Dingo Brigade Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Hello everyone, I will be at both men's freestyle events tomorrow. I'm hopeful that I will be at both on Saturday and Sunday too (they are tough tickets to get because it's a pretty small venue). I will try to describe what I'm seeing as best as I possibly can, with a special emphasis on the Americans, obviously. I wish Reece was here, but I will try my best to pull for Scott this weekend. Let's hope the fellas can reverse the luck starting tomorrow. It helps to have Burroughs sharpening his sword for battle tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Say high to the Rankings Guy too. He should be wandering around there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Wrestling about to begin. Despite the small venue, there are a lot of seats left, most of which are better than mine, heh heh. Lots of American fans here--a lot of cheers when Burroughs name was mentioned...this is awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 55kg iran beats mongolia, bulgaria beats tajikastan...sorry these names are too tough to type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Georgia beats Mohamed of egypt in a tight 3 period match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Very sorry but my phone is dead and my portable charger isnt working...will only update for americans as a result. Sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Haze ties up his Kazak opponent, gets back exposed, kzk leads 2-0. Haze reverses, kzk reverses...haze loses first 3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Haze waits til end of 2nd and nearly executes a single, but runs out of time. Kazak wins ball draw, quickly drives Haze out of bounds....Haze is eliminated 3-1, 1-0...cant wait for Burroughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Thanks for the updates -- You da Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Burroughs destroys Puerto Rico, 4-0, 6-0. Haze still alive, as Kazak 55kg wins his next match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Awesome How many mats are they running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Three mats You can go to NBCOlympics.com and watch the matches. Burroughs has former NCAA champion from Stanford Matt Gentry in a couple matches. Gentry is wrestling for Canada and has coached at Stanford after college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Thanks looks like I got this information just in time as Burroughs' match is just starting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Close scramble at the end Sounded like there was a lot of people cheering for and against Burroughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Burroughs grinds past Gentry 2-1, 1-1. Tough match, but Burroughs was tougher. Haze sill alive as Kazak continues to advance. There were a TON of Canadians here...thats why it got loud against Burroughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 The semi-finals against Tsargush is going to be the big one. Tsargush was the world champion in 2009 and 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Yes, Tsargush will be tough to beat. Haze is eliminated as Kazak falls to Russian at 55kg. Its all on Burroughs again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Burroughs grinds past Gentry 2-1, 1-1. Tough match, but Burroughs was tougher. Haze sill alive as Kazak continues to advance. There were a TON of Canadians here...thats why it got loud against Burroughs That makes sense - Canada and the UK have very open trade/work relations. It is very easy for Canadians to get a work visa in the UK and a ton of canadians (espicially young adult) take advantage Thanks again for the updates - hope you are enjoying the games and I hope you like Indian food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I believe Gentry's mother was born in Canada and thus the reason he has dual citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profestler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Agreed that Burroughs v Tsargush will be a tough one. Tsargush has one hell of draw -- seems like that side of the bracket is disproportionally loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Iran wins 74kg...us vs iran if Burroughs can pass the huge Russian test. Kind of scary how many iranian fans are here. They are loud and chanting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Tsargush gets forceout...leads 1-0..1:15 to go in 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Burroughs explodes, gets TD and a roll, leads 3-1...wins first period in clutch fashion...one period away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Tsargush gets TD just under a minute..burroughs in on a single...no points....30 secs left, needs a td...forceout for tsargush, leads 2-0...period 2 goes to tsargush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 This is it...for all the marbles...HUGE double for burroughs, followed by a pushout...wins final period 2-1...will wrestle for gold!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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