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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Steve Lester added to this discussion on April 26, 2016
Quote from Jared Ball's post:
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"Pico would be up next followed by Retherford, correct?"
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I don't know the rule for replacement selection.
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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Matt Mace added to this discussion on May 10, 2016
Quote from Matt Mace's post:
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"Nations Qualified for 2016 Mens FS Olympic
125kg: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Mongolia, Armenia, USA, Canada, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine, China, Hungary, Poland
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Interesting turn of events at 125kg.
Apparently the Ukraine and Belarus wrestlers who qualified the weights at 125 kg tested positive for a banned substance, so those countries had to requalify the weights. They sent wrestlers to Turkey and they did in fact requalify, so there are 2 spots at 125kg that are left open right now. Anyone have any further insight on this? Don't know if they'll take the highest finisher that didn't qualify at the tournament that the suspended wrestlers qualified at or just use a ranking system or some other method.
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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Dan Harris added to this discussion on May 10, 2016
Quote from Matt Mace's post:
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Quote from Matt Mace's post:
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"Nations Qualified for 2016 Mens FS Olympic
125kg: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Mongolia, Armenia, USA, Canada, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine, China, Hungary, Poland
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Interesting turn of events at 125kg.
Apparently the Ukraine and Belarus wrestlers who qualified the weights at 125 kg tested positive for a banned substance, so those countries had to requalify the weights. They sent wrestlers to Turkey and they did in fact requalify, so there are 2 spots at 125kg that are left open right now. Anyone have any further insight on this? Don't know if they'll take the highest finisher that didn't qualify at the tournament that the suspended wrestlers qualified at or just use a ranking system or some other method."
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Ball Grab
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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Dan Harris added to this discussion on May 11, 2016
themat.com says that Molinaro has now qualified for the Olympics due to fallout from doping issues on other teams.
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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Jim Kessen added to this discussion on May 27, 2016
A group of 125 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists released a letter calling for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.
Wow curious to see what they do
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Discussion Topic: 2016 Road to Rio-Men's Freestyle
Bob Preusse added to this discussion on May 27, 2016
Quote from James Kessen's post:
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"A group of 125 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists released a letter calling for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil."
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add in the Brazil prez on verge of being forcibly ousted (if she hasnt been already) and certain star Russian athletes may be banned over huge doping scandal, what a mess.
but it aint moving, i can tell u that... it may careen, stagger on, limp ahead, and gasp for air but there will be a Rio Olympics this summer as scheduled. Too much at stake, huge investment by Brazil, years of planning, TV rights. THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
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