Good interview, didn’t really get into what exactly his health issue is. Still not really training, hopes maybe to compete late in the year. Enough time has past, can we get something definitive on why exactly he wasn’t able to train/compete the last month of the season?
Spencer, any news?
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Ray Flores, that guy is awful to listen to
"He's healthy enough to train with the most dominant wrestler in the world, but not compete???"
He's wrestling at the bill Farrell with the rest of the guys in November.
I was going to go with the guy from Jane’s Addiction, you went with the Despicable Me guy. Alright, I see youNot this guy?
I'm always confused by the Olympic qualification process, and it seems to change every cycle. Can anyone who understands this stuff explain what Spencer's path to the OTT is? Or is he already qualified based on past achievements?
He has 3 options to qualify for OTT that I am aware of:
1. Bill Farrell in Nov- highest placing US wrestler that finishes in the top 4
2. US Open in Dec - finish top 5
3. Last Chance in Mar - winner qualifies
So since Zane didn't place at Worlds, is it everyone on an even playing field? Nobody sitting in finals or whatnot?
Vito gets a pass to the semis at either 57 or 65.
Much obliged. I assume that he won't be eligible to try to qualify the weight himself at Pan Ams or the World Olympic Qualifier?
Pan Ams, no. Only one of Zane, Vito, Gilman, or Fix are sent to qualify the weight there.
If it comes down to the final qualifier, the OTT champion is sent. So theoretically yes, it could be Spencer in that scenario.
I really wish the IOC would just get on board with all ten Olympic weights. It can't be that much harder to administer. We miss out on tons of great wrestling, and you get arbitrary results like Vito and Zain only getting byes to the OTT day one semis, but Dake and Parris get auto bids to the finals with lesser finishes, just because their weights are Olympic ones. Not to mention all the tweeners who don't get to reach their potential because they happen to fall in the big gap between weights.
Reece Humphrey can probably coach itIntroducing our newest Olympic sport for 2024. [There has to be someone on the NLWC payroll that can coach this.]
I hope he’s found a way to have full blown cardio workouts. If he’s getting into wrestling shape, the world is on notice, bad knees and all.
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Agreed. Their needs to be a strong push to get back to the full Olympic weight classes. Wrestling never should've been on the chopping block. Now that it's safe, fight to bring back all of the weights.
I certainly did not talked to him but he was rolling around a lot with Yabara last Saturday which seems to be a good sign.
Listening to FRL this morning, it sounds like Spencer's training is going in the right direction. He is actually able to train without limitations. Felt like nothing but positives when I was listening. Flo was there last week filming for a Spencer / Austin documentary. CP said he was rolling with Real, which in my opinion is a good sign. Also said Austin is looking big. Pretty certain Austinn is going 65 kg.
Yeah, I’ve also been following Spencers twitch streams and he said he is in ‘hardcore training mode right now’, and as redm18 mentioned in another thread, he doesn’t need to wear any knee braces/sleeves anymore. I’m hoping he can condition and wrestle fully and it remains that way.
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How is this twitch stream stuff, is there enough content worthy of spending the time. Im in my 50’s and dont really “stream” as of yet.
I don't think that's very likely. If we don't qualify at Pan Am then whoever wins the weight at trials will go to the last chance. If they can't qualify there then they were likely not going to medal anyway.
I think Spencers next event will be at Pan Ams in February. I was told Richards will be the one trying to qualify the weight at the Pan Am qualifier 4 days later since Gilman and Suriano turned it down.
