nhs67 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) It appears Austin Gomez has won the 65 KG spot. Curious if Anthony Valencia also won the spot? Additionally I wish Zahid Valencia and Cael Valencia would also wrestle for Mexico. Mexico, Puerto Rico... just need a few others to have our own little Eastern Bloc. Edited March 26, 2023 by nhs67 2 1 "I know actually nothing. It isn't even conjecture at this point." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 i am not mad at this at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 No one should be, really. D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 some make it their business to be mad at things... even when they are not relevant enough to make an impact one way or the other... but... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_flo78 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Just curious how Gomez can wrestle for Mexico and Mecici for Serbia? Not mad, just very curious. Anyone know the process ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhs67 Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Jay_flo78 said: Just curious how Gomez can wrestle for Mexico and Mecici for Serbia? Not mad, just very curious. Anyone know the process ? I believe it goes off of Olympic standards for UWW. Typically a grandparent must have citizenship or something like that. "I know actually nothing. It isn't even conjecture at this point." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbrog Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I heard that all the country has to do is "claim you", and some countries charge a lot of money to be a "citizen" and others not so much...but I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Jay_flo78 said: Just curious how Gomez can wrestle for Mexico and Mecici for Serbia? Not mad, just very curious. Anyone know the process ? They likely have parents from the respective countries and have citizenship through their lineage. My children are like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-07/change_nationality_june_2022_final_eng.pdf?VersionId=J.DIBoIwL1TqZV1PmTcNu0NhOz0kQQqM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 San Marino got a good deal with Signore Amine. mspart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcement Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Bigbrog said: I heard that all the country has to do is "claim you", and some countries charge a lot of money to be a "citizen" and others not so much...but I may be wrong. Philippines did this with Andray Blatche for basketball. He had no connections to the country whatsoever. They sought to nationalize him for use on their national basketball team because he was never going to be good enough to make team USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I have no issue with people chasing their dreams for other countries. Myles Amine did it and has an Oly Bronze to prove it. He couldn't have done that here. He can't make the team. Competition is incredible, yet he has proved he is very elite. Others have done similar. Good for them. Ultimately, they are not competing for the country, but for themselves. They are going for individual glory. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 For Puerto Rico, you need to have parents or grandparents that were born in Puerto Rico Some background on that, "in 2018, 64 percent of all Puerto Ricans lived in the 50 states and in the District of Columbia, while the remaining 36 percent lived in Puerto Rico", which leads to other issues about identity... Not sure how other countries' folks see it, but in PR's case I'm all for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I am having trouble finding MEX senior nationals brackets. Anyone have a link that I missed searching google and twitter? i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribers Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 I always said BIG should have tried out for the Mexico team. Apparently he's dead now, or drunk eating cinnamon bums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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