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that was his golden chance, once in a lifetime chance. I was somehow screaming , "don't let him go" "don't let him go" he could score because the Algerian guy was confused at the first. we saw what happened in the second period when he realized the FSM wrestler is not that bad and tried to be conservative. what a pity. he really had the chance

I watched almost the whole session (I mean as much as possible, it's impossible to focus on 3 mats at the same time) this is what I think 57: vs // vs Algeria for sure but the 2nd semifinal will be interesting, the GBS guy survived two hard matches against EGY and NGR, I will he will be favorite against Ansari but that will be close. so I say and 65: vs // vs Senegal won the quota right after the draw lol, but the bottom half was very interesting, the Egyptian wrestler showed some heart to bring himself to the SF. he gassed early in both his matches against NGR and GBS but somehow managed to hold on to the win. in his QF he was actually down by a point but took advantage of his opponent's dumb mistake and threw him for good. if he had to wrestle right now I wouldn't give him much of chance but now he has several hours to rest and recover, so I say and 74: vs // vs really surprised to see ASA here, he beat South Africa but no chance really against Egypt who beat a good Nigerian wrestler earlier today. and Midana will be clear favorite for the second semi, he used to be a very good wrestler even Jordan Burrughs had hard time against him once, he is 36 now but I think he will make it for his 4th Olympics, I say and 86: vs // vs both EGY and ALG looked good in the first match, really hard pick for me, they looked at the same level, I say and 97: vs // vs I think both semis will be close, really hard to say who is the favorite here. I say and 125: vs // vs Egypt will be the favorite, and I think Algeria has the edge in the other semis, it was the only weight with two groups, both of group round matches between these 4 wrestlers were close so everything is possible, to me and while I didn't predict for Tunisia but I think at least one of their wrestlers will find a way to the final

US Olympic team: Men 57: Thomas Gilman 65: Jordan Oliver (has to qualify the weight in Bulgaria) 74: Kyle Dake 86: David Taylor 97: Kyle Snyder 125: Gable Steveson Women 50: Sarah Hildebrandt 53: Jacarra Winchester 57: Helen Maroulis 62: Kayla Miracle 68: Tamyra Mensah-Stock 76: Adeline Gray Greco 60: Ildar Hafizov 67: Alejandro Sancho 77: Jesse Porter (has to qualify the weight) 87: John Stefanowicz 97: G'Angelo Hancock 130: Adam Coon (has to qualify the weight) USA has 15 quotas already and 12 of those wrestlers who qualified the weight for USA made the team too! only Dake and Steveson in freestyle and Stefanowicz in Greco managed to beat the guy who won the quota.

The great Jordan Burroughs is not going to Tokyo he lost twice to Kyle Dake in US trials . Dake is a two time world champion at 79kg and he was the better wrestler tonight without doubt. but it was just sad to see a great champion like Burroughs leaving the mat like that. he didn't announce retirement in the interview after the match but I believe that was the last time for him.

that's really weird. I guess you are right. maybe they don't reallocate it the way I was "imaging" at first even though this is a bit "different" because the Nigerian is not withdrawing her quota. so I don't know really they can give it to Tunisia or Poland or nobody after all!

I was talking about the Swedish girl who won silver at the World Champs but later tested positive for doping, her quota normally should go to 7th place wrestler which was the same Nigerian girl who won the competition here. where did you find that line ? I can't remember such a thing in wrestling rules. as far as I know there is no such a rule

won the 62 spot at 68, won her match but that was a PO1 win which wasn't enough. gets the quota and I believe will get another one later. unless they want to give that to as the next best ranked at the Worlds. so at the end 4 (+1) 3 (-1) 2 1 1 1

Egypt for sure. she has more classification points. but I assume she didn't know that at the end of her match Tunisia finishes 3rd and I believe she will get the quota later. when they reallocate World Champs quota

have to take it back the Tunisian girl struggled even against Madagascar and our friend from Guam lost in a minute 10-0 to Cameroon in the final. but still congrats. she took benefit of Kenya, Australia and Madagascar sending a wrestler in this weight .because with 7 or less we should see a round robin (or 2 groups) and she wouldn't qualify.

well, to me that was a 2-2 , of course they give such dubious calls to the host nation. even though one can say it should 2-2 +1 for TUN at the end for the "takedown" it could be either 4-3 for CIV or 4-4 for TUN. but as far as I know about the rules 3-2 for TUN was wrong. CIV is not done yet. she still can qualify by beating Egypt. uphill task though it seems everybody is watching this but just to have a summary 50: 53: 57: 62: and the winner of last round match between 68: 99.99% and 90% . will finish 3rd and qualifies later. can be 3rd only if she wins by fall and score at least 8pts ! 76: 100%, is 2nd, but still can qualify if she just beat Egypt by any score.

the girl from Guam was actually pretty good, I think Nigeria and Cameroon were the best in the field, and she wouldn't qualify if she was on the other side but that doesn't matter. a bit of luck is sometimes necessary.

Guam this really made my day

The Egyptian girl was very close to upset Tunisia and maybe steal one of their quotas but well that was a nice throw at the end. 50kg quotas are now confirmed for

dead last and the guy was talking about his chance to qualify Years of experience tells me to not believe athletes when they talk about their chance, specially in sports like this, nobody knows jack shit about Sailing here

taking a look at the results: 50: looks safe, the 2nd quota is between and (much more chance for TUN) 53: direct semifinals: vs and vs . I think Cameroon and Tunisia are safe bets here 57: again direct semifinals: vs and vs , very good chance for Guinea and Tunisia 62: is 100% qualified, and will wrestle for the 2nd quota 68: and are in better position with 1 win. but that's still just one round. remember the 3rd place matters here in this weight because Nigeria most probably will get the World Championship quota. 76: is 99% safe with a fall win, the match between and will determine the 2nd quota. Tunisia has a chance to qualify a full team.

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that's not a bad idea actually. putting a limitation on the number of wrestlers you can qualify in the continental OQT. better countries still can have their chances to complete their teams in the last chance qualifier(s) I like the qualification system in wrestling actually. simple and less complicated. but since it's just 16 per weight maybe some changes are necessary

Tunisia won the last quota so in short 4 4 3 1 it's highly possible that we end up with 0 quotas for Oceania wrestlers, I wonder if that makes UWW to change the system for Paris ? the idea of merging these 2 continents were to give 5-6 quotas in total to Oceania. but now Africa is taking benefit of that. I know this is essential to get other continents involved in the sport. most African countries only invest in the sport to qualify for the Olympics. but with only 16 quotas available for each weight maybe, just maybe it's time to make some changes. give 1 quota to each continent and put the rest in the world qualification tournaments. but that will decrease the number of countries in this sport at the Olympics. so ...

here are the qualified wrestlers, assuming nothing crazy will happen in the last round of some weights with round robin format it wasn't really hard to predict but I was correct 11 out of 12 60: 67: ( already qualified at the Worlds) 77: 87: 97: 130: and the second quota will be decided between and (most probably TUN) assuming TUN will win the last quota we have 4 4 3+1 Morocco ruined the 4-4-4 party. but Egypt already had the 4th quota.

Morocco qualified at 77, at least we will have a 4th country winning a quota. the guy is old but that was a nice throw. and the officiating was one of the weirdest I ever seen. qualified too, so far the only mistake I had in my prediction 67 quotas will go to and unless some miracles happen in the last round.

Morocco was really close at 60kg. the guy lost two close matches to Egypt and Algeria. but at the end of the day no surprise quota for

very funny for someone who was moving up a weight from 92kg ! but he just made the life easier for Kyle Snyder

it's really hard to judge based on the current ranking, it can change big time after just one event. but Kingue-Matam looks good. most guys above him are from China, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. he can even qualify in top 8. if not he can be the best from Europe the same goes to the French girl at 49. most weightlifters above her will be removed from the list. and the other girl at 81 is already in the qualification zone as the best European. I believe all 3 of them will qualify at the end but nothing is guaranteed. btw it's highly possible that North Korea withdraws from the Asian Championship and therefore none of their athletes will be eligible to qualify. that will make it even easier for the French weightlifters.

in 3 weights with 2 groups of 3 wrestlers, we know the semifinals 60: vs /// vs 77: vs /// vs 87: vs /// vs -- 67: looks very safe, the second quota is between and 97: 100% qualified, 99% 130: looks safe, it will be between and

someone turned off the lights during a match it seems and are already qualified at 96kg. they both beat Egypt and the other 2 guys were very weak