Snyder up next
2021 UWW Senior World Championship Schedule
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MPhillips
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It's always been about Snyder and Sad.
Yankeefan33
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Sadulaev with seven world titles, could get #10 in Paris. Maybe the best to ever do it in men's freestyle
Did I hear right when they said there are 17 former Russian countries that have now can/have sent presentatives to world tournaments? It was the Flo guys talking about it. We all know the Russian championships were tougher than the Olympics back in the day.
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Maybe I miss heard ................am i missing any here?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
So right!!!
The NLWC version of Snyder is not any better than the OHRTC version. I don’t blame him for trying to change things up and hoping for better results but the Tank is still the Tank.
While I joked about RWF's "B" team, they actually sent their top guys at the 4 non-OLY weights, and 2 OLYs at the other weights. That means they sent 4 back-ups. The backup at 57kg won bronze (vs a gold in Tokyo), the backup at 65kg won gold (vs a bronze in Tokyo), the backup at 74kg won bronze (vs gold in Tokyo), and their backup at 125kg placed 7th (vs a DNP in Tokyo). This equates to a -2 pts for team scores. Team USA, meanwhile, sent a backup at 125kg who took 5th (vs gold in Tokyo). This equates to a -15 pts for team scores. I know a lot of guys were missing at the Worlds, but my point is that their backups did extremely well (bronze, gold, bronze, 7th) which is no shock to anyone.
Yankeefan33
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Five Russians medaled at Olympics. Two former Russians (Sanayev and Kadzimahamedau). Bekzod, Geno and Aliev from former Soviet states. And that seems like a light total (quick count- 2021 was 7 Russians, 10 former Soviets, two former Russians. That means just under half of the medalists have Soviet/Russian ties)
MPhillips
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Just for reference. ??
1972 Team USA Olympics
Sergio Gonzales 105.5 lbs. 7th
Jimmy Carr 114.5 lbs. dnp
Rick Sanders 125.5 lbs. 2nd
Gene Davis 136.5 lbs. dnp
Dan Gable 149.5 lbs. 1st
Wayne Wells 163 lbs. 1st
John Peterson 180.5 lbs. 2nd
Ben Peterson 198 lbs. 1st
Henk Schenk 220 lbs. dnp
Chris Taylor HWT 3rd
1980 Team USA Olympics (Did not compete)
Bobby Weaver 105.5 lbs.
Gene Mills 114.5 lbs.
John Azevedo 125.5 lbs.
Randy Lewis 136.5 lbs.
Chuck Yagla 149.5 lbs.
Leroy Kemp 163 lbs.
Chris Campbell 180.5 lbs.
Ben Peterson 198 lbs.
Russ Hellickson 220 lbs.
Greg Wojciechowski HVY
1996 Team USA Olympics
Rob Eiter 105.5 lbs. 8th
Lou Rosselli 114.5 lbs. dnp
Kendall Cross 125.5 lbs. 1st
Tom Brands 136.5 lbs. 1st
Townsend Saunders 149.5 lbs. 2nd
Kenny Monday 163 lbs. 6th
Les Gutches 180.5 lbs. 7th
Melvin Douglas 198 lbs. 7th
Kurt Angle 220 lbs. 1st
Bruce Baumgartner HWT 3rd
Speaking of dominance, JPN leaves all 6 OLYs home, including 4 golds and 2 5ths, and is steamrolling the competition, up 146 - 115 on USA (who sent all OLYs except Winchester who lost in trials). I thought the women had a chance in the OLY, where we lost 120 -85. Maybe we'll close the gap somewhat, but it would be tough to pull off a win at this point.
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A walk down memory lane. Some great names on those teams. Here's one more for you.
1984 Team USA Olympics
Bobby Weaver 105.5 Gold (+ World silver)
Joe Gonzales 114.5 DNP
Barry Davis 125.5 Silver (+ World bronze and World silver)
Randy Lewis 136.5 Gold
Andrew Rein 149.5 Silver
Dave Schultz 163 Gold (+ 1 World gold, 3 World silvers, 2 World bronzes)
Mark Schultz 180.5 Gold (+ 2 World golds)
Ed Banach 198 Gold
Lou Banach 220 Gold
Bruce Baumgartner HVY Gold (+ OLY gold, OLY silver, OLY bronze, 3 World golds, 3 World silvers, 3 World bronzes)
Obviously, this team gets an asterisk b/c the Soviet Union boycotted the OLY, but this team was loaded.
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I don't think Welker is back in yet.
Maybe I shouldn't have thrown in the towel so soon. If we sweep these matches we're right there w/ them. Even 2 out of 3 helps somewhat if Welker gets back in.
A lot of matches this morning and afternoon. JPN has 4 in the semis this morning and USA has 3 (all H2H w/ JPN). And Welker can get pulled back in at 72kg, which would help a lot. This afternoon USA has 3 medal matches (50kg H2H, 65kg & 76) while JPN has 3 (50kg H2H, 53kg & 65kg).
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Yankeefan33
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Adeline and Sarah going for gold today, Forrest competing for bronze. Maroulis for gold tomorrow, Tamyra for bronze. Miracle already has a silver and Burkert ha a bronze. That's a pretty good tourney for Team USA if 2/3 still left win gold
No doubt...Nobody in '84 was beating the Schultz boys. Lewis has said he was better in '80 and '88 (when he lost the trials to John Smith), however. This team vs the current team would be a heckava matchup. Would love to see the Schultz's vs Dake and Taylor...Wow!
Yankeefan33
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Adeline Gray wins her sixth world title! Was down 4-0 at the break, got two TDs, a turn, and eventually a pin with one second left to win.. Great match, Adeline matches David Taylor with one gold and one silver this year (although in reverse order).