MattM Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) Up two weight classes. 5 straight tech-falls. Not scored on. 53-0 total score Slick series of moves to win the title. (Highlights on link below) https://mobile.twitter.com/trackwrestling/status/900422198443356161/video/1 Becka Leathers takes a Bronze. Solid start for the women's team. Edited August 23, 2017 by MattM Dingo Brigade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Men's Freestyle starts on Friday. We have a legit shot at a top team placement if the team performs as projected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Maroulis dominated her opponents with suffocating offense and airtight defense on her feet, as well as a nasty series of back exposures on the mat. Well-rounded dominance by the Olympic champ, somewhat breaking up the Japanese gold party, at least temporarily. That's a bad, bad woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) That's world gold at 55kg, olympic gold at 53kg (cutting down for a vision quest victory over the Japanese women's GOAT), and world gold at 58kg in 3 straight years. Amazing to watch her. So slick. Kayla Miracle can actually look back at this April world team qualifying result with pride--making it to 5:45 AND scoring 2 points. No one else in the world could pull off either of those two feats. K. MIRACLE SKWC 2 H. Maroulis SKWC 15 SP 5:45 #2537 Alli Ragan (60kg) goes for gold and Victoria Anthony (48kg) goes for bronze starting at 1pm Indiana time today for free on the UWW site. Day 1 prelims for men's freestyle will run from roughly 4am until 10am tomorrow morning. We'll have Thomas Gilman, multiple time AA from Iowa, at 57kg (125.5), defending world champ Logan Stieber at 61kg (134), defending Olympic bronze J'Den Cox at 86kg (189), and 2-time NCAA champ Nick Gwiazdowski at 125kg (275). Edited August 24, 2017 by maligned Dingo Brigade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 I was thinking the same thing about Kayla. Helen's dominance in France puts Miracle's runner-up performance in an even better light. It's hard to envision someone being more dominant against the rest of the world than maroulis yesterday. Also impressive is Japan's okono, at 55 kg. 18 yrs old, cadet world champ in 2016, senior world champ in 2017. Ragan will have to really bring it to beat Kawai. Would love to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Dingo Brigade said: Ragan will have to really bring it to beat Kawai. Would love to see it The headlock she hit for the fall in the semi's would do the trick. Dingo Brigade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 that trip was a pretty thing to see.... pure dominance... Dingo Brigade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Ali Ragan gets silver. Women finish tied for 2nd place as a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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