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that was very interesting and yes in fact he was the biggest surprise of the first freestyle day, I knew you can't underestimate India in lighter weights but still that was surprising (and I would be happy if he would stopped with the quota but unfortunately for us he beat our wrestler for the bronze ) his cardio was fantastic, he could beat Uguev if he had probably 30-40 more seconds. it will get harder for him because now other teams will start analyze him and make plans for him but that was his first World Seniors, he only can improve from here.

Good to see I'm not the only one noticing it. I can say almost all of them received the best possible draw, except for 125kg. probably because that guy was very bad and could lose to anybody. I say the best "possible" draw because they had to face one of the top seeds before the QF, most of the time they are in the same quarter as the weakest seeded wrestler. or in some cases like 74kg. their wrestler are in the same quarter with Chamizo but that was a good thing because he will easily qualify for the Olympics tomorrow. I'm sure most people here don't believe such things but last year Hungary had dream draw in almost all of Greco events. now it's time for Kazakhstan. it can't be just "luck"

Finally the last day 86: 1) I don't know how but this guy Erdin is always world #1 even though in reality he is nowhere close ! but at least that gave him a very easy draw. he is obviously the favorite from this quarter, and since he is also favorite for going to the final, the next best guy Friev from Spain has a good chance for the Olympic quota. 2) this quarter is even easier, the first round match between Deepak of India and Davlumbayev will be a decider, the only half good wrestler in this quarter is from Colombia ! I'm also curious about the Jamaican guy who grew up in US wrestling system. 3) once again our wrestler is in the toughest quarter, but only this time he is the "bad draw" for anybody. I think the only wrestler in the whole competition with a chance to beat Yazdani is Naifonov from Russia and they will meet each other in the QF if Naifonov survives Gostiyev. 4) this one is balanced, lots of good wrestlers but there is no huge favorite. it sounds like exaggeration but I think all 15 wrestlers in that quarter stand a chance more or less. Shabanov of BLR and the Cuban are my first picks but we also have Dudarov, Makoev even the American Dawney . the bad news is only one from this quarter will qualify for the Olympics. my picks: 97: 1) only 5 wrestlers here, we have a clear favorite, Kyle Snyder. he is not that unbeatable but I think he can handle all these guys. he most probably will qualify another wrestler with himself too. I think it will be between Saritov and Ibragimov. 2) if we consider Snyder and the Russian tank as tier 1. we have lots of tier 2 wrestlers in this quarter, making it the "toughest" quarter IMO, even though that's possible for the winner to upset Snyder in the semis but still Snyder will be the huge favorite, so these guys know most probably only one of them will qualify. we have 7 wrestlers here, KOR is alrady out. I also don't think there is a chance for Turkey (he is good though) , it will be close for the rest I want to have a bold prediction here and give it to Iran. 3) once again Kazakhstan is in the easier quarter ?! surprise ! but I think despite being in the easiest part, the Kazakh is not the favorite. even though there is a chance for everybody but I think it will be between MGL and KAZ, with KGZ being 3rd behind them. 4) Sadullaev no question , the only question is who is going to win the repechage ? I think it will be between Ceban and Nurov. my picks:

well it happens when you are in the final when you don't belong there. 11-0 quick win for Rashidov. and someone threw a tennis ball to the mat !!! never saw such a things

oh I see to be honest I never want such things even if that benefits our athletes. I know wrestling is a tough sport. these wrestlers try really hard to be here and when some soul-less referees easily rob them that always feels terrible for me as a fan. I always think how these guys "sleep well" when they know they ruined someone's life so easily. how come they don't feel bad about themselves ?! most of officiating mistakes here aren't "mistake" they are cheating. I'm OK with 50/50 calls going in favor of the host, but some of them weren't even 90/10. but 100% obvious calls.

I'm sure you got that by "that guy" I mean the Israeli . India/Kazakhstan won't face Israel unless in the semifinal (where he already won the quota) you have to beat the Turk (to not let Israel gets another chance in the repechage) and then I don't care if Kazakh luckily steals another quota. I will write in details later as usual but I think we have 4 candidates in top half. TUR, IND, KAZ and ESP. I just hope 3 of them win the quota

I'm sure they have no problem beating Israelis for Deepak his first round is his real medal match. I hope he wins and then he beats the Turk (who beat Israel before) to eliminate the Israeli (I know I'm thinking too much) plz don't let that guy winning the quota. this is the only weight we count on the gold

the guy is actually not that bad, he beat South Korea here. he is from Romania. Emami will be huge favorite for bronze but it won't be very easy.

and guess where is Kazakhstan. always in the easier half. I really hope someone stops that Israeli wrestler from winning a medal or quota. I don't think his first round opponent Lebanese wrestler (who is half American and is an Asian Games silver medalist) shows up tomorrow. Syria and Kosovo are in the quota match thanks to the stupid draw system of UWW. even though I think it's good to see one of them at the Olympics. the Syrian guy is actually from Russia as I said last night. he is the favorite.

there are some countries in the world, I never want them to host anything because they are not ashamed of any kind of cheating to get results. Kazakhstan is one of them. yesterday Bajrang got robbed blatantly and today they did the same to our 70kg wrestler. in a normal world the score should be 13-6 in favor of Emami but they made him lose 7-6 !!! I'm not talking about 50/50 calls or small mistakes. that was blatant cheating. Kazakhstan normally has a mediocre freestyle team but now they are the 2nd best team behind Russia !!! mostly because they get dream draw and also because they got supports from the refs. this is really amazing all of Kazakh wrestlers are in the best part of the draw. I will make a summary at the end of the competition. finally Karimi made it to the final , it will be against his arch rival Cox. he lost to this Russian wrestler once in the worst experience of his life. he was leading the match he was told from the corner "Ali you have to lose" and he lost. I'm sure he feels better now after destroying that Russian wrestler 10-0.

The first session was almost perfect for Iran except the last match at 125kg ruined it a bit. it was a sure bronze only if Mohebbi could score one more. he is our reserve guy in this weight, I'm 100% sure about the quota in this weight in Asia. and I have absolutely no exception at 74kg. that was our worst wrestler ever ! on other hand, Atri won the quota at 55, and we will have 2 in the semifinal in non-Olympic weights. I wasn't expecting more but then that 125kg was really close.

@Benolympique Khadjiev won the quota. congrats ! a bit of surprise but I knew he is tricky and always can surprise

he has a chance but he has to win his first match vs Kentchandze. won't be easy at all. or if he loses he can pray for Kentchadze to upsets Chamizo in the semifinal. I think Khadjiev's chance isn't higher than 10%. but I know he is a tricky wrestler.

2nd day of freestyle 74 1) looks very easy for Chamizo, the only who can challenge him is the Kazakh guy. who will most probably qualify through repechage. 2) Kentchadze is the clear favorite but it won't be very easy for him, we have Khadjiev, Nedealco, and 2 more from UKR and ARM. but they have to beat Kentchandze because there is no repechage because of Chamizo in the semifinal. 3) very very easy for Sidakov, and if he manages to beat Burroughs (or anybody else) in the semifinal. one of these guys will be in the Olympics ! it's hard to pick any of them. bunch of mediocre wrestlers. Ireally had hard time to pick any of them. I go with Japan even though I don't know this guy. only because their main wrestler is a good one and if this guy beats Fujinami he is probably good too. 4) as usual 15 wrestlers in this quarter, so many candidates, but of course the main candidate is Jordan Burroughs. I think Abdurakhmanov is the next best guy in this quarter, we also have Demirtas and the Azerbaijani wrestler, and again Gomez, Nurikov, a Russian from Hungary. plus 2 grandpa coming back after a big while, Garzon of Cuba and of course Sushil Kumar !!! and I don't even mention our wrestler, he is the worst. my picks: 125 1) this is funny, Geno is already in the semifinal no doubt, but there are 6 other below average wrestlers here and one of them will go to the Olympics when Geno wins the semifinal. I don't know these guys and had to search about them. I think this is the best possible chance for all of them. the Syrian guy is actually from Russia (with Syrian heritage) I don't know anything about him but he is Russia after all ! 2) this is probably the toughest "quarter" because if we consider Geno and Akgul as tier 1, we have 5 Tier 2 wrestlers here. and only one of them will go to the Olympics because the winner will lose to Geno. both Iran and Russia have last minute replacements here, I assume they are not in the best possible shape, to me it will be between UKR or USA. but of course all of those 5 guys stand a good chance. 3) piece of cake for Taha, and most probably a quota for Ligeti. maybe only the Indian guy Sumit has something like 10% chance to upset Ligeti. this one was easy to predict. 4) Ding is the 2nd seed and world silver medalist but I still I can't consider him the favorite, we have Magomedov here, I also don't know about his shape. I expect Ding and Magomedov to face in the QF but that's not a sure thing. one thing is guaranteed, only one wrestler will qualify from this quarter. my picks: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I assume people are less interested in non-Olympic weights but finally we have someone with a very easy draw yayyy I think we will have semifinalists in both of these non-Olympic weights. not just because they were lucky. they were also better wrestlers comparing to our team members in "olympic weights"

technically this is not a "break time" I run a simulation and it takes 3-4 minutes. so here I am writing that needs more than 3-4 minutes I will surely write it later today before going to sleep.

option 2, I remember so many exams I went to without sleeping a minute. but well I was 17-18 and not sleeping wasn't a problem for me. even for 2 nights in a row. I guess I can't do that anymore. for example I didn't sleep last night (was on a deadline for my job and had to finish something, and also I wanted to watch the wrestling early in the morning) and I'm very tired now. still no sleep because I have things to do (and if you ask me why I'm answering to you while I have important things to do. because I'm on my PC to do my job and you need a break sometimes)

I understand boxing. this sport is simply hard to judge. but wrestling shouldn't be that hard. they also have video challenge system !! there are 2 problems. 1) rules are not clear. there are so many 50/50 situations, 2) those who apply these rules are corrupt . and I have to tell you the current UWW is an upgrade comparing to the old FILA. you can imagine how bad it was. and it's not about all combat sports, taekwondo is going into the right direction. yes there are still matches like Walkden-Zheng this year. but they reduced it big time. personally I don't feel "organized cheating" anymore when I watch teakwondo. while in wrestling I simply never trust the refs when we are facing certain countries. for example Azerbaijan used to receive favorable calls all the time. but since last year they stopped their financial support and this year I have to say some of their wrestlers got robbed. they turned into the victim in a year !

That was only one of the "fouls" he committed today. I think the center referee asked for point+caution at least 3 times (or maybe 4) but they accepted it only once. beside that the ref also once asked for 2pts for Bajrang for exposure still not confirmed by other 2 refs . and that 4pts throw . this time all 3 refs agreed with 4pts for Niyazbekov. the Iranian commentator was sure it was 4 for Bajrang. personally I'm not sure. that was 50/50 call. somehow both of them initiated the attack. I will watch it again later today to convince myself what was the correct call. right now I don't know. but even if that one was correct, Bajrang has enough reasons to be mad. I think in a fair world, Niyazbekov should be disqualified with 3 cautions btw I wonder if anybody noticed most of Kazakhstani wrestlers received very good draws. they had 2 today. both of them used it. they will have another one at 74kg tomorrow. they also had some "very easy draws" in Greco. 2-3 at least. I wonder if they were just lucky or something happened behind the scene.

China sometimes bring unknown wrestlers and make some surprises but I think it will be between Micic and Davidovi with a very good chance for Micic.

I said last night that I consider that Atli-Sanayev match 60-40 for Sanayev. and I wasn't wrong. Sanayev was a bit better but Atli survived in the last seconds. so Micic has a VERY good chance for the quota. but the Italian Davidovi is also got some good results recently. that won't be piece of cake. btw Bajrang got robbed in the semis. that 4pts throw was dubious at best and after that the center referee (who happened to be from Iran) called 1pt and 2pts for Bajrang in 3-4 times but the other two refs rejected him.

@phelps you should learn from Hungary to be so fast. they found Musukaev only few months ago and you just saw what happened. not a great day for Iran but it was all expected. Yazdani had no chance from the start. still he lost a very winnable match. Atri on other hands had two very close matches (he won the first match exactly in the very last second) before losing 2-0 to Uguev and he had the golden chance for 2pts takedown in the last minute. just missed it. even if Uguev wins the semifinal, Atri still has to wrestle the winner of AZE or MGL. still a very tough task . Indian 57kg surprised me, I wrote you can never underestimate India in this light weights but still his results were very surprising. I can't say "good luck" for him in the semifinal for obvious reasons. even though it's always hard for me to cheer for Russia in wrestling but that's how repechage works ! what's amazing is they still didn't disqualify Aliyev ! they had to bring the entire Nur-Sultan police to remove him from the arena. it will be the biggest scandal ever if they let him wrestle the repechage. I know he got robbed but his reaction was unbelievable.

The freestyle competition started with controversy. for the biggest match of the first round. Haji Aliyev scored a takedown in last 4 seconds but then after the challenge they gave the score to the Russian Rashidov. and then Aliyev got mad and threw everything he had to the referees ! he is still in the list but It will be a huge surprise if they don't disqualify him and that was stupid. when you lose to Russia. there is always chance to get a second chance in repechage I have to see the action again but at least at first it looked like a robbery. btw they made up for Azerbaijan 15 minutes later by sacrificing the Kyrgyzstani wrestler against Amiraslanov. another dubious call in last 5 seconds.

I don't think Sindo appreciates me uploading another 16mb, I'm going to email them. you should already received the first mail.

OK change of plan. I hope Sindo doesn't mind uploading 16mb actually when there are official results books I just keep them but when there are not, I create my own version which usually includes only necessary information. having both "Entry list" and "start list" isn't necessary for example. Download

I created these PDFs myself , I only kept interesting things . they are not official "result books" but they have a short schedule. entry list, medalist and of course the full results. something like this. I will email all of them to you tomorrow Wushu.pdf