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sorry but both of those calls were correct or at least not wrong, Chamizo stepped on Bayramov's foot before that annulled takedown. yes I know they are not usually strict about this. but that's the rule and of course in Baku they would be strict in favor of the host wrestler. and if you watch it again, both other refs gave 2pts to Chamizo and didn't notice the legs. the mat chairman (who wanted AZE to win so badly) noticed that and talked other two refs into changing their decision. there was a reason why Chamizo didn't challenge that call. he knew that was a foul if we go by the book
 
and that "pin" action. the ref below the whistle a moment before the action. I totally understand that was bad luck for Chamizo but I'm pretty sure that was just a honest mistake by the ref. that happened too fast and he has to caution/penalty Bayramov. I wish he could wait half a second more but he didn't. the action happened after/during the whistle. shouldn't be counted.
 
and the first call which was obviously a mistake. I didn't see center ref giving 4+2. I only saw a 4 (and then they changed the camera angel) only the judge made that mistake. that was a huge mistake anyway. actions like that CAN NOT be scored 4+2. that's either 4 or 2+2.  you can never score 4+2 in one action.
 
to me there were 3 or maybe 4 big mistakes in this match, I can give a pass to the refs for two of them, but that 6pts at the beginning and the last call were crystal clear. cancelling those 2pts after watching the video was intentional cheating. 
 
I would call this match 11-6 for Chamizo (or 3 cautions disqualification for Bayramov)

this guy knows magic or maybe something better
 
he weighted 101.7 kg during the Asian Champ in his home country when he secured his quota. but how is the even possible ? he was never anywhere near that weight. but all of a sudden he dropped 7kg and made a good total and then gained that 7kg back ?  if that's not magic, then what it is ?
 
 
https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=djuraev-akbar-1999-10-08&id=14360

2024 Asian Championship, Freestyle brackets are out
https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/1eee02d6-2759-659e-9ff0-c71089015e53
 
thanks to UWW its far from the highest level of competition in Asia . most countries are fielding B teams in Olympic weights because of the Asian QT. still we can see some very big names who already qualified for the Olympics in the start list including 10 current World Champions

I checked the entry list of Asian Champs and Asian OQT and except very weak countries (like SGP , IRQ etc) there are only few wrestlers in both tournaments,
 
obviously Asian top wrestling nations have enough money to send two different teams. 

Last Chance World Qualifier entries
https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/1eef6f73-073e-67fe-ad74-231b2e1b0fdb
 
this list is probably only accurate for non-Asian countries but for the Asian NOCs it's mostly a cope/paste from their Asian Qualifier entries. for example I know Iran will send a different team if the AQT team fails. 
 

Because we have a f.. idiot as coach, they couldn't even calculate, Dehdar needed 213 but they went for 214 and he missed it by the narrowest possible margin. 1 kilo made a huge difference here and why the hell they started with 208 when they knew he needed 213? 
 
and Dehdar was supposed to be the CJ specialist. his plan was to lift 220 here but I think that was too much pressure for him to handle. 
 

102kg Group B didn't go the way I preferred 
 
two more athletes surpassed the 391kg mark and that will kick our guy Dehdar out of top 10! now he needs to do something to qualify. kind of funny because at the start of this qualification period, he was our 3rd guy and nobody cared about him, now #1 and #2 are out and he is our last chance for the quota in this weight
 
how the hell Hasanbayev (TKM) improved this much in a short period of time ?  yeah I'm thinking about the same thing
 
but TKM already has 3 doping bans (all of them less than 4 years of suspension) the rules are not clear in this case. it says the independent panel may withdraw some or all of  the quota places
 
not sure what "may withdraw" means  the rules should be clear.
 

speaking of Chamizo, that was one of his best matches at 74kg. he didn't wrestle a good match like this for a while. I mean he was down 6-0 ( to me that was 4pts but they gave 4+2) I was 100% sure the match is over but he wrestled his heart out and if the officiating was normal he could be leading by 3-4 pts before the last action (where he again got robbed) 
 
Chamizo in morning session was terrible but from what I saw in the evening I think he will win the quota eventually. he is quite a popular wrestler (because of his unique style) and I'm sure most (if not all) of wrestling fans want to see him in Paris.
 
but this is a very competitive weight, lots of solid wrestlers are left. Salkazanov, Demirtas, Kirov also had a good tournament today. whoever GEO sends, Kuramagomedov, Shapiev, that Russian guy of Romania was good too
and there will be some good Asian wrestlers left too. at least 2 or 3.
 
beside that, Albania and Tajikistan are purchasing some good Russian wrestlers (Veliev and Rassadin) I think they are still doing the paperwork but that can be finished anytime, Uzbekistan also hired a very high level Russian in Zhamalov. 

no more surprises, the rest of the afternoon went as expected. looking back at my predictions, I was mostly wrong in Greco, only got 5 out of 12 correctly but that was expected,
 
in freestyle it could be 10 out of 12. but that Chamizo match happened, so 9 of 12. I only missed one in 65kg and 97kg. Baitsaev was in terrible shape and I think my 65kg prediction wasn't that bad.
 
it's not a good news that only 4 countries won all the quotas ! (and Europe was supposed to be more competitive) two teams are already completed.  Russia and  Azerbaijan. they both won all 6 MFS quotas. beside that only USA and Japan in women's freestyle have a full team now. (no full team in Greco yet)
Belarus also had a great day, winning 4 quotas they could even win the 65kg too, but 86kg was too weak to be considered.  beside that only Georgia has 3 and the rest of Europe have 2 or less.
 
Turkey lost badly today but I think they will be prepared for the last event at home

speaking of Chamizo, that was one of his best matches at 74kg. he didn't wrestle a good match like this for a while. I mean he was down 6-0 ( to me that was 4pts but they gave 4+2) I was 100% sure the match is over but he wrestled his heart out and if the officiating was normal he could be leading by 3-4 pts before the last action (where he again got robbed) 
 
Chamizo in morning session was terrible but from what I saw in the evening I think he will win the quota eventually. he is quite a popular wrestler (because of his unique style) and I'm sure most (if not all) of wrestling fans want to see him in Paris.
 
but this is a very competitive weight, lots of solid wrestlers are left. Salkazanov, Demirtas, Kirov also had a good tournament today. whoever GEO sends, Kuramagomedov, Shapiev, that Russian guy of Romania was good too
and there will be some good Asian wrestlers left too. at least 2 or 3.
 
beside that, Albania and Tajikistan are purchasing some good Russian wrestlers (Veliev and Rassadin) I think they are still doing the paperwork but that can be finished anytime, Uzbekistan also hired a very high level Russian in Zhamalov. 

speaking of Chamizo, that was one of his best matches at 74kg. he didn't wrestle a good match like this for a while. I mean he was down 6-0 ( to me that was 4pts but they gave 4+2) I was 100% sure the match is over but he wrestled his heart out and if the officiating was normal he could be leading by 3-4 pts before the last action (where he again got robbed) 
 
Chamizo in morning session was terrible but from what I saw in the evening I think he will win the quota eventually. he is quite a popular wrestler (because of his unique style) and I'm sure most (if not all) of wrestling fans want to see him in Paris.
 
but this is a very competitive weight, lots of solid wrestlers are left. Salkazanov, Demirtas, Kirov also had a good tournament today. whoever GEO sends, Kuramagomedov, Shapiev, that Russian guy of Romania was good too
and there will be some good Asian wrestlers left too. at least 2 or 3.
 
beside that, Albania and Tajikistan are purchasing some good Russian wrestlers (Veliev and Rassadin) I think they are still doing the paperwork but that can be finished anytime, Uzbekistan also hired a very high level Russian in Zhamalov. 

no more surprises, the rest of the afternoon went as expected. looking back at my predictions, I was mostly wrong in Greco, only got 5 out of 12 correctly but that was expected,
 
in freestyle it could be 10 out of 12. but that Chamizo match happened, so 9 of 12. I only missed one in 65kg and 97kg. Baitsaev was in terrible shape and I think my 65kg prediction wasn't that bad.
 
it's not a good news that only 4 countries won all the quotas ! (and Europe was supposed to be more competitive) two teams are already completed.  Russia and  Azerbaijan. they both won all 6 MFS quotas. beside that only USA and Japan in women's freestyle have a full team now. (no full team in Greco yet)
Belarus also had a great day, winning 4 quotas they could even win the 65kg too, but 86kg was too weak to be considered.  beside that only Georgia has 3 and the rest of Europe have 2 or less.
 
Turkey lost badly today but I think they will be prepared for the last event at home

no more surprises, the rest of the afternoon went as expected. looking back at my predictions, I was mostly wrong in Greco, only got 5 out of 12 correctly but that was expected,
 
in freestyle it could be 10 out of 12. but that Chamizo match happened, so 9 of 12. I only missed one in 65kg and 97kg. Baitsaev was in terrible shape and I think my 65kg prediction wasn't that bad.
 
it's not a good news that only 4 countries won all the quotas ! (and Europe was supposed to be more competitive) two teams are already completed.  Russia and  Azerbaijan. they both won all 6 MFS quotas. beside that only USA and Japan in women's freestyle have a full team now. (no full team in Greco yet)
Belarus also had a great day, winning 4 quotas they could even win the 65kg too, but 86kg was too weak to be considered.  beside that only Georgia has 3 and the rest of Europe have 2 or less.
 
Turkey lost badly today but I think they will be prepared for the last event at home

no more surprises, the rest of the afternoon went as expected. looking back at my predictions, I was mostly wrong in Greco, only got 5 out of 12 correctly but that was expected,
 
in freestyle it could be 10 out of 12. but that Chamizo match happened, so 9 of 12. I only missed one in 65kg and 97kg. Baitsaev was in terrible shape and I think my 65kg prediction wasn't that bad.
 
it's not a good news that only 4 countries won all the quotas ! (and Europe was supposed to be more competitive) two teams are already completed.  Russia and  Azerbaijan. they both won all 6 MFS quotas. beside that only USA and Japan in women's freestyle have a full team now. (no full team in Greco yet)
Belarus also had a great day, winning 4 quotas they could even win the 65kg too, but 86kg was too weak to be considered.  beside that only Georgia has 3 and the rest of Europe have 2 or less.
 
Turkey lost badly today but I think they will be prepared for the last event at home

that's robbery of the year  someone got richer tonight

nope
whatever Cicioglu (the guy who reviews the challenge) says is final

that's robbery of the year  someone got richer tonight

that's robbery of the year  someone got richer tonight

wrestling can be weird sometimes, IMO Dzebisashvili was maybe the worst wrestler of that half bracket but he somehow managed to win matches, beating Arushanian by a last second takedown and then Sacultan 1-1 only by passivity cautions. 
 
interesting that while other Georgian wrestlers are losing , he won the quota as the worst member of the team 
 
and in the 2nd semifinal, Haji Aliyev had a heroic comeback in the 2nd period to beat the mercenary Russian of Albania  I was expecting him to win the quota but he suffered a lot and could lose in the QF and in the SF too. but winning close matches is what you expect from an experienced wrestler like him.

wrestling can be weird sometimes, IMO Dzebisashvili was maybe the worst wrestler of that half bracket but he somehow managed to win matches, beating Arushanian by a last second takedown and then Sacultan 1-1 only by passivity cautions. 
 
interesting that while other Georgian wrestlers are losing , he won the quota as the worst member of the team 
 
and in the 2nd semifinal, Haji Aliyev had a heroic comeback in the 2nd period to beat the mercenary Russian of Albania  I was expecting him to win the quota but he suffered a lot and could lose in the QF and in the SF too. but winning close matches is what you expect from an experienced wrestler like him.

wrestling can be weird sometimes, IMO Dzebisashvili was maybe the worst wrestler of that half bracket but he somehow managed to win matches, beating Arushanian by a last second takedown and then Sacultan 1-1 only by passivity cautions. 
 
interesting that while other Georgian wrestlers are losing , he won the quota as the worst member of the team 
 
and in the 2nd semifinal, Haji Aliyev had a heroic comeback in the 2nd period to beat the mercenary Russian of Albania  I was expecting him to win the quota but he suffered a lot and could lose in the QF and in the SF too. but winning close matches is what you expect from an experienced wrestler like him.

if I had to predict the entire bracket of 57kg, I could get a 100 out of 100  
 
not even a minor surprise here and the quotas go to Rezazade (AZE) and the Russian mercenary of Belarus Tyutrin

I wasn't paying attention  watching something else today

I wasn't paying attention  watching something else today

hard to tell, none of them impressed me today, interestingly both of them relied on counter attacks to score points, so I expect a low scoring tactical match which will be in Chamizo's favor because he is smarter.  I think Bayramov's strategy will determine the winner, let's see if he falls in Chamizo's trap or not.
 
I think it's 51/49 for Chamizo