'26 U20 World Championships (8/16 - 23) thread

[mvattivo]

 

[Coastal2]

Nice, the younger guy is on replay first instead of DJ Slow who is standing in the background.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

Decided to stay up out here in San Diego.

 

[vhsalum]

 

[Coastal2]

pbp start

'26 U20 World Championships (8/16 - 23) thread - Page 13 - Forums

The 2026 U20 World Championships take place on 8/16 through 8/23 at Bratislava, Slovakia. Please use this thread for all pre-tournament, in-tournament, and post-tournament discussion. The USA MFS team includes PSU's Jayden James, as well as two wrestlers from PA (Aaron Seidel and Bo Bassett)...

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[vhsalum]

oh my. Mastny!!!!!

What is Russia challenging???

 

[mvattivo]

oh my. Mastny!!!!!

What is Russia challenging???

That was some pure craziness! I was just about to come on here and say that Mastny just isn't strong enough for the Russian. Then, Mastny just started turning him at will without much resistance from Togoev. From 1-10 to 22-10 in an instant!

 

[vhsalum]

Nice job by the high schooler to beat the U20 Russian with a bald spot!

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

That was some pure craziness! I was just about to come on here and say that Mastny just isn't strong enough for the Russian. Then, Mastny just started turning him at will without much resistance from Togoev. From 1-10 to 22-10 in an instant!

That is big for the team race also as team USA led Russia by three points at the start of this round.

 

[mvattivo]

oh my. Mastny!!!!!

What is Russia challenging???

How could he gas out that badly that quickly? That was odd, but, I'll take it!

 

[Coastal2]

Mastny getting that reversal was so important. I've never seen anyone with a smaller gas tank tank.

 

[Coastal2]

How could he gas out that badly that quickly? That was odd, but, I'll take it!

He did the same thing yesterday in his match with Kurashvili.

 

[Corby2]

How could he gas out that badly that quickly? That was odd, but, I'll take it!

He did the same yesterday in his match up big and lost. He can't stop a turn it's unbelievable

 

[Nitlion1986]

oh my. Mastny!!!!!

What is Russia challenging???

Just an opinion, but after watching matches this week it seems challenges are made at the end of some of these bouts about what the competitor's mother's maiden names are. Just repeated hail marys.

 

[vhsalum]

Robideau up now on C.

 

[Fan16801]

Mastny gets Togoev. Togoev is a monster who inexplicably gassed badly in the first minute in his loss. He never had tank issued in the past. Could be a quick 10-0 Togoev or could be enough cold spray to effect the climate in Central Europe.

Robideau gets a Georgian who was 5th at U20 Euros

James gets Vokal who went one and done at U17 Euros

Ross gets Jang KOR who took bronze at U20 Asians

Boyle gets returning bronze Dursonov in the 1/8

It’s funny how the first part of your Mastny prediction came within a hair of being true, then the second part took over.

 

[mvattivo]

He's on team USA, so, of course, I'm rooting for him, but, I can't look at Robideau without my mind going back to the robbery of P.J.

 

[vhsalum]

Georgia is going to break BIGLY...

 

[mvattivo]

Georgia is going to break BIGLY...

Most of this group of USA U20's are high pace and aggressive, and it is consistently breaking their opponents.

 

[mvattivo]

Georgia is going to break BIGLY...

Good call!

 

[mvattivo]

Over to mat B for Jayden!

 

[vhsalum]

Most of this group of USA U20's are high pace and aggressive, and it is consistently breaking their opponents.

It's incredible that these guys show up out of shape.

Re: Robideau - I get the hate, cuz it was absolutely a blown call - but man, you can see why he can stand toe to toe with PJ. Brawler with some freak strength and gas tank for days.

 

[Corby2]

Over to mat B for Jayden!

Gotta have all 3 up

 

[zzs006]

WTF happened to Togoev?!?! That was crazy. He should be ashamed coming to a world championship tournament in that kind of shape

 

[Corby2]

WTF happened to Togoev?!?! That was crazy. He should be ashamed coming to a world championship tournament in that kind of shape

It's like he's never defended a gut in his life so odd

 

[mvattivo]

Gotta have all 3 up

One on my main TV - which is the one I switched. The other two mats on two of my other TV's.

 

[mvattivo]

It's incredible that these guys show up out of shape.

Re: Robideau - I get the hate, cuz it was absolutely a blown call - but man, you can see why he can stand toe to toe with PJ. Brawler with some freak strength and gas tank for days.

It's not just U20 where US wrestlers are coming in aggressive, in shape and with a great pace (for the most part), it's across all levels. I have a hunch that I know of a program that has helped to lead things in that direction.

 

[Coastal2]

Making them easy to find if I accidently close one.

2026 U20 World Championships: Team USA Tracker | Baschamania

All 30 Americans in Bratislava: when they compete, live results, and who's still alive for a medal.

www.baschamania.com

basch

Live Stream

arena.uww.org

UWW

 

[zzs006]

Good match on mat B between Karimov, the euro champ vs Bharaskar, the Asian champ

 

[mvattivo]

It's incredible that these guys show up out of shape.

Re: Robideau - I get the hate, cuz it was absolutely a blown call - but man, you can see why he can stand toe to toe with PJ. Brawler with some freak strength and gas tank for days.

Listen, the blown call was not on him. What is he going to do, tell the refs they got it wrong and concede the win to P.J. Robideau is the real deal, no question about it.

 

[Corby2]

It's not just U20 where US wrestlers are coming in aggressive, in shape and with a great pace (for the most part), it's across all levels. I have a hunch that I know of a program that has helped to lead things in that direction.

These foreigners still smoke cigarettes like it's 1980

 

[mvattivo]

2026 U20 World Championships: Team USA Tracker | Baschamania

All 30 Americans in Bratislava: when they compete, live results, and who's still alive for a medal.

www.baschamania.com

basch

I've been continually promoting that page. It is so well done! Basch said on Twitter that he's taking heat from people because he's linking to their data feeds, which is ridiculous.

 

[vhsalum]

These foreigners still smoke cigarettes like it's 1980

And don't drink water!!!

 

[Corby2]

I've been continually promoting that page. It is so well done! Basch said on Twitter that he's taking heat from people because he's linking to their data feeds, which is ridiculous.

And he spent a couple hundred of his own $ doing it

 

[Corby2]

And don't drink water!!!

Agree while most of our guys are doing a gallon a day

 

[Coastal2]

WTF happened to Togoev?!?! That was crazy. He should be ashamed coming to a world championship tournament in that kind of shape

There has to be something there whether illness, geopolitical, recovery... There's no way to get to that level of skill as he couldn't train at all with that current tank. It wasn't that he didn't defend the guts well, it's that he didn't defend the TD at all. Whether Mastny got all the turns he needed was irrelevant. Mastny would have taken him down at will in the 2nd if it would have gotten that far.

 

[Coastal2]

Mat B is running slow today. Very few quick finishes to even out the long matches.

And my Mat A isn't working again. It's the price I pay for my way of watching. They must think A is over as B and C have been used for the second session. It worked until yesterday.

 

[vhsalum]

Wagin would be so good if he came to an RTC.

 

[zzs006]

Let’s go Jayden!!

 

[zzs006]

Wagin would be so good if he came to an RTC.

It’s incredible he’s as good as he is training in Germany