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Starts tomorrow (Thursday) in Sofia, Bulgaria. USA Men's Freestyle not yet qualified at 65kg, and Jordan Oliver has to win all his matches Thursday (Finals are Friday) to earn the weight for the United States.

Here's a nice article from Gary Abbott at USA Wrestling;


Tough sledding for Oliver, it's a solid field. I pulled this info from the article...

World Olympic Games Qualifier 65 kg men’s freestyle field
Vilson NDREGJONI (ALB) – 3x Senior World Team member
Gabriel JANATSCH (AUT) – 1x Senior World Team member, also U23 and Junior World Team member
Niurgun SKRIABIN (BLR) – 2nd in 2020 Europeans, 9th in 2018 Senior Worlds
Marcos Wesley DE BRITO SIQUEIRA (BRA) – 2nd in 2019 South American Championships
Ruhan Hyusnyu RASIM (BUL) – 8th in 2021 Europeans
Dillon Emmanuel WILLIAMS (CAN), 3rd in 2017 Pan Am Championships, 2x Senior World Team member
Wber Euclides CUERO MUNOZ (COL), 2nd in 2016 Pan Am Championships, 3rd in 207 Pan Am Championships
Albaro RUDECINDO CAMACHO (DOM) – 2nd in 2013 Cadet Pan Am Championships
Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) – 3rd in 2020 African Championships, 3x African Junior champion
Juan Pablo GONZALEZ CRESPO (ESP) – 5th in 2018 Henri Deglane Challenge
Ilman MUKHTAROV (FRA) – 5th in 2019 U23 Worlds, 3rd in 2018 Military Worlds
George Anthony RAMM (GBR) – 5th in 2018 Commonwealth Games
Mbunde CUMBA MBALI (GBS) – 2019 and 2020 African champion, 2x Senior World Team member
**Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – 2019 World champion, 2nd in 2016 Worlds, 5th in 2018 Worlds, 2x European silver medalist
Alexander SEMISOROW (GER) – 8th in 2019 Worlds, 2nd in 2018 Military Worlds
Georgios PILIDIS (GRE) – 3rd in 2017 Cadet Worlds, 5th in 2020 Europeans
Abdellatif MANSOUR (ITA) – 9th in 2019 European Games
Gilbert Mbevoni KABOCHE (KEN) – no information available
Junsik YUN (KOR) – 2016 Olympian, 3rd in 2014 Asian Games, 2x Senior World Team member
Mohammed J M Th A ABDULKAREEM (KUW) – 10th in 2021 Asian Championships
Nicolai GRAHMEZ (MDA) – 3rd in 2018 Junior Worlds for Bulgaria
Fati VEJSELI (MKD) – 5th in 2018 Junior Worlds, 2019 Senior World Team member
Sixto Miguel AUCCAPINA PEDRAGAS (PER) – 3rd in 2021 Pan Am Championships, 2017 World Team member
Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – 2017 World silver medalist, 2019 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian
Sebastian C RIVERA (PUR) -7th in 2016 Bill Farrell, 9th in 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial
Nikolai OKHLOPKOV (ROU) – 7th in 2021 European Championships
David HABAT (SLO) – 3rd in 2017 Europeans, 4x Senior World Team member
Chamara Milinda Perera WEERASINGHEGE (SRI) – 5th in 2017 Asian Championships
Mustafo AKHMEDOV (TJK) – 2109 Asian Cadet silver medalist
Perman HOMMADOV (TKM) – 5th in 2021 Asian Championships
Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) – 2013 Junior World champion, 2014 University World champion
Hor OHANNESIAN (UKR) – 3rd in 2019 European Games, 2x World Team member
Jordan Michael OLIVER (USA) – 3rd in 2009 Junior Worlds, 2nd in 2020 Matteo Pellicone (Italy)
Ilyas BEKBULATOV (UZB) – 2020 Asian champion, 2017 European champion for Russia, 2018 Yarygin champ
Hussein Abdullah Hussein Abdullah AL AZZANI (YEM) – 7th in Asian U23 Championships
 
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RoarLions1 said:
Starts tomorrow (Thursday) in Sofia, Bulgaria. USA Men's Freestyle not yet qualified at 65kg, and Jordan Oliver has to win all his matches Thursday (Finals are Friday) to earn the weight for the United States.

Here's a nice article from Gary Abbott at USA Wrestling;


Tough sledding for Oliver, it's a solid field. I pulled this info from the article...

World Olympic Games Qualifier 65 kg men’s freestyle field
Vilson NDREGJONI (ALB) – 3x Senior World Team member
Gabriel JANATSCH (AUT) – 1x Senior World Team member, also U23 and Junior World Team member
Niurgun SKRIABIN (BLR) – 2nd in 2020 Europeans, 9th in 2018 Senior Worlds
Marcos Wesley DE BRITO SIQUEIRA (BRA) – 2nd in 2019 South American Championships
Ruhan Hyusnyu RASIM (BUL) – 8th in 2021 Europeans
Dillon Emmanuel WILLIAMS (CAN), 3rd in 2017 Pan Am Championships, 2x Senior World Team member
Wber Euclides CUERO MUNOZ (COL), 2nd in 2016 Pan Am Championships, 3rd in 207 Pan Am Championships
Albaro RUDECINDO CAMACHO (DOM) – 2nd in 2013 Cadet Pan Am Championships
Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) – 3rd in 2020 African Championships, 3x African Junior champion
Juan Pablo GONZALEZ CRESPO (ESP) – 5th in 2018 Henri Deglane Challenge
Ilman MUKHTAROV (FRA) – 5th in 2019 U23 Worlds, 3rd in 2018 Military Worlds
George Anthony RAMM (GBR) – 5th in 2018 Commonwealth Games
Mbunde CUMBA MBALI (GBS) – 2019 and 2020 African champion, 2x Senior World Team member
**Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – 2019 World champion, 2nd in 2016 Worlds, 5th in 2018 Worlds, 2x European silver medalist
Alexander SEMISOROW (GER) – 8th in 2019 Worlds, 2nd in 2018 Military Worlds
Georgios PILIDIS (GRE) – 3rd in 2017 Cadet Worlds, 5th in 2020 Europeans
Abdellatif MANSOUR (ITA) – 9th in 2019 European Games
Gilbert Mbevoni KABOCHE (KEN) – no information available
Junsik YUN (KOR) – 2016 Olympian, 3rd in 2014 Asian Games, 2x Senior World Team member
Mohammed J M Th A ABDULKAREEM (KUW) – 10th in 2021 Asian Championships
Nicolai GRAHMEZ (MDA) – 3rd in 2018 Junior Worlds for Bulgaria
Fati VEJSELI (MKD) – 5th in 2018 Junior Worlds, 2019 Senior World Team member
Sixto Miguel AUCCAPINA PEDRAGAS (PER) – 3rd in 2021 Pan Am Championships, 2017 World Team member
Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – 2017 World silver medalist, 2019 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian
Sebastian C RIVERA (PUR) -7th in 2016 Bill Farrell, 9th in 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial
Nikolai OKHLOPKOV (ROU) – 7th in 2021 European Championships
David HABAT (SLO) – 3rd in 2017 Europeans, 4x Senior World Team member
Chamara Milinda Perera WEERASINGHEGE (SRI) – 5th in 2017 Asian Championships
Mustafo AKHMEDOV (TJK) – 2109 Asian Cadet silver medalist
Perman HOMMADOV (TKM) – 5th in 2021 Asian Championships
Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) – 2013 Junior World champion, 2014 University World champion
Hor OHANNESIAN (UKR) – 3rd in 2019 European Games, 2x World Team member
Jordan Michael OLIVER (USA) – 3rd in 2009 Junior Worlds, 2nd in 2020 Matteo Pellicone (Italy)
Ilyas BEKBULATOV (UZB) – 2020 Asian champion, 2017 European champion for Russia, 2018 Yarygin champ
Hussein Abdullah Hussein Abdullah AL AZZANI (YEM) – 7th in Asian U23 Championships
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ok... starts at 3am est!
 
nerfstate said:
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Bekbulatov 2nd round and Gadzhiev in the quarters. JO will definitely earn his qualification!
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That's if Gadzhiev gets past 2019 world champ Lomtadze.

This bracket is hilarious. It's like one of the old PIAA brackets -- before they started seeding regional champs -- where the top 6 guys were all crammed into one side of the bracket, and the 7th easily made the finals.
 
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Sheesh--Seabass is in that same half of the bracket too. Man--the winner of the top half of this bracket may be the 5th or 6th best wrestler in the tourney. Makes the "no true 2nd" all the more perplexing.
 
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Fingers crossed for JO, but Vegas has much higher odds for Habat to qualify than he does.
 
RoarLions1 said:
Starts tomorrow (Thursday) in Sofia, Bulgaria. USA Men's Freestyle not yet qualified at 65kg, and Jordan Oliver has to win all his matches Thursday (Finals are Friday) to earn the weight for the United States.

Here's a nice article from Gary Abbott at USA Wrestling;


Tough sledding for Oliver, it's a solid field. I pulled this info from the article...

World Olympic Games Qualifier 65 kg men’s freestyle field
Vilson NDREGJONI (ALB) – 3x Senior World Team member
Gabriel JANATSCH (AUT) – 1x Senior World Team member, also U23 and Junior World Team member
Niurgun SKRIABIN (BLR) – 2nd in 2020 Europeans, 9th in 2018 Senior Worlds
Marcos Wesley DE BRITO SIQUEIRA (BRA) – 2nd in 2019 South American Championships
Ruhan Hyusnyu RASIM (BUL) – 8th in 2021 Europeans
Dillon Emmanuel WILLIAMS (CAN), 3rd in 2017 Pan Am Championships, 2x Senior World Team member
Wber Euclides CUERO MUNOZ (COL), 2nd in 2016 Pan Am Championships, 3rd in 207 Pan Am Championships
Albaro RUDECINDO CAMACHO (DOM) – 2nd in 2013 Cadet Pan Am Championships
Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) – 3rd in 2020 African Championships, 3x African Junior champion
Juan Pablo GONZALEZ CRESPO (ESP) – 5th in 2018 Henri Deglane Challenge
Ilman MUKHTAROV (FRA) – 5th in 2019 U23 Worlds, 3rd in 2018 Military Worlds
George Anthony RAMM (GBR) – 5th in 2018 Commonwealth Games
Mbunde CUMBA MBALI (GBS) – 2019 and 2020 African champion, 2x Senior World Team member
**Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – 2019 World champion, 2nd in 2016 Worlds, 5th in 2018 Worlds, 2x European silver medalist
Alexander SEMISOROW (GER) – 8th in 2019 Worlds, 2nd in 2018 Military Worlds
Georgios PILIDIS (GRE) – 3rd in 2017 Cadet Worlds, 5th in 2020 Europeans
Abdellatif MANSOUR (ITA) – 9th in 2019 European Games
Gilbert Mbevoni KABOCHE (KEN) – no information available
Junsik YUN (KOR) – 2016 Olympian, 3rd in 2014 Asian Games, 2x Senior World Team member
Mohammed J M Th A ABDULKAREEM (KUW) – 10th in 2021 Asian Championships
Nicolai GRAHMEZ (MDA) – 3rd in 2018 Junior Worlds for Bulgaria
Fati VEJSELI (MKD) – 5th in 2018 Junior Worlds, 2019 Senior World Team member
Sixto Miguel AUCCAPINA PEDRAGAS (PER) – 3rd in 2021 Pan Am Championships, 2017 World Team member
Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – 2017 World silver medalist, 2019 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian
Sebastian C RIVERA (PUR) -7th in 2016 Bill Farrell, 9th in 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial
Nikolai OKHLOPKOV (ROU) – 7th in 2021 European Championships
David HABAT (SLO) – 3rd in 2017 Europeans, 4x Senior World Team member
Chamara Milinda Perera WEERASINGHEGE (SRI) – 5th in 2017 Asian Championships
Mustafo AKHMEDOV (TJK) – 2109 Asian Cadet silver medalist
Perman HOMMADOV (TKM) – 5th in 2021 Asian Championships
Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) – 2013 Junior World champion, 2014 University World champion
Hor OHANNESIAN (UKR) – 3rd in 2019 European Games, 2x World Team member
Jordan Michael OLIVER (USA) – 3rd in 2009 Junior Worlds, 2nd in 2020 Matteo Pellicone (Italy)
Ilyas BEKBULATOV (UZB) – 2020 Asian champion, 2017 European champion for Russia, 2018 Yarygin champ
Hussein Abdullah Hussein Abdullah AL AZZANI (YEM) – 7th in Asian U23 Championships
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He'll be tired as hell after beating everyone on that list!
 
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JO v Yun (KOR)
  • JO looks for ankle, neither wrestler committing much so far, both keeping distance.
  • Yun on the clock; JO with the point.
  • JO warned for hands to face
  • JO again low, gets an ankle, walks him out of bounds.
  • 2-0 at the break
  • Gets an ankle again, settles for OOB. 3-0, 2:30 left.
  • Yun in on a deep shot, gets two, can't do more. 3-2.
  • JO with another ankle, looked to be going OOB, but patiently gets the other ankle, up 5-2.
  • Yun in on a shot, JO scrambles out, but Yun gets his two. 5-4.
  • JO backpedaling with time winding down, will win 5-4.
 
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Against the 2 toughest dudes left in the bracket.

Survive and advance is the name of the game, but this doesn’t look like the JO that can win a big tournament. Someone needs to give him a Zain/Braveheart speech, stat. To my eye, he just seems tight, and maybe a little too cerebral.
 
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2 more wins and he's in

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The next 2 are also the toughest.

Next (quarters) = Hor OHANNESIAN (UKR) – 3rd in 2019 European Games, 2x World Team member

After that, semis will be the real test -- winner of
Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – 2019 World champion, 2nd in 2016 Worlds, 5th in 2018 Worlds, 2x European silver medalist
vs.
Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – 2017 World silver medalist, 2019 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian
 
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BTW, Habat has a decent chance at the finals on the other half. His likely toughest opponent is next, the "Frenchman," after that he would get the winner between Greece and Spain.

Of the remaining wrestlers in his side of the bracket, Habat is the highest placer at Euros.
 
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El-Jefe said:
BTW, Habat has a decent chance at the finals on the other half. His likely toughest opponent is next, the "Frenchman," after that he would get the winner between Greece and Spain.

Of the remaining wrestlers in his side of the bracket, Habat is the highest placer at Euros.
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He made the semis.
 
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rmg78 said:
... In a weird but good twist for the US his expected 2nd round opponent, Bekbulatov, missed weight so now JO gets guy from Korea. Bekbulatov was top ranked guy in the draw.
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Kevin Jackson practiced for days saying in Russian “you still have two hours”. Sending him to shake Bekbulatov’s hand before weigh ins paid dividends! :)
 
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Didn't get to see them live, so just watched Oliver's bouts. So far he has three takedowns and has given up three takedowns, yet he's 3-0 on the day.
 
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What's the over-under on the number of tattoos on Oliver's (now slightly shrunken) body?
 
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