peanut Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Which of these matches could Latin America win? 57- Richards vs. Cruz (PR) 61- Vito vs. Silva (PR) 65- Lee vs. Rivera (PR) 70- Zain vs. Destribats (Arg) 74- Dake vs. Anthony Valencia (Mex) 79- Chance vs. Jones (PR) 86- DT vs. Torreblanca (Cuba) 92- Macchiavello vs. Zahid (Mex) 97- Snyder vs. Silot (Cuba) 125- Gable vs. Diaz (Ven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanut Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 Actually at 61kg I'll go with Vito vs. RBY (Mex). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhs67 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 92 KG. Zahid just best the piss out of Macch. 70 KG has also happened before as well, although I think Zain wins that one the next 99 times. Add in that Dest would be 61 before he was 70 (I think) and it just gets worse for him against Weaponized Zain. 65 KG has been competitive between the two every time in Folkstyle. "I know actually nothing. It isn't even conjecture at this point." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husker_Du Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 the thing that jumps out looking at that lineup is how Cuba has fell off. 1 TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitleIX is ripe for reform Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) I'd like to see gold medals awarded to whomever can figure out how to get more folks in Latin America to aspire to improve their wrestling and someday reach U.S. levels... Role models are helping, it seems. Income disparities likely aren't, needless to say. But then again folks in many former Soviet republics don't have much money but they sure have good wrestling. Local scholarships aren't as helpful down there because admission leads to nearly free tuition anyway. That's terrific and worth preserving. I don't see that admission covers housing costs, though. So maybe corporate sponsorships for athletes in Latin America could help. Meanwhile, scholarships to train up here in the USA for a month or more could inspire excitement down there, too... They could be awarded as prizes, or in exchange for strong academics, for example... BTW, here's perhaps the leading wrestling website in neighboring Mexico: http://femela.org.mx/ It'd be great to have a list of the best amateur wrestling websites for Mexico and the rest of the Latin American region. The sport's catching on with women down there, too, by the way. Edited August 4, 2023 by TitleIX is ripe for reform 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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