At this exact moment, Aaron Brooks and Spencer Lee are two of the top 10 Pound for Pound wrestlers in the world. The only thing that can stop them from winning gold medals is Brooks losing twice to David Taylor or Spencer Lee getting injured.
Looking at who's wrestling in Turkey, I have a hard time believing either Spencer or Zain lose twice.
I mean, Zain has already blown one qualifying spot by losing to someone he never should have in his career
ah thought you were referring to JO losing to Gadzhiev last olympic qualifier. Pretty sure Nick Lee was the Pan Am rep, and he got teched by Austin Gomez iirc. edit: ah right, you're talking about the 2020 pan am olympic qualifier where zain got pinned from a leg lace. I think i had erased that from my memory.
Said in post match she’s not sure what’s next as they want to have more kids which is a crazy balancing act, obviously
There's 4 total matches in all disciplines left and as of now theres only 2 that need a 3rd match. Do they give these guys a longer break if there's only 3 before a 3rd 86kg?
Who knew the biggest loser in Zahids screw job was DT? Because he was never beating Taylor but he beat Brooks He has to become the favorite but it’s always a little strange when someone makes it to the Olympics with no Senior experience.
Lack of competition made it a shit event. 2 weakest weights seem to have a lot of potential for future with Blaze/Forrest and Mendez was terrific and only guy who came close to Zain. 97 was really terrible and 76 needs something, maybe Nolf is post-Dake guy but he's already 28. Could also see Dake's crazy ass wrestling 4 years from now. Heavyweight needs a present or future.
I don’t see it for Nolf, next gen is coming up soon and I wouldn’t be surprised if O’Toole and Carr pass him up next year
Carr does have that 100% Jesus energy, how can you doubt him Also if Mesenbrink adds more skill to his insane motor
Keegan O'Toole is a force on the SR level right now. Just won U23s over Ganishov who is probably Russia's #3 behind Sidakov and Baev. Nolf is a little older than him but I think you can safely say he's a top 10 guy in the world right now just based off his resume, and he's likely a little higher than that based off his skill level.
This is a really good thread. Especially how fuckin shitty the psu fans were. There was an over abundance of cringe from the crowd at times. Also think this tidbit is probably not completely fan fic