bnwtwg

McKenna trying to bang with a 65kg clydesdale instead of creating space. Tumur Ochir up 2-0 at the break and he has a gas tank. Time to see what McKenna is made of. Warned before the start of the 2nd for hands on the head which is laughable in a clean, physical match. After ~:75 MGL gets off the first shot of the second period and converts. McKenna needs to take a risk he's already down 4-0 with nothing to lose. Finally gets his first shot off with :30ish left. Solid showing overall from McKenna but Tumur Ochir on a different level physically and positionally don't let the scoreboard fool you.

Easier said than done. Just ask Spencer's cousin Nick who tried that approach earlier today and couldn't get through the first 2 minutes.

Henderson with the double unders to slick counter by the mad Hungarian to bow and arrow to stick Marlboro Musukaev!!!

Fashion note: Team USA is rocking the baggy Sammy Sasso singlet-shorts today.

Richards fall to a tough 5th. He had a tough bracket and he's going to need the stim gun tomorrow morning. Really thought going into the match that he would go home with a bronze and it was anything but the case.

Very true. That was a hose job.

*and experience gutting through that pain from Retherford for years

PSU dishes it out and NLWC can take it. Nolf got into a really nasty bow and arrow this morning in his victory over last year's junior world champ Gadzhiev. Because the international scene isn't for wusses, Nolf put on a heck of a defense until they went back to feet. He was definitely feeling it after but because NLWC is the toughest room in the country he didn't even need the cold spray. 6:11 for the beginning of the pain train https://www.flowrestling.org/events/10272434-2023-ranking-series-1-zagreb-open/videos?q=nolf&playing=10463896 @BobDole any idea why the link won't embed video?

Ishiguro today looks like... well, Zahid did at Pellicone and Warsaw. Real big coming out party. Fun to see JPN being nails at a higher weight

Amine defends the takedown in true international fashion: with the cold spray!!!

JPN wins the challenge but McKenna hangs on 4-3. I'm very excited for Tumur Ochir/Musukaev and then the final. Big day for McKenna!

McKenna td on the edge being challenged. I don't think he wins but hopefully gets 1 for the step out.

McKenna hanging on as I type this w 30

86 semis not kind to the US. Zahid and Hall both teched off the mat. Did not see that coming.

Big match for Zahid on A. 2018 junior world champ (86), 2019 U23 3rd and coming off a win vs Amine

Waiting for @nhs67 to join the party fashionably late with a flying CKWC elbow off the top rope

You know what's annoying? Wanting to watch Henderson/ Tumur Ochier on my 75" and Pantaleo on my laptop. But Flo says I can't have an active account on two devices simultaneously. It's a wrestling product and wrestling tournaments happen on multiple mats Make it make sense like I'm a 5 year old.

McKenna with the big stick in :70!

Nolf with the dub. He got taken down and defended a NASTY bow and arrow. Luckily this is freestyle and not folk because that would have ended very badly. He can't put weight on it. No bueno.

Big match for Nolf. Currently up 2-0 at intermission against the 2022 74kg junior world champ from Azerbaijan

Yazdani looking like his typical superstar self. I'm rooting for Hall and I think he can keep the score close, but it's not going to be a close match.

I left at 10-2 to watch Lee/Musukaev and came back to 10-9 after the challenge. I need to rethink my gas tank picks...

Oh my. Musukaev just obliterated Lee. 10-0 in less than 2 mins. Can't get gassed if your opponent can't make it to the second period yeeesh.

Fabio is looking real good, and wrestling well also. Too bad Amine lost because I wanted to see Zahid take him to the woodshed.

@Mike Parrish do you know if there will be an intermission or are they going straight through? Trying to plan, uhh, "work"