Alexis Rodriguez

[Gantry]

Per Ben Askren's blog on Flo he defected to Spain and won't be wrestling in the Olympics. Is this new or old news? Did he defect prior to Bejing?

[Fudge Tunnel]

He defected once he got there.

[Hubbard]

Rod and Montero defected after the Spain event.

[pinartist]

why would they defect to spain?

[Hubbard]

why would they defect to spain?

Common place for Cubans to move to.The language........Ancestry etc...
In my many trips to Havana, I re-call seeing huge line-ups outside the Spanish Embassy.

[Fudge Tunnel]

why would they defect to spain?

Lot of hot chics in Spain....

[akzent]

Azeris are not happy with the recent results of Russian HWT Ali Isaev and they send him back home.

They take Rodriguez (still a rumor; no official confirmation yet).

[yak]

so rodriguez might be the next 120kg for AZE?

[akzent]

Today Rodriguez made his debut for Aze. In the finals of the Azerbaijan Cup, he will face another imported contestant for the HWT spot in the Azeri team - Azarhakib of Iran. So the Azeri HWT final will be Cuba vs. Iran.
In the semis, Azarshakib beat Ali Isaev 0-1, 1-0, 1-0.

BTW, in the 96 final - 2 Ossetians - Gazyumov vs. Alborov.