5pointcrossankle

anything can happen at the olympics, and personally i think that if there is going to be an upset in wrestling, it will be at this weight. 66 is the most unpredictable weight IMO and the US has a great rep for 66 (Bubba Jenkins, zadick) so you never know.

listentotherain

my picks:55- naraambatar (always improving + showed himself vs Kudukhov + tough/hungry)60- batirov (has difficult tech/tac. system to beat as long as he does his stuff)66- schwab (i believe he can rattle opps at this weight especially at such anx. times)74- aldatov (something about his style that can disarm Saytiev, tigiev will be tough too)84- Ketoev (acts and feels like the master, lets just see now)lttr.

P2W54

Is Musulbes competing in Beijing? He took second in the European Championships this year.

akzent

Yes, he will compete in Beijing. He qualified the weight at the tourney in Switzerland 2 weeks after the european championships.

Sina Etemadi

Here is my predictions for this years Gold Medalists

Greco-Roman

55kg Hamid Sourian (Iran)
60kg Ji Hyun Jung (Korea)
66kg Tamas Loerincz (Hungary)
74kg Mark Madsen (Denmark)
84kg Alexej Mishin (Russia)
96kg Ghasem Rezaei (Iran)
120kg Youri Patrikeev (Armenia)

Freestyle

55kg Besik Kudukhov (Russia)
60kg Mavlet Batirov (Russia)
66kg Geandry Garzon (Cuba)
74kg Bouvaisa Saitiev (Russia)
84kg Georgi Ketoev (Russia)
96kg Shirvani Muradov (Russia)
120kg Artur Taimazov (Uzbekistan)

Women's

48kg Chiharu Icho (Japan)
55kg Saori Yoshida (Japan)
63kg Kaori Icho (Japan)
72kg Stanka Zlateva Hristova (Bulgaria)

quick_single

Alright here it is, subject to change once I see brackets:

55 Kudukhov
60 Quintana
66 Garzon
74 Saitiev
84 Ketoev
96 Muradov
120 Mussulbes

5pointcrossankle

I agree with all except I pick Stadnik to win 66kg and Taghavi placing 2nd

P2W54

Would Mussulbes be Myccyлбзc in Russian? I've seen it transliterated more than one way and I'd like to get the pronunciation correct. Thanks to anyone who can help me out with that.

akzent

russ. Мусульбес, translit. Musulbes

P2W54

Thanks a lot. I recently starting learning the alphabet and I may try to learn the language.