Yes he did. He had a lace locked up twice that was so tight and deep. Only got one turn out of them. Couldn’t believe it. Looked like a match ender.
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In good news, it looks like KJ was able to get Cox to weigh ins on time this year.
Messenbrink v JB is going to be interesting. Watch out for an upset there although I hope JB wins
Hope they can get the Mat 1 stream back up.
For all the Flo hate, this NBC stream has been god awful.
The thought that any of these top level guys, especially in their prime - Carr and O’toole.. don’t want to toe the line and see a path to victory in their own head is stupid. That’s why they devoted their lives to this. To compete at the highest level with the best guys. They want to win an Olympic gold and now that opportunity is gone. They may get another opportunity in 4 years but nothing is guaranteed and their prime is now. “Upsets” happen all the time but Carr or O’toole most certainly could’ve made things interesting. It’s a shame they couldn’t compete primarily David
I think this is such a bad take. Imagine wrestlers not taking on a challenge because “they don’t think they can win” even when healthy. You realize sports is just competition to see who is best right? That’s literally the whole point of them training their whole lives. To just bow out and concede is wildly inaccurate. This is just a sport these guys want to compete against the best and believe they have a shot no matter how “difficult” their path is. It’s just one match at a time
The question for you is this, if DC was the favorite to make the team, do you think he’d be wrestling? Or, is his injury that severe that he literally cannot take the mat?
Dake has not been upset in the US since his sophomore year of college in 2011.
What does favorite have anything to do with competing? Betting odds don’t decide competition, competitors do. He was in a walking boot so I’m guessing he was injured enough that he couldn’t be David Carr on a wrestling mat.
I do think David had a pretty serious injury or I think he’d be out there because I think that he thinks he can win an Olympic gold medal. Others thing he is conceding that opportunity
All the more reason to think that someone could beat him. Streaks don’t last forever the longer it goes the higher probability of it being broken
Im saying it’s obvious he can’t compete with the .00001% of all wrestlers because his foot is injured to a point where it only has negative consequences
So you’re making my point. He could wrestle, but knows he can’t win so he’s not.
No because you used the word favored. I said he’s competing against the best in the world there are only negative consequences that can happen at the level he’s competing with the slimmest of margins. Your phase was that he’s not the favorite so he’s not even going to try. Your solution to the problem is I’m not trying because I’m not favored
