Wrestling UWW European Olympic Qualifier 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[Adriano 504]

Lomadze out with Swedish wow

[heywoodu 13,662]

10 hours ago, MHSN said:

97kg:

Murtazaliev is a last minute change for Russia and oh boy this kid made me wow in European Champ. the top half is really hard but if he wrestlers as good as that tournament, that's his quota to lose. he also has a not-so-hard path to the SF (only has to beat a mediocre AZE wrestler) but the first quarter is insane with Savolainen, Kakhelasvili, Szoke and Kobliashvili, whoever survives this brutal quarter will be a bit tired too, makes things easier for Murtazaliev

no favorite here, everybody in bottom half can consider himself lucky. I'm very surprised with Turkey's entry, this guy was terrible so far, not sure why they are sending him! Venckaitis and Kajaia are favorite "on paper" but they are simply not good enough. Venckaitis had a dream run at Worlds but lost 3 matches and finished 6th and Kajaia is too old. even the Netherlands has a chance for quota here, or maybe Austria. it's really hard for me to pick one but I try something new this time , I say 

Where can I sign for this?  

 

Cool to see there is actually some hope (I mean, probably he won't get it, but if you say the chance is there, I'll have hope). Brother Marcel Sterkenburg in 87kg is already out in the first round, so it'll have to be him  

[MHSN 3,347]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Where can I sign for this?  

 

Cool to see there is actually some hope (I mean, probably he won't get it, but if you say the chance is there, I'll have hope). Brother Marcel Sterkenburg in 87kg is already out in the first round, so it'll have to be him  

he wasn't impressive in his first match, just stole a lucky 1-1 win (I hate it whenever a match ends with the scoreline)

but none of the guys in his half is better than him, probably not the favorite but he has a chance

[MHSN 3,347]

biggest upset of the day so far, Murtazaliev just lost to a guy from Germany 

 

of course it was a lucky 1-1 win but still 

Murtazaliev was great in Euro Champ but today he gassed early and couldn't score.  Savolainen is also out. that opens the door for Kakhelashvili to maybe win a quota. 

[heywoodu 13,662]

Sterkenburg  beats Smetko , two wins to go to get to Paris.

[EselTheDonkey 767]

38 minutes ago, MHSN said:

  that opens the door for Kakhelashvili to maybe win a quota. 

Except that he lost as well: KAKHELASHVIL N. vs KOBLIASHVILI R. live score and result | Seniors European OG Qualifier NaN wrestling (uww.org)

[MHSN 3,347]

2 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Except that he lost as well: KAKHELASHVIL N. vs KOBLIASHVILI R. live score and result | Seniors European OG Qualifier NaN wrestling (uww.org)

yeah I'm watching, just one time singlet grabbing (2pts caution + 1 pts for a lost challenge) and that was enough. one mistake is enough in close matches

 

even though I have to say he is not that good anymore. 

[Benolympique 1,904]

Madamassa Sylla 8 - 1 Selcuk Can

 

 

[MHSN 3,347]

so, that was an interesting session of wrestling. some surprises as expected, I think only 87kg went as planned. 

 

60kg:  vs  /  vs 

67kg:  vs  /  vs 

77kg:  vs  /  vs 

87kg:  vs  /  vs 

97kg:  vs  /  vs 

130kg:  vs  /  vs 

 

to me the there are only 2 very surprising semifinalists, Germany 97 and Finland 77. I can't remember if I ever seen this German guy before . I have to check his old results but I know nothing about him, he did great and he has a shot for the quota. 

 

I also have to say that the order of matches played a big role. Selcuk Can was dead tired after two very hard matches and Sylla simply manhandled him in the QF. or our flying Dutchman Sterkenburg was literally dead after two hard battles and had nothing in his tank for the 3rd match.

[phelps 7,199]

once again,  playing the not-paying spectator role  

 

oh, man...how far away the times of "Pollicino" Maenza (or even Minguzzi) are!