Koopa are you going to make your gold medal predictions for Greco-Roman?
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Koopa are you going to make your gold medal predictions for Greco-Roman?
Not that I expect to be very accurate, but I'm predicting/hoping for these:
55- Sourian over Azerbayjan
60- Nouroozi over Aliyev
66- Abdelvi over Lester
74- Vlasoev over Cebi
84- Marinov over Khugaev
96- Abdel-Fatah over Guri
120- Lopez over Kayalalp
Iran with the team title
My guess would be:
55kg
1. Sourian IRI
2. Choi Gyu-Jin KOR
3. Ragymov UKR 3. Bayramov AZE
60kg
1. Noroozi IRI
2. Lashki GEO
3. Aliyev AZE 3. Kebispayev KAZ
66kg
1. Abdovali IRI
2. Guenot FRA
3. Tsakhaia GEO 3. Lorincz HUN
74kg
1. Vlasov RUS
2. Madsen DEN
3. Julfalakayan ARM 3. Bacsi HUN
84kg
1. Shorey CUB
2. Hietaniemi FIN
3. Gegeshidze GEO 3. Vasyl Rachyba UKR
96kg
1. Guri BUL
2. Aleksanyan ARM
3. Abdelfattah EGY 3. Lidberg SWE
120kg
1. Lopez CUB
2. Kaylaap TUR
3. Pherselidze GEO 3. Byers USA
Thanks Koopa,
I am going with
55 Choi
60 Noroozi
66 Abdevali
74 Vlasov
84 Betts (home state bias, probably won't happen but right now I can hope)
96 Lidberg finally gets the gold
120 Lopez
which countries that lopez can face in the finals present the great chance of him "losing"?
I would think Russia and Turkey for sure. Possibly Azerbaijan
Perhaps, but in 2008 Lopez wrestled Baroev in the finals and beat him (after a suspicious loss in the world finals previously). I'm betting he goes all out again.
On a side note, can you imagine how annoyed Kayaalp is if he did, in fact, beat Lopez legitimately? Beats the best greco wrestler in the world and no one believes him... (FWIW I think Lopez threw that match).
I was just listing countries where it would make sense to bribe
Maybe it's just me being naive, but I honestly think that Kaylaap actually beat Lopez. Mijain looked very tired in the end of the fight. Maybe he's just a good actor :)
However, I highly doubt that he would let anyone buy him in London since two olympic golds is something that even a poor Cuban guy would prefer over money.
Guys that could give Lopez trouble would be Baroev (RUS), Kayalaap (TUR), Patrikeeyev (ARM) and also Pherselidze from Georgia is always dangerous with his great suplex :)