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I saw this on YouTube. Gable Steveson is an Olympic champion and multi-time NCAA champion. He just got upset by an Air Force vet and apparently Trump supporter.
I don’t understand how amateur wrestling works, but apparently the guy did something to score three points right near the end of the match. The crowd was going crazy.
Steveson signed with the WWE and was considered a top prospect, but it never worked out.
https://youtu.be/dteKA2bAXbA?si=VwF7CNoTgp2-RItx
I don’t understand how amateur wrestling works, but apparently the guy did something to score three points right near the end of the match. The crowd was going crazy.
Steveson signed with the WWE and was considered a top prospect, but it never worked out.
https://youtu.be/dteKA2bAXbA?si=VwF7CNoTgp2-RItx
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Re: Amateur wrestling
It's called a nearfall, meaning one wrestler has control over the opponent and is able to hold him for 2-3 seconds in a position essentially close to being pinned. If it's a 3 second hold, it scores 3 points.
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Re: Amateur wrestling
Wow. Thank you. Are you an amateur wrestling aficionado? Did you compete?
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Re: Amateur wrestling


... or even matches at UNC


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There are now probably a few hundred or so for a top college program. Back in my day there weren't very many. Michigan matches for which Kelly Ripa shows up may draw more. Anyway, it's not fair to compare the sports. One of them requires extraordinary agility, strength, mobility, and courage and the other is soccer. Bada boom.
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One of them requires extraordinary speed, endurance, accuracy, teamwork and courage and the other is men hugging each other, nttawwt.O Really wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:40 pmThere are now probably a few hundred or so for a top college program. Back in my day there weren't very many. Michigan matches for which Kelly Ripa shows up may draw more. Anyway, it's not fair to compare the sports. One of them requires extraordinary agility, strength, mobility, and courage and the other is soccer. Bada boom.
Back in your day soccer had not yet crossed the Atlantic . . . and neither had the Pilgrims.

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That was lame. Lady O was hoping for a video of some goalie leaping up, doing a flip and stopping a shot on goal upside down with the other team kicking at his head.
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Re: Amateur wrestling
This one's kinda cool:

This was my secret talent:

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Thanks! I'll certainly give you the agile and brave part.
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I thought I made it up.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adn.ronaldinho/ ... _device=pc
https://www.tiktok.com/@adn.ronaldinho/ ... _device=pc
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Huge risk. Staged?O Really wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:57 pmI thought I made it up.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adn.ronaldinho/ ... 1973576993
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Not staged, exactly. In a real game, but a friendly. Nothing really on the line.Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:46 amHuge risk. Staged?O Really wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:57 pmI thought I made it up.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adn.ronaldinho/ ... 1973576993
https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... -isolation
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O Really wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:50 amNot staged, exactly. In a real game, but a friendly. Nothing really on the line.Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:46 amHuge risk. Staged?O Really wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:57 pmI thought I made it up.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adn.ronaldinho/ ... 1973576993
https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... -isolation

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