Pan-Am Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestle-Offs: 2/3/24 at 10am Mountain on Flo

[nhs67]

 

 

[SocraTease]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Because it is only one match on the schedule right now.

ah ... yes.

Schedule *All times below are Eastern Standard Time

12:00 NOON

Match # 1: 65 KG – Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue

1:00 PM

Match # 2: 62 KG - Macey Kilty – Red vs Jennifer Page – Blue

Match # 3: 68 KG – Amit Elor – Red vs Mallory Velte – Blue

Match # 4: 65 KG – Yianni Diakomihalis – Red vs Nick Lee – Blue

2:00 pm

Match # 5: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue

Match # 6: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue

(IF NEEDED) Match # 7: 65 KG - Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue

3:00 PM

Match # 8: 62 KG - Winner Match # 3 – Red vs Kayla Miracle – Blue

Match # 9: 68 KG – Winner Match # 4 – Red vs Emma Bruntil – Blue

4:00 PM

(IF NEEDED) Match # 10: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue

(IF NEEDED) Match # 11: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue

[nhs67]

1 minute ago, SocraTease said:

ah ... yes.

Schedule *All times below are Eastern Standard Time

12:00 NOON

Match # 1: 65 KG – Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue

1:00 PM

Match # 2: 62 KG - Macey Kilty – Red vs Jennifer Page – Blue

Match # 3: 68 KG – Amit Elor – Red vs Mallory Velte – Blue

Match # 4: 65 KG – Yianni Diakomihalis – Red vs Nick Lee – Blue

2:00 pm

Match # 5: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue

Match # 6: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue

(IF NEEDED) Match # 7: 65 KG - Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue

3:00 PM

Match # 8: 62 KG - Winner Match # 3 – Red vs Kayla Miracle – Blue

Match # 9: 68 KG – Winner Match # 4 – Red vs Emma Bruntil – Blue

4:00 PM

(IF NEEDED) Match # 10: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue

(IF NEEDED) Match # 11: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue

Well it looks like Velti - Mollinari w we e supposed to wrestle but aren't, so there should have been another match.

Edited February 3 by nhs67

[SocraTease]

Yianni was clearly dazed and confused.   I kind of doubt he will be back out there for a second match

[SocraTease]

Aside: for those of you haven't seen it, I recommend the "Vito" film on FLO.  Yianni has a big role in it, too.  

Edited February 3 by SocraTease

[SocraTease]

My initial thought when Nick Lee scored the first points in the match was that he is clearly in Yianni's head.  I now see that passing thought was both oddly prescient and now un-funny. 

(Yianni does, however, use his head a great deal in matches; for example, to post on it as defense or in a scramble.)

[Wrestleknownothing]

Just rewatched the match Yianni pretty clearly drives his own forehead hard into the mat on his takedown from elevation. He immediately holds his forehead after and is very slow returning to his feet. That he got slower and more sluggish as the match went on points to concussion to me. Hopefully not, but that is what worries me.

If he is even slightly concussed I hope his team realizes this is unimportant and does not risk further injury.

Edited February 3 by Wrestleknownothing

[1032004]

4 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Just rewatched the match Yianni pretty clearly drives his own forehead hard into the mat on his takedown from elevation. He immediately holds his forehead after and is very slow returning to his feet. That he got slower and more sluggish as the match went on points to concussion to me. Hopefully not, but that is what worries me.

If he is even slightly concussed I hope his team realizes this is unimportant and does not risk further injury.

Hopefully they don’t have the same trainer there that “evaluated” Shapiro

[SocraTease]

9 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Just rewatched the match Yianni pretty clearly drives his own forehead hard into the mat on his takedown from elevation. He immediately holds his forehead after and is very slow returning to his feet. That he got slower and more sluggish as the match went on points to concussion to me. Hopefully not, but that is what worries me.

If he is even slightly concussed I hope his team realizes this is unimportant and does not risk further injury.

Yes, it's not the Olympic Trials or the Olympics where one might be more inclined to take the risks associated with wrestling.  Let Lee go forward and try to qualify the spot.  Live for another day.

[Wrestleknownothing]

@Jon_Kozak Does "we won't see match 2 of Nick Lee Yianni Diakomihalis" mean that Yianni Diakomihalis forfeited? Or Does it mean we won't see it now, but will see it later? 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Yianni forfeited

[Dark Energy]

Bad - the situation.  Head injuries are no good.

But good that they know not to push it.

[Truzzcat]

better to happen here than trials although I never like to see someone get a concussion 

[SocraTease]

How does seeding go at trials ... at least at this point?

1. Lee

2. Alirez

3. Yianni?

4. Bartlett?

5. McKenna

6. Larkin

7. Valencia

8. Gross

9. DeSanto

10. Kolozdik

Not sure where Meyer Shapiro and James Green fit in here or even Ladarion Lockett (each whom is qualified, along with Nashon Garrett).  Shapiro seems too big for 65KG and Garrett too small.

This is just a rough conjecture beyond #1 and #2.  I'm assuming Retherford will go 74KG but that still seems to be an unknown.  If he goes 65KG, he gets seeded automatically to the semis.

Edited February 3 by SocraTease

[Truzzcat]

6 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

How does seeding go at trials ... at least at this point?

1. Lee

2. Alirez

3. Yianni?

4. Bartlett?

5. McKenna

6. Larkin

7. Valencia

8. Gross

9. DeSanto

10. Kolozdik

Not sure where Meyer Shapiro and James Green fit in here or even Ladarion Lockett (each whom is qualified, along with Nashon Garrett).  Shapiro seems too big for 65KG and Garrett to small.

This is just a rough conjecture beyond #1 and #2.  I'm assuming Retherford will go 74KG but that still seems to be an unknown.  If he goes 65KG, he gets seeded automatically to the semis.

joey beat yianni at a ranking series but lost to beau so not sure how that shakes out. Meyer likely goes 74kg same with lockett. 

[BigRedFan]

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

I didn't think the head bang was as hard as it might have been.  To the point I thought it could have been something else.

This aged well.

[nhs67]

9 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

This aged well.

No it didn't.

Quit making them so soft up there.

[Dark Energy]

Yea, when I saw nhs67’s post I was confused.  Clearly saw the concussion protocol tests being done.  Thought it was something other than a head bang issue?  Like what, a hurt wrist?

[MPhillips]

Domestic rankings as of Jan. 22

1    Nick Lee    
2    Yianni Diakomihalis    
3    Andrew Alirez    
4    Beau Bartlett    
5    Joey McKenna    
7    Kaleb Larkin    
8    Austin Desanto    
7    Aden Valencia    
9    Seth Gross   
10    Matthew Kolodzik

[MPhillips]

1 minute ago, Dark Energy said:

Thought it was something other than a head bang issue?  Like what, a hurt wrist?

Whatever it was, Yianni was absent in the second period.

[Wrestleknownothing]

51 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

How does seeding go at trials ... at least at this point?

1. Lee

2. Alirez

3. Yianni?

4. Bartlett?

5. McKenna

6. Larkin

7. Valencia

8. Gross

9. DeSanto

10. Kolozdik

Not sure where Meyer Shapiro and James Green fit in here or even Ladarion Lockett (each whom is qualified, along with Nashon Garrett).  Shapiro seems too big for 65KG and Garrett too small.

This is just a rough conjecture beyond #1 and #2.  I'm assuming Retherford will go 74KG but that still seems to be an unknown.  If he goes 65KG, he gets seeded automatically to the semis.

Flo will still have Yianni as the #1 seed.

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

I started watching Lee-Yanni in the second period. Yianni looked gassed. Concussion makes more sense. 

That sucks.

Lee's my favorite NLWC guy behind Jimmy Kennedy, so I'm glad he won, but hate any and all injuries.

Now we get to see Amit Elor versus Nick Lee for the spot, right?

[nhs67]

4 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

Yea, when I saw nhs67’s post I was confused.  Clearly saw the concussion protocol tests being done.  Thought it was something other than a head bang issue?  Like what, a hurt wrist?

No, I got all that.  They let him go, though, and it didn't look that bad of a hit when I first watched it.

[Psalm 1 guy]

In the interview I have attached she says she feels as strong at 68kg as she did at 72kg and that she still lifts as much weight in her weight training sessions as she did previously. She did look fairly tired by the end of the match, but she did mention that wrestling at elevation is harder. If she looks this good on her first cut down to 68kg in quite some time, I think she will have no problems going forward as she prepares to qualify the weight for the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMi5BbqgCT4ideo

 

[oldschool]

On the plus side, I thought Yianni's singlet looked solid