Thanks for the education Corby! Now I know why I was so confused at Team Trials in ‘24.It's called passivity in freestyle
'26 U23 World Championships (10/12-18) thread
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Well when you were the clear odds on favorite for Gold, I think a 'good shot' at Bronze makes sense.
Just catching up on the Luke angst. The cut? A bug? Bad taco?
Old school old guy, I like “for those six minutes, an opponent picked for his national team wrestled better than Luke.”
Old school old guy, I like “for those six minutes, an opponent picked for his national team wrestled better than Luke.”
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If only Nolan was scoring running TD'S for PSU, but that's against the Law of Physics this year.
If only Nolan was scoring running TD'S for PSU, but that's against the Law of Physics this year.
In general I agree with you on the number of shots he takes, but his Finals match was different. He hit that beautiful high crotch for two, but on the other side of the coin, it was off of his own shot that he lost the "step out" point to go down on criteria, ultimately costing him the match. I may be way off on this, but on that step out point it almost looked like he was thinking of the old grounded rules. It looked like he could have just waited for the position to be called dead. Overall, an outstanding tournament for an eighteen-year-old among grown men.
He did wrestle better. However, discussing why Luke looked tired and downright gassed at the end is allowed to be a conversation.Just catching up on the Luke angst. The cut? A bug? Bad taco?
Old school old guy, I like “for those six minutes, an opponent picked for his national team wrestled better than Luke.”
Luke wins 5-0 he will wrestle for Bronze at 4pm ET
He will be on Mat B, the first mat, 1st match, number 767. In ten minutes.
Luke gets beat 7-2 by Katsume Japan. He just seemed off he wasn't moving well and didn't seem to have much pop. Just an off event for him which we have never seen.
Damn. Weird tournament from LL. I don’t think it’s a weight issue but who knows. He definitely didn’t look like himself
Agree. Something was just off this tournament with Luke. Blessing in disguise if he takes advantage of improving which I’m sure he will
Just catching up on all the matches. When James and Lilledahl get after their offense, good things happen. When they get more tactical, things get dicey. Hopefully Rademacher can win gold.
I can see why everyone loves going to the Black Knight as West Point is a beautiful campus but I should have stayed home. It seems FAU received a memo that the game would be two hand touch so they refused to tackle anyone. I don't know why else Army would have almost 500 yards rushing.
I can see why everyone loves going to the Black Knight as West Point is a beautiful campus but I should have stayed home. It seems FAU received a memo that the game would be two hand touch so they refused to tackle anyone. I don't know why else Army would have almost 500 yards rushing.
3rd as a Team with 4 Medals
Luke lost to the Gold and Bronze
Davino won Gold
Bassett lost to the Bronze
Williams lost to the Bronze
James got Silver
Sealey lost to the Bronze
Sinclair lost to the 5th
Shumate injury defaulted to the 5th
Rademacher got Silver
Merrill got Bronze and lost to the silver
Luke lost to the Gold and Bronze
Davino won Gold
Bassett lost to the Bronze
Williams lost to the Bronze
James got Silver
Sealey lost to the Bronze
Sinclair lost to the 5th
Shumate injury defaulted to the 5th
Rademacher got Silver
Merrill got Bronze and lost to the silver
Rademacher represented himself well there. Just a little overmatched by a very good Russian.
Luke lost the hand fight in both matches he lost. Square on forehead to forehead and he couldn't score from that position.
Selection committee originally said Duke at 70kg and Mitch at 79kg but were met with “too much Penn State” backlash.
I assume when they started soliciting for a replacement Mitch figured he didn’t have adequate time to prep.
Taking Sealey was definitely odd since his first match at 174 was this weekend. But the late scratch probably took any NCAA starters out of the equation
Luke on his Instagram reposted a photo of him catching gear from fans in the stand and signing them and then him smiling side by side with Cody.
Anything on why he looked off this weekend is speculation but he seems to be taking everything in stride and treating the weekend as a learning experience.
Anything on why he looked off this weekend is speculation but he seems to be taking everything in stride and treating the weekend as a learning experience.
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