event…
i am luke warm at best on the league and matchups, but, that is mainly because leg grabbing bores me…
5 of the 7 men’s matchups involves athletes who are either long time retired from the sport or only sporadic competitors at best…
one of the other 2 matches involves Punia who is currently serving a 4 year suspension for refusing to submit to a drug test last year for India’s olympic trials…
the only relevant matchup is dake vs sinclair…
is anyone going to sign up for Fox Nation to stream thi9s event?
i am waffling, but, probably will just in case it actually makes a difference in having a second event…
for those looking closely, otto made the poster as well…
UWW released the “official” entry list for U20 worlds…
headlining the greco entries is the pic of the juicy russian Zakriev who beat Otto in the finals last year… this is from last year at 63kg…
otto will get another crack at him in a couple of weeks at 67kg…
good luck brother…
i am too ignorant to understand exactly what this has meant for his training and performance, but, it damn sure could not have helped…
nice posters
If this is legitimately a random..
Par Terre ambush
two of my favorite things…
pare terre and CR…
as long as we are posting clips…
saw some russian picked up on some US greco…
U20 worlds greco in bulgaria starts in 2 weeks…
Junior Pan-Amercian Games (u23) in paraguay the same…
Otto is a little banged up and has taken the week off but should be back on the mat next week to put the finishing touches on…
Max doing a photo shoot with rudis today then off to the OTC for a quick camp and another photo shoot for nike then off to paraguay…
i don’t even like to go to the grocery store…
i have not thought about kerkviliet in a minute…
i remember watching him at cadet worlds and being pretty impressed by him at the time…
doing a quick lookup on the googlewebs, looks like the last time he competed in wrestling was 24 O trials where he beat hendrickson on the backside 11-0…
crazy what a difference a year can make…
was checking in on another forum that i am not allowed to participate in anymore… i still keep up with some of the posters personally and still like to read what is going on because it probably is the best wrestling forum i am aware of…
anyway…
was amused to see the iranians lamenting that too many of their best guys choose greco and it is hurting their free results…
i giggled…
also shook my head at one nerd who proclaimed, “The competition level is actually lower internationally than in the US in college”…
Max had a lot of fun today…
This shit is right up his alley…
