inexcusable to not qualify when we’re in one of the weakest qualifiers.Pan Am curse continues for Team USA. Americans qualify for other countries but our own reps come up short.
They don't add time back in freestyle after successful challenges.Why was no time added to the clock after the challenge?
I didn’t realize this. Doesn’t seem very fair to me.They don't add time back in freestyle after successful challenges.
Yes, Team USA will send the Olympic team member at 57 and 65 to the Last Chance Qualifier in MayDoes the winner of the trials go to the last chance qualifier?
Jfc.Cruz wins the challenge and the match
Gilman should get blame as well for not challenging for the spot
Gilman should get blame as well for not challenging for the spot
Last Chance will qualify the top 3; finalists auto qualify and then there is a special wrestle off between the bronze winners to determine who gets the 3rd and final qualification spotSo on his way to Gold Spencer Lee will have or first win OTT in April. Then win last chance in May (or is there more than 1 spot available?). Then win his way thru Olympics. LFG!
For something this important, the coach should just pick the team. Throw “fairness” out the window. The guy who wins the spot ultimately will get his chance to qualify at Last Chance if they fail.USA needs to rethink this process. Why not have multiple guys ready in case of a bad cut, sickness etc. This is by far the easiest qualifier.
3-1. Richards got hot once at the right time. Cruz is a Hawkeye nemesis. Beat Gilman when we cared and now could keep Spencer from the Olympics. Un fu****g believable.Richards is 3-0 against Cruz in freestyle.
I believe Fix, Gilman and Vito all turned down the chance to qualify the USA at 57 KG. USA wrestling must only offer the chance to former world team members.I can't believe Spencer Lee was in the country the week prior and has won the last three competitions and they send Richards. I wonder if other world powers in wrestling would have sent Richards? I know why they did, but our criteria and process stinks. We are the top nation in the world in wrestling and 33% of our weights are not qualified. Process and selection stinks. What was Zadick and USA Wrestling thinking?
For something this important, the coach should just pick the team. Throw “fairness” out the window. The guy who wins the spot ultimately will get his chance to qualify at Last Chance if they fail.
Even with American transfers adding depth to Pan Ams, we should never have MFS wrestlers at the Last Chance qualifier.
And they have to travel to Turkey. Deal with time zones, lost travel days and it's only a few weeks after what will be a gladiator type weight.Well USA wrestling needs to bump Olympic trials for 57-65 ahead 2 weeks. The winner of trials really only has 2 weeks recovery before having to make cut again then wrestle a beast of a tournament. Screw NLWC… have anywhere host for these 2 weights. Give them best chance to win.
Why don't they institute a rule that if you decline the coach's request to wrestle for non injury reasons, you are disqualified from the OTT? Guys need to step up.I believe Fix, Gilman and Vito all turned down the chance to qualify the USA at 57 KG. USA wrestling must only offer the chance to former world team members.
And they have to travel to Turkey. Deal with time zones, lost travel days and it's only a few weeks after what will be a gladiator type weight.
He must have been poisoned too:/He was hurt or sick or both.
Gilman has his Olympic medal, I got to wonder if he is fully committed for another cycle. HE exceeded all expectations by a mile last time, hard to match that performance.Gilman should get blame as well for not challenging for the spot