Big

can he beat Otarsultanov? We will see.

JensenS

He won't have to worry about Otarsultanov, so long as the Russians keep putting Kudukhov on the team and not making him wrestle for his spot.

Big

Kudukhov is done at 55.

tonytony

Who is this other Russian you're referring to. I haven't followed international wrestling much lately.

Big

The other Russian won Europeans like this this year:

Pin 12:0 12:0 6:0. He owns a couple of wins over Cejudo as well.

JensenS

Otarsultanov is tough, he's a lot of fun to watch, and as you mentioned Cejudo has yet to beat him.

However that Gold Medal hanging around Henry's neck I imagine will be a pretty large confidence booster going forward against future opponents.

tonytony

Speaking of previous opponents, and since his name is evident on this forum, did Cejudo and Nickerson ever meet, such as in the big Cadet or Junior tournaments when they were both in that age group? It appears that they are very close in age, with Nickerson maybe only a year or two older.

granby5

Doesn't really matter. He is the Olympic Champion defeating all comers. Otarsultonov for whatever reason did not make the team for the Olympics. And since Russia is the only country that knows anything about wrestling he must not have been good enough. It does not really matter if Cejudo has lost to him before, this week obviously, nobody was going to beat him.

ODH

Cejudo's Gold is definitely tainted.. no wins over the 2nd string Russian or Nickerson

TLV

You break me up!!
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