'26 U23 World Championships (10/12-18) thread

[Coastal2]

did Davino win?

Hasn't wrestled yet. Had bye to R16

 

[Coastal2]

Hopefully I'll be back in time for the semis

 

[Corby2]

74 kg Marcu MDA beat Geo 7-4 which eliminates Wagin. Marcu is in the 1/4 waiting for James

 

[zzs006]

Merrill might get in a fistfight before this tournament is over. I don’t think these foreigners are going to like his style

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[zzs006]

James' next opponent doesn't have many accolades. 3rd at U23 Asians this year and 5th at Sr Asians in '25 with no notable wins

He also lost 5-0 to they guy James just beat

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Coastal2]

 

[zzs006]

74 kg Marcu MDA beat Geo 7-4 which eliminates Wagin. Marcu is in the 1/4 waiting for James

Marcu is decent but James should be a big favorite. Marcu competes a ton. He has been wrestling at the senior level as well but only has average results. No idea what happened to Wagin. I wonder if he has trouble making 74kg?

 

[nakedirishman]

Anybody with updates with Coastal out?

 

[Nightking]

James wins 8-0

 

[APrimusHokie]

Good win over a guy who clearly didn't want to wrestle

 

[IndianaNittanyLion_rivals328484]

James 8-0 with three take downs

 

[zzs006]

Easy work for James. He was much more controlled that match. I thought his opponent was going to choke him out in the front headlock though!

 

[Corby2]

Davino beats Iran 7-1. It was the Iranian Ono beat in the 2024 u 20 world gold match

 

[Corby2]

Marcu is decent but James should be a big favorite. Marcu competes a ton. He has been wrestling at the senior level as well but only has average results. No idea what happened to Wagin. I wonder if he has trouble making 74kg?

Injury or weight he's a shell of himself

 

[nerfstate]

Easy work for James. He was much more controlled that match. I thought his opponent was going to choke him out in the front headlock though!

I think his opponent was considerably stronger, and Jayden couldn’t move him much with his underhook at all. But he eventually figured it out.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

Easy work for James. He was much more controlled that match. I thought his opponent was going to choke him out in the front headlock though!

That was a much more measured approach from Jayden. Night and day from his first match. With his offensive and defensive skillset, he doesn't need to place himself in precarious positions.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[zzs006]

LJ Araujo vs Seilbekov on mat C. Araujo goes to Nebraska

 

[McScoreley]

Reminder Jayden is a first year U20 .... you can see older opponents are stronger than him right now. You saw it at Seniors domestically as well. But he's so technically and instinctively gifted (not to mention quick) he overcomes it and even dominates.

Once his grown man strength comes in ....

 

[zzs006]

This is a good win. Myradov is a legit guy. He lost like 12-5 to Cardenas earlier this year I think. I keep thinking back to how good Shumate was as a young high schooler. He just bombed dudes all over the mat when he was young

 

[vhsalum]

yuck sinclair.

Wrestled with the fear of god after getting headlocked twiced

 

[zzs006]

Sinclair in a tight one. I was worried about this match. I thought he would pull it off but it’s not looking good. Mihalcean is damn good and looks huge. I think Sinclair has a good shot to get pulled back in to repechage. Mihalcean probably has Begenjov (Past U20 champ) who hasn’t looked great lately and then maybe Yagan. Yagan beat Iran first round

 

[APrimusHokie]

Reminder Jayden is a first year U20 .... you can see older opponents are stronger than him right now. You saw it at Seniors domestically as well. But he's so technically and instinctively gifted (not to mention quick) he overcomes it and even dominates.

Once his grown man strength comes in ....

I agree. When he gets more built for 74kg. It's going to be hard to beat him

 

[Nightking]

That was weird, Sinclair looked sick, first American i have seen gassed!

 

[Corby2]

Sinclair in a tight one. I was worried about this match. I thought he would pull it off but it’s not looking good. Mihalcean is damn good and looks huge

Yep I remember his 3-2 match with Trent and knew that would be a tough one

 

[AgSurfer]

Reminder Jayden is a first year U20 .... you can see older opponents are stronger than him right now. You saw it at Seniors domestically as well. But he's so technically and instinctively gifted (not to mention quick) he overcomes it and even dominates.

Once his grown man strength comes in ....

So you’re saying he needs to hit the weights, hard!!!!!!

 

[RS17]

yuck sinclair.

Wrestled with the fear of god after getting headlocked twiced

Some would rather lose 10-2 then get ground to dust like did. Just stopped attempting anything after the headlocks.

 

[CuriousGeorge]

Quarterfinals in this session?

 

[zzs006]

That throw from Shumate was sick. Too bad it was on the edge or he would’ve gotten the fall

Do not go upper body with Shumate! He bombs him again and wins 14-7 after being down big early

 

[IndianaNittanyLion_rivals328484]

what was Shumate waiting for? Goes down 7-0 at the half and then storms back to win 14-7.

 

[LostInTransition]

Quarterfinals in this session?

Yes, then semifinals are this evening @7:45 eastern followed by Women's medal round.

 

[Corby2]

That Ukrainian will be flying home on Shumate Airlines

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[WPIALBrwnPSU]

Sinclair in a tight one. I was worried about this match. I thought he would pull it off but it’s not looking good. Mihalcean is damn good and looks huge. I think Sinclair has a good shot to get pulled back in to repechage. Mihalcean probably has Begenjov (Past U20 champ) who hasn’t looked great lately and then maybe Yagan. Yagan beat Iran first round

Mihalcean is darn athletic. His body awareness is off the charts.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]