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well that doesn't always work. he was sure about his defense but then the Hungarian turned him twice. Kakhaleshvili was strong enough to attack from the start and maybe score something from the standing position but he tried the "dirty tactic"

lol Kakhelasvili is using the same tactic.

I saw it again and it was actually 1 second after the end. you could see he received a warning from the ref. they usually don't just warn you for these kind of actions. they give caution and 2pts. he was the better wrestler and deserved the quota. no need to humiliate your opponent

If it wasn't in Bulgaria, they could easily punish Mnatsakanian with 2pts and caution for that stupid throw after the whistle.

Thank you

yes in high level matches it's just too hard to score from the standing position. it happens but probably in 50% of the matches. of course I mean an extra time without passivity caution. let them wrestle until someone scores. by a pushout or anything else. if they can't score, make the circle smaller. at least someone has to score for the win. current rule is like using the coin toss or probably worse because sometimes it punishes the more active wrestler. that's why in that specific match both of them wanted to be more "passive" at the start

not that today wasn't great already and it seems you were underestimating Alizadeh, she used to be great and it seems she still has it. she has height advantage over anybody in this weight even though since she probably cuts weight a lot she gets tired soon.

well. there are so many "why"s about UWW and its rules. personally I support having extra time for any tied score. but they don't want matches to last forever. (like Judo) some people suggest having a smaller circle for the extra time making it easier to score the pushout. I will post the match later (when it's available) that was ugly.

I hate it when a match finishes 1-1. I said that so many times already and Alizadeh can't complain about anything since he won his previous match 1-1. he deserved to lose and I'm not even surprised. that was a terrible idea to send him here. we had at least 3 guys better him at home but that happens when instagram pages etc pick wrestlers for the team. just because this guy beat some random wrestlers at the Asian Championships in a low level. but UWW officials are probably the stupidest people on the planet, they are making the wrestlers passive with these rules. if you watch that match, both wrestlers were EXTREMELY passive in the first period. intentionally why ? because they wanted to receive the first caution. they weren't even touching each other. Alizadeh changed gear in the 2nd period since he was losing but when you waste 3 minutes of time to tire your opponent out you deserve to lose. but Datunashvili also deserves shit for that ugly strategy. he won that match by being "passive"! if that was up to me I would disqualify both of them

I was expecting Sahakyan to qualify in Hungary and then again here but both times he lost in the first round! complete disaster

pity I wanted to ask you for her number and I don't think Dimitrov is hopeless against Chunayev. the dancing Azeri is not in a great shape. if Dimitrov survives his early storm he will have his chance later.

and from what I saw so far he is favorite against both of them. Alizadeh sucks big time. beat Japan only 1-1 by pure luck. that was a huge mistake sending him here. and in a fair world Chakvetadze should lose 3-3 to Sunil Kumar. that "step out" point could be 2pts and caution if he wasn't from Russia. he was dead tired near the end of the match.

I'm going to miss that lady's voice on the speaker btw only in this sport the 1st seed can be considered a very easy opponent

only that "Gam-Jeom" (caution) part matters from the bottom left and right. you are disqualified with 10 of them those in the left (for red) and right ( for blue) is the recent actions of the match, (for example FRA scored so many back to back body kicks) and those numbers in the bottom, are "probably" the number of kicks (valid or invalid) that comes handy if the score is tied in extra time.

World and Olympic Champion Kim Hyeon-Woo is now disqualified. not making weight or simply not attending the weigh-in. that makes the life a bit easier for Viktor Nemes

maybe people (including myself) overlook Stetic (BIH) simply because she is from Bosnia. but I just remembered she is Croat and she used to be "good" she will face Alizadeh in the QF if both manage to win the 1st match. interestingly they faced each other 4 years ago in the World Championships quarterfinal. at the time it was Iran vs Croatia. now it's Bosnia vs "that" team. before Alizadeh took that revolutionary decision. she was supposed to move up to 67kg and try her chance in that weight in Tokyo (but she got injured again and our coach crossed her name) this is interesting and surprising that she decided to cut weight again for 57kg!

Venezuela had almost the same team as 2016. they are just 4 years older and weaker. they probably didn't invest much to find new talents and improve their level. sending exactly the same team after 4-5 years is a very bad sign for that sport. since Venezuela's case was interesting, I went to check Iran's 2016 team. out of 12 wrestlers we had in Rio, 10 of them are retired or completely out of the picture. (I mean still active but not in top 5 in the country) and one of them has a very slim chance to make it again. which means most probably only 1 out of 12 wrestlers (our only wrestling gold medalist in 2016) will come back to make the team again in 2021. this is more or less the same for Russia and other wrestling nations. you can't count on a closed group of wrestlers for a long time.

Yes maybe. but just maybe. it depends on Japan and Iran. there are 6 possible scenarios for Japan (have to pick 2 out of 4 events) and 2 for Iran (between M1X and W1X) which means a total of 12 different situations. I believe in some of them there will be one spot left unused for W1X. Iran Canoeing/Rowing Federation announced they will make a decision next week. I assume the NOC is more interested in the W1X quota to increase the number of female athletes in the delegation. but nothing is guaranteed and the NOC doesn't have the final say here. that's up to the national federation.

So it does make sense for Japan to pick LM2X and LW2X since at the end they are guaranteed two singles quotas, right ?

yeah I just said that to a friend of mine ok the whole world failed. this is our turn to use the very last chance to stop the monster but I wouldn't count on that. let's see if he even can reach the SF actually this is the first time I don't feel nervous about an Olympic Qualifier in wrestling. That's David and Goliath (Olympic Champion against a youngster)

wow Ivanova is not going to forget that forever. she was leading 9-1 !!! and what the hell the ref was doing ?! that was a pin for 30 seconds before he finally called it.

oh man, how come Bullen lost that. what a dumb mistake. she was leading 12-10. she could defend that position for another 40 seconds. but she tried to escape and then bang, got pinned.

I think that goes to Ecuador who finished 7th at the 2019 Worlds.

that was a heart breaking defeat for Canada but on the other hand that was a great attack right at the end for Romania.

Well after watching Omar Salim today, I just hope our athlete in this weight doesn't get him in the first round this kid is a medal contender