Big

Just watched his qualifier matches last night. He is smarter and overall better than the rest of the field. No wonder Russians are so nervous he is competing for Slovakia. Its amazing how well he is put together at 36 years old.

quick_single

Or maybe heavyweight just sucks overall.

granby5

Why is Mussulbes wrestling for Slovakia instead of Russia? Does he already have enough money?

akzent

That is why at the Ulan-Ude tourney, Buryatia/Russia, there is a 50-kg class, and no HWT
results of the 2008 tourney:
http://www.fila-wrestling.com/images...s_ulan_ude.pdf

quick_single

That's because few people in that region weigh more than 74 kg!

pinartist

i agree with quick, im not too impressed with any fighters in the hwt division right now

akzent

It was an international tourney!

Interestingly, US participation was adjusted to the "anomaly" of that region. 3 of the 4 US wrestlers were from the divisions under 74.
Fullhart, 84, must have had the appearance of a HWT for the local population.

quick_single

I know akzent, I was joking.

akzent

BTW, the Henri Deglane tourney (in both GR & FS) doesn't have the 120 class but also the 55 class.

Big

People have to understand something though. I wrestled in every weight class from 50kg to HWT in my life. Even though HWTs don't look as impressive it is much harder to get a big body to do what smaller bodies can do. The bigger the body the more it resists to fine tuning of conditioning, technique and speed all put together.