Kueter has a 4-man round robin bracket.
Wrestling starts soon(11am Central). Flo has the coverage.
Wrestling starts soon(11am Central). Flo has the coverage.
Ben Kueter Pan Ams
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Thats a standard international mat...it has more give, so to accommodate throws... you would have seen that at the Olympics, World Champs, etc. The US typically uses Folkstyle mats and converts them to the international ring.... These are the same mats at the Olympic Training Center
Ya those mats are standard for events. It’s definitely a change, glad we have them at the center
Thanks. Shame on me for not noticing this before. And I’ve even been to the room at the OTC. SMH
Edit: Ok I just checked out past matches from the Olympics and the mat looked more normal. I’m thinking the lighting at the Pan Ams makes it look more loose than I’m used to. Thanks again.
Oh man that was nasty by Kueter. Doubled him to Space the cross faced the shit outta him for the tech.’
I think every American is in the Gold medal match. Almost every match by each guy has ended in a tech. This competition is extremely weak. But hey it’s still wrestling to follow so I’m not complaining too much.
22 second fall in the finals,
That Kueter match was comical. Pin in 22 secs. USA has won every gold
Curious why Cuba wasn’t in attendance. They tend to be the main competition for the US at Pan Ams.
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They were out in LA blowing 3 games late
cuba very rarely sends wrestlers to age level events
LMAO. I had to re-read this multiple times as I’m a bit dumber than usual in the morning. I was at one of those games this weekend btw. The Cubbies had as many wins this weekend as Cuba. That 2016 NLCS loss still stings……
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more of a cost thing, but this might factor in too. if you do see a cuban at an age level worlds, you know he's going to be legit. they only send guys who are ready to win titles. last one i can think of is their 57 kg who won u23 worlds a couple times recently, but even he didn't compete in juniors.
I was curious so I looked up the Pan Ams from 2019. Cuba sent like 3 guys, very strange. Iowa connection? One of them beat Real Woods for Gold and one of the others was Clone Yonger Bastida.
Probably because they don't know or don't want to have to prove how old any of them are. That can be an issue for age level tournaments. 😏
(they've had some age concerns with some Major League Cuban Baseball players I believe)
Well, they know how old they are. Lol. It’s not like the concept of numbers was just recently brought to Cuba.
Risk of defection would make more sense, maybe. Senior athletes may have families to consider. Younger kids may see opportunities in defecting with less downside:
So tell me you don't know anything about it without telling me you don't know anything about it. LOL!
If you can spell Baseball and Cuba you might become enlightened. Good luck.
