U20'S

[jrod65]

USA off to a perfect start, putting 5 into the semis.

@zzs006 has a really good thread with lots of info over on BWI for anyone that is interested in the U20 field:

U20’s August 14th-20th

https://uww.org/article/u20-world-championships-entry-list Here is the entry list for all styles. I believe freestyle goes first followed by the women and ending with greco. I will try and go through weight by weight and list the top guys. Probably will take me a bit to make it through. I’ll...

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[jrod65]

Recap:

 

[el dub]

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Great start. Which guys here are going to be hawks?

 

[jrod65]

Great start. Which guys here are going to be hawks?

None, but nothing stopping us from including them in hypothetical future lineups anyway😉.

 

[sstark46]

What a win by Lilledahl in the semis! Down 9-5 late and gets a fall with under 10 seconds left

 

[IAChief32]

What a win by Lilledahl in the semis! Down 9-5 late and gets a fall with under 10 seconds left

He had to get that fall. What an ending for the good guys.

 

[jrod65]

Mendez makes it 2/2 with a 3-1 win

 

[sstark46]

Shapiro makes it 3 for 3 for Team USA so far with an 11-0 tech in the semis

 

[jrod65]

Win streak comes to an end as Jaglan gets a tf over Singleton.

 

[jrod65]

Babaloo(awesome name) over McDanel 5-1.

Overall really, really good day 1 for USA.

 

[sstark46]

After day 1, Team USA has 3 in the finals with 2 more going for bronze. Iran also has 3 in the finals, has 1 eliminated and 1 in repechage.

There will be 2 H2H matchups in the finals, and it will be huge for the team race if both Mendez and Shapiro can win.

Great first day for us but Iran is well within striking distance. Need to keep up our results through tomorrow

 

[ping72]

None, but nothing stopping us from including them in hypothetical future lineups anyway😉.

But only if you think they can beat Grothus in the wrestle-off.

 

[jrod65]

Mesenbrink and Berge advance to the semis. Bouzakis, Darrah, and Carroll waiting to see if they get pulled back in.

 

[jrod65]

Bouzakis is pulled back in.

 

[jrod65]

Mesenbrink, my goodness. What a freak. Quick tf in the semis

 

[AndEEss]

Messenbrink into the finals with another 10-0, first minute tech.

 

[sstark46]

Iran unfortunately has taken control of the team race. The two H2H finals matchups later this morning now have even more critical significance

 

[IAChief32]

Berge lost 9-2 to the "Frenchman."

 

[pennstaterincarolina]

Berge lost 9-2 to the "Frenchman."

Bullcrêpe

 

[sstark46]

Berge lost 9-2 to the "Frenchman."

Ah yes, the very common French surname "Magamadov"

 

[jrod65]

Darrah is eliminated from the tourny.

 

[jrod65]

No surprise, but Carroll officially back in now.

 

[sstark46]

Masoumi is an absolute monster and wins his semi, pulling Carroll back in

 

[jrod65]

Lilledahl brings home the silver, losing 0-5. Japanese wrestler had a fantastic neutral game.

 

[T8KUDWN]

Lilledahl brings home the silver, losing 0-5. Japanese wrestler had a fantastic neutral game.

Yes he did, Lilledahl didn't come anywhere close to scoring.

 

[jrod65]

Mendez loses 2-5, takes home silver.

Great tourny for Mendez. I wasn't sure that he would make it out of rd 1. Glad to be wrong.

 

[jrod65]

Shapiro and the Iranian are scrappin. Shapiro trails 3-4 at break. Will be interesting to see if Iran can keep pace in the 2nd period.

 

[jrod65]

Meyer Shapiro wins 11-6, World champ!

 

[sstark46]

Meyer Shapiro wins 11-6, World champ!

Iranian couldn't keep up with Shapiro's pace in the 2nd

 

[Inthecircle]

Yes he did, Lilledahl didn't come anywhere close to scoring.

Lilledahl’s opponent beat Zane Richards and Darian Cruz on his way to a Silver Medal at the Ranking Series tournament in Croatia in Feb. He is a stud.

 

[jrod65]

Scoring confusion in the Singleton match. Currently shows Singleton a 8-7 winner, but there's a challenge...

Official now, 9-7 Singleton. Brings home the bronze

 

[jrod65]

Another medal for USA as McDanel gets bronze with an 8-2 win. Pleasantly surprised with his results.

 

[T8KUDWN]

Lilledahl’s opponent beat Zane Richards and Darian Cruz on his way to a Silver Medal at the Ranking Series tournament in Croatia in Feb. He is a stud.

That is true, he has a very solid resume for his age, definitely a stud. I wasn't knocking Lilledahl at all, just agreeing with the previous post that Nishiuchi has a great neutral game and Luke came nowhere near scoring.

 

[vhsalum]

That is true, he has a very solid resume for his age, definitely a stud. I wasn't knocking Lilledahl at all, just agreeing with the previous post that Nishiuchi has a great neutral game and Luke came nowhere near scoring.

That was an impressive display of head/hands.

 

[sstark46]

Going into tomorrow, we trail Iran 150-125. Iran has 4 more matches, all medal matches worth 5 points each. We have up to 6 matches left, the first 2 being worth 10 points each (for Bouzakis and Carroll to make the bronze medal match). If they both win, then we would have 4 medal matches left worth 5 points each.

If we win out, we get to 165 points. We also would have beat Iran H2H in one of those. In that scenario, we need Iran to lose one more of their remaining matches for us to win 165-160. If we tie them in the team score, they would win by virtue of having more gold.

So we're not out of it yet, but need quite a bit to go our way tomorrow

 

[Hofman19]

I see Carroll and the 92kg finals being the determining factors...

I feel pretty good about the other three Americans winning out; but the soon-to-be Cowboy has an uphill climb!

Both finalists at 92kg have pretty much dominated their way through their sides of the bracket...So I see that as a toss-up that hopefully goes the way of AITMUKHAN

 

[sstark46]

Bouzakis wins his repachage match but Carroll loses his. Team USA is currently at 137 points according to Flo, with Carroll placing 10th.

To win the team race now, we need to win all 3 of our medal matches and Iran needs to lose all 4 of theirs. Considering how big of a favorite Masoumi is at 125, this is not a very likely scenario.

2nd place as a team is still a very good result for us, and hopefully we add one more gold and two more bronzes to our individual haul!

 

[T8KUDWN]

Alexis Janiak got absolutely robbed in the 59 kg semifinal match. I hope the USA is protesting the result of the challenge at the end of the match. Holy cow was that bad.

 

[jrod65]

Bouzakis wins bronze with a 1st period tf.

 

[sstark46]

Iran wins bronze at 61kg and so clinches the team title