Wrestling UWW World Championships 2019

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18 hours ago, Dolby said:

UKR, USA and RUS are all good wrestlers but I think both are doable. I will be satisfied with 1/2. 

And 1/2 it is. Vinesh gets the quota while Seema goes down to Russia. 

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Disaster, complete disaster, how can there be a this huge difference between last year and this year 

 

Yasemin Adar who was the two-years ago champion and last year runner-up is eliminated in the first match. 

 

Our grekoromen team was a complete disaster. Huge disappointment

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So we would finally have a female with 2  world wrestling champions medals  in the form of Pooja Dhanda, still won't be that great bcoz it's non Olympic category. The trials were never required in 57kg i believe, even if she lost to Sarita it was because they know each others moves well. But Pooja has a lot of experience. 

Edited September 18, 2019 by Fly_like_a_don

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2 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

So we would finally have a female world wrestling champion in the form of Pooja Dhanda, still won't be that great bcoz it's non Olympic category. The trials were never required in 57kg i believe, even if she lost to Sarita it was because they know each others moves well. But Pooja has a lot of experience. 

I don't think Pooja winning gold is a given. She is amazing in attack but her defence is too suspect. (A bit like the young Bajrang). She can defeat any opponent and lose to any. So, even with Pooja instead of Sarita in 57kg, with the kind of draw (Nichita, Bullen and Kawai in the same quarter), there wouldn't have been much difference. 

 

For today's quotas, Kiran still has a very small chance. Rotter Focken is through to semis but Gray is an amazing wrestler and if Focken can upset her, Kiran will get a chance in repechage. 

Edited September 18, 2019 by Dolby

[phelps 7,680]

10 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Mostly because they are being used to keep gender numbers more balanced. Don't worry, mixed artistic duet will be here soon enough.

 

 

yeah, when our great Giorgio Minisini (by far the best male in the sport right now) will be gone...

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9 hours ago, dcro said:

 

And it very much looks like a historic (but outdated) discipline. Maybe in 1920s Greco-Roman bouts were interesting, but today most matches are decided by often eyebrow-raising cautions and advantages given...

 

only because they adopt freaking wrong rules (and because of biased -if not corrupted- refs and officials)...

with the rules they were using until 20 years ago, Greco-Roman wrestling was a lot more spectacular and offensive-minded...

then someone started to say that it was not so "accasional viewer friendly" and they started to change the rules year after year...and always going in the wrong direction, giving refs too many responsibilities and chances to heavily influence the final outcome of every single bout...

 

p.s. and it's not my/our fault if most people nowadays have the attention span of a hamster and/or can't appreciate a sport for what it is...

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20 hours ago, phelps said:

Women's Wrestling, Day #5 Finals

 

 

-50kg
Gold Medal match: Emilia Alina Vuc vs Mariya Stadnik
Bronze Medal match #1: Valentina Islamova Brik vs Oksana Livach / Ellen Riesterer / Hsieh Meng Hsuan
Bronze Medal match #2: Sun Yanan vs Ekaterina Poleshchuk / Miesinnei Mercy Genesis / Seema

Olympic Quota for: / / / / /

-53kg
Gold Medal match: Mayu Mukaida vs Pak Yong Mi
Bronze Medal match #1: Maria Prevolaraki vs Sarah Ann Hildebrandt / Yuliia Khavaldzhy Blahinya / Vinesh
Bronze Medal match #2: Pang Qianyu vs Lianna De La Caridad Montero Herrera / Iulia Leorda / Roksana Marta Zasina

Olympic Quota for: / / / / /

-55kg
Gold Medal match: Nanami Irie vs Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester
Bronze Medal match #1: Marina Sedneva vs Jade Mariah Parsons / Olga Khoroshtavtseva
Bronze Medal match #2: Bediha Gun vs Madina Nadirova / Bolortuya Bat Ochir

-72kg
Gold Medal match: Natalia Vorobeva vs Alina Berezhna Stadnyk Makhynia
Bronze Medal match #1: Zhamila Bakbergenova vs Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel / Masako Furuichi
Bronze Medal match #2: Paliha vs Victoria Christine Francis

 

 

updated after this morning's repechage rounds...

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Women's Wrestling, Day #5 Semifinals

 

 

-57kg
Rong Ningning vs Jowita Maria Wrzesien
Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye vs Risako Kawai

Olympic Quota so far: / / /

-59kg*
Shoovdor Baatarjav vs Linda Morais
Pooja Dhanda vs Ljubov Ovcharova

* NOT an Olympic Weight Class

-65kg*
Elis Manolova vs Inna Trazhukova
Forrest Ann Molinari vs Iryna Koliadenko

* NOT an Olympic Weight Class

-76kg
Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki vs Epp Mae
Adeline Maria Gray vs Aline Rotter Focken

Olympic Quota so far: / / /

Edited September 18, 2019 by phelps

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1 hour ago, Dolby said:

I don't think Pooja winning gold is a given. She is amazing in attack but her defence is too suspect. (A bit like the young Bajrang). She can defeat any opponent and lose to any. So, even with Pooja instead of Sarita in 57kg, with the kind of draw (Nichita, Bullen and Kawai in the same quarter), there wouldn't have been much difference. 

 

For today's quotas, Kiran still has a very small chance. Rotter Focken is through to semis but Gray is an amazing wrestler and if Focken can upset her, Kiran will get a chance in repechage. 

At least Pooja would have been in the repechage losing to Kawai. 

Kiran did well but Gray is a great athlete 

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As I had feared, Pooja's defence completely dismantled by the Russian.