2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
- Thread starter MPhillips
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Oh well, now he can bulk back up to 180.
Yankeefan33
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That match was everything the USA doesn't do well. They can push and attack for 6 minutes straight, but holding center and getting the first passivity point are two necessary skills in international wrestling that countries like Russia just do better than the US.
Team USA has five guys who can medal in Tokyo and six women who can challenge as well. Gotta move on and come home with some hardware.
Yankeefan33
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Looks like Finesilver took a 4-2 loss in the semis. Rough day for Americans
MPhillips
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Yankeefan33
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And qualifying all six wrestlers is insanely tough. Only Iran and Russia did so this year, and Russia needed last chance to do so. 15/18 qualified wrestlers for all styles is one more than the USA got in 2016 as well.
Yankeefan33
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Noticed this today when looking at some previous results...it's insanely hard to medal at the Olympics and then make the Olympics four (five) years later. Out of the 24 medalists in 2016, only 9 (Aliev, Chamizo, Yazdani, Sadulaev, Sharifov, Snyder, Saritov, Akgul, Petriashvili) have even qualified for the 2021 Olympics and all five in the lower/middle weights have moved up in weight.
Billy Wagner
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*Americans
Yankeefan33
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A wrestler like Mitch Finesilver, who would never have the opportunity to make a Senior US team, getting the opportunity to travel the world and wrestle is nothing but a good thing for wrestling in the United States. You can argue with me on guys like Micic (who could make a world team domestically), but guys like Finesilver and Sebastian Rivera and Angus Arthur getting to wrestle for another country is great.
Billy Wagner
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Yea wrestling for Israel benefits the United States greatly
Yankeefan33
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I didn't say it did, I said it benefits wrestling in the United States. The more kids that can get paid to travel the world and wrestle the better. If they do so for a different country, you shouldn't have a problem with it.