Pan-Am Olympic Qualifier 2/28 - 3/1

[Gantry]

Is "Valencia Gom A." up at 86kg Anthony Valencia?  Can't tell with the beard...

[SocraTease]

6 minutes ago, Gantry said:

Is "Valencia Gom A." up at 86kg Anthony Valencia?  Can't tell with the beard...

Yes, it's him.  He looks bad so far after being down 8-0 ... but rallies with a pin.  

Dylan Palacio (now of Uruguay and former folkstyle wrestler) looked terrible at 74 KG.  He lost 12-2 to a guy from Brazil.  He didn't do much and kind of appeared lost on the mat.

RBY took care of business quickly in his first match.

Edited March 1 by SocraTease

[Tripnsweep]

Valencia down 8-0 hits a front headlock throw on Torrenlanca for the fall. Holy crap. 

[SocraTease]

RBY looks really sucked down.  Thin.  The cut must be really tough to 57kg

[SocraTease]

The big upcoming match in the quarters is Nick Lee vs. Austin Gomez.  Winner goes to semis and very likely the finals for an Olympic berth. 

Lee wrestled Gomez at Worlds last year and pinned him after leading ... something like 7-3 but Gomez was and is dangerous.   Lee can go upper body however and has some length on Gomez, which helps.  Below is a link to their match at Worlds if you can access it:

https://www.flowrestling.org/events/11049592-2023-senior-world-championships/videos?playing=11251702

 

Edited March 1 by SocraTease

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

11 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

Yes, it's him.  He looks bad so far after being down 8-0 ... but rallies with a pin.  

Dylan Palacio (now of Uruguay and former folkstyle wrestler) looked terrible at 74 KG.  He lost 12-2 to a guy from Brazil.  He didn't do much and kind of appeared lost on the mat.

RBY took care of business quickly in his first match.

Alvan from Brazil is a Brazilian-American who wrestles for Columbia (the Ivy, not the country.) NCAA qualifier.

I believe he trains at same club as Chamizo etc.

Edited March 1 by Interviewed_at_Weehawken

[SocraTease]

Lee vs. Gomez now! Mat B

[pokemonster]

4 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

Lee vs. Gomez now! Mat B

You're the man, just pulled it up to watch. Lee up 6-4. 

[pokemonster]

10-8 Lee, super close match, Gomez looks to be seriously hurt from an exchange. 

[pokemonster]

1 minute ago, pokemonster said:

10-8 Lee, super close match, Gomez looks to be seriously hurt from an exchange. 

Lays on the mat for a few minutes, gets up and 4's Lee. Tied at 12 one minute left. 

[Tripnsweep]

Gomez wrecked Lee 22-12. Didn't see that coming. 

[pokemonster]

Gomez takes Lee down, laces him a few times, up 20-12 just like that. Another takedown and now a Tech for Gomez. WOW what a match. 

[SocraTease]

Ach!.  Gomez makes a big comeback and wins 22-12. Nick uncharacteristically faded bad.   

Looks like 65KG will not be qualified here for the US.  One last chance at the Last Chance.  

Disappointing.

[Hammerlock3]

F gomez and his BS cheating to sneak into the olympics.

[Dogbone]

That stinks.  Damn.

 

[Tripnsweep]

McNeil makes a quick one over Kramer 12-1. 

[SocraTease]

Something about Penn State and 65KG at Pan Ams ... Retherford lost here as well and didn't qualify the weight a few years back.

[PNWfan]

Gomez broke Lee. Incredibly disappointing that USA will likely not qualify 65kg again for the Olympics. 

[Hammerlock3]

1 minute ago, SocraTease said:

Something about Penn State and 65KG at Pan Ams ... Retherford lost here as well and didn't qualify the weight a few years back.

yeah wtf?!?!

[pokemonster]

Just now, PNWfan said:

Gomez broke Lee. Incredibly disappointing that USA will likely not qualify 65kg again for the Olympics. 

Very surprising after Lee took him down and laced him to go up 16-12 or whatever, then Gomez looked to be injured. Thought it was over for him, then he absolutely wrecked him. 

[SocraTease]

Lee looked like he was on the way to a tech earlier.  He was out-wrestling Gomez.  

[SocraTease]

Just now, pokemonster said:

Very surprising after Lee took him down and laced him to go up 16-12 or whatever, then Gomez looked to be injured. Thought it was over for him, then he absolutely wrecked him. 

Part of me thinks Gomez needed a breather and faked injury.  I need to watch the replay.

[Spladle08]

Gross

[VakAttack]

Penn State lets America down again. #Sad

Edited March 1 by VakAttack

[Nicky_Pipes]

after the injury time, should Gomez have started back in Parterre? if so, bad time?