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Kayla Miracle at U23 Worlds


maligned

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Kayla Miracle went 1-1 today at 62kg at the U23 Worlds. The Ukrainian girl who beat her later advanced to the final, bringing Kayla back into the repechage to face an Uzbek girl tomorrow morning. If she wins, she'll wrestle for bronze tomorrow afternoon.

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Kayla thrashes the Uzbek and advances to the bronze medal match against a very tough German girl who has been their senior world team rep the past 3 years. Both Kayla and the German, Niemesch, have teched all their opponents except the Ukrainian who beat them (who is also a senior world-teamer that won bronze at the senior-level euro's this year).

The finals start at 11am eastern time this morning. Kayla should go on the mat at about 11:45 or a little after.

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Tough 6-3 defeat for Miracle.  She’s right there with some of the senior levels medal winners, so hopefully a little more tweaking of her technique will put her in a position for a solid run leading into the Olympic year.  

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8 minutes ago, maligned said:

Anybody know why she made the move up to 62 from 59? I thought she looked more dynamic at 59, but it could just be down to that being a more crowded weight for us domestically. 

Possivlt with Reagan and Campbell holding to top sports they it could be harder to squeeze in to get in some  international trips.   Or it could be just not wanting to focus about the weight cut at this point in the Olympic cycle if she’s feels 59 is still an obtainable weight for her.  Either way I feel she still has a great shot at being out Olympic representative if continues to develop over the next couple years. 

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