have been set for 2/3. The schedule is included in Nomad's tweet. Go Nick!
Pam Am Olympic Qualifier wrestle-offs
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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That stinks. Yanni is a tremendously talented competitor. I wanted Nick to win, but not in that way.
Congratulations Nick Lee. Champion of the Pan Am wrestle off ! Good luck preparing Champ!!
This win allows Nick to go to the Pan Am Olympic Qualifer and try to qualify the weight for Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Games. Nick will be the #1 seed at the Olympic Trials in State College in April. NLWC could have 14 men qualified to battle for 6 Olympic spots!
I still harbor resentment that there is only 6 Oly weights (used to be 10). And we have BS in the Olympics like skateboarding, bmx biking, flag football, rhythmic gymnastics- gimme a break. Put 10 wrestling weights in the damn Olympics
Agree 6 weight classes in crazy. Need at least 4 more spots. Make it an even 10.
Don't know if it was the face to the mat or what, but Yanni was the walking dead by the end of that thing. He could have the flu. None of my business but that wasn't the 4 timer Yanni. Nick seemed more than content to let Yanni have his legs.
Nick, go qualify the damn weight, then win it all.
Nick, go qualify the damn weight, then win it all.
Olympic free style weight classes-it really is unfortunate that they have 6 weight classes vs 10 as in world championships. There are almost 20 pound differences between Olympic weight classes. That is tough for someone who competes typically at a weight that is in the middle of the Olympic weight classes. For instance, take a world champion wrestler at the weight that is close to the college 133 pound class(61 kg). In the world championships there is 57 kg (125 pounds), 61 kg (134 pounds) and 65 kg (143 pounds). In the Olympics there is only the 57 kg and 65 kg classes, no 61 kg So the 61 kg wrestler has to go against bigger wrestlers or cut a ton of weight On the other hand they almost eliminated wrestling from the Olympics not so long ago. Not sure what goes into deciding what sports are at the summer Olympics but there are some new "sports" that are pretty out there that I sure would not watch-and obviously many fans care less about wrestling. I am a senior citizen and doubt the Olympic free style classes will be changing in my lifetime. I actually like watching college style much more than international/Olympic wrestling except when you have a team that is backing up a lot and pretty unaggressive .Most PSU wrestlers are fun to watch as they are very aggressive.
