Summer RIO 2016 - Wrestling (Freestyle & Greco-Roman) 14th to 21st Aug

[Bomberboyokay]

Real wrasslin' has been a sport at every modern Olympics except 1900.

There are 18 gold medals available in 2016:

Men's Greco-Roman 59kg, 66kg, 75kg, 85kg, 98kg, 130kg

Women's Freestyle 48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg

Men's Freestyle 57kg, 65kg, 74kg, 86kg, 97kg, 125kg

There are three AUSSIES!, all men, competing: Ivan Popov in the 130kg Greco-Roman, Sahit Prizreni in the 65kg freestyle, and Talgat Ilyasov in the 74kg freestyle.

Legendary multi-time WWE Champion Kurt Angle famously won the gold medal (100kg freestyle) in 1996 in Atlanta.



What is much less well known is years later he actually lost the gold medal!

Starts tonight at 11pm AEST.

 

[Cleavy]

What is much less well known is years later he actually lost the gold medal!

What about the Benoit and the Eugene matches where he lost the medal?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

What about the Benoit and the Eugene matches where he lost the medal?

And when Steve Austin stole it. He's had some dreadful luck.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

I'll barrack for the wrestler who competes with a broken freakin' neck!

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Gotta love the Iranian trying to raise his hand when the ref gives the decision, then goes to complain to the judges at the announce table after the bout. The ultimate heel

 

[Cleavy]

these other Olympians may be ready to compete for gold, but are they "ready, willing and Gable"?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Greco-Roman 59kg

Gold - Ismael Borrero Molina (Cuba)
Silver - Shinobu Ota (Japan)
Bronze - Elmurat Tasmuradov (Uzbekistan), Stig André Berge (Norway)

Men's Greco-Roman 75kg

Gold - Roman Vlasov (Russia)
Silver - Mark Overgaard Madsen (Denmark)
Bronze - Kim Hyeon-woo (South Korea), Saeid Abdevali (Iran)

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Greco-Roman 85kg

Gold - Davit Chakvetadze (Russia)
Silver - Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine)
Bronze - Denis Maksymilian Kudla (Germany), Javid Hamzatov (Belarus)

Men's Greco-Roman 130kg

Gold - Mijaín López (Cuba)
Silver - Rıza Kayaalp (Turkey)
Bronze - Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan), Sergey Semenov (Russia)

Ivan Popov was defeated in the Round of 16.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Ivan popov looked so unbelievably undersized in the 130kg. Looks like he didnt quite make the weight for the 98kg and was lumped against people 30kgs heavier.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Greco-Roman 66kg

Gold - Davor Štefanek (Serbia)
Silver - Migran Arutyunyan (Armenia)
Bronze - Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan), Shmagi Bolkvadze (Georgia)

Men's Greco-Roman 98kg

Gold - Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia)
Silver - Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera (Cuba)
Bronze - Cenk İldem (Turkey), Ghasem Rezaei (Iran)

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Women's Freestyle 48kg

Gold - Eri Tosaka (Japan)
Silver - Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Elitsa Yankova (Bulgaria), Sun Yanan (China)

Women's Freestyle 58kg

Gold - Kaori Icho (Japan)
Silver - Valeria Koblova (Russia)
Bronze - Marwa Amri (Tunisia), Sakshi Malik (India)

Women's Freestyle 69kg

Gold - Sara Dosho (Japan)
Silver - Natalia Vorobieva (Russia)
Bronze - Elmira Syzdykova (Kazakhstan), Jenny Fransson (Sweden)

All the day's gold to Japan!

 

[Kram]

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Women's Freestyle 53kg

Gold - Helen Maroulis (USA)
Silver - Saori Yoshida (Japan)
Bronze - Nataliya Synyshyn (Azerbaijan), Sofia Mattsson (Sweden)

Women's Freestyle 63kg

Gold - Risako Kawai (Japan)
Silver - Maryia Mamashuk (Belarus)
Bronze - Monika Michalik (Poland), Yekaterina Larionova (Kazakhstan)

Women's Freestyle 75kg

Gold - Erica Wiebe (Canada)
Silver - Guzel Manyurova (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Ekaterina Bukina (Russia), Zhang Fengliu (China)

Very proud moment for the American and Canadian, hearing the national anthems

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Freestyle 57kg

Gold - Vladimer Khinchegashvili (Georgia)
Silver - Rei Higuchi (Japan)
Bronze - Haji Aliyev (Azerbaijan), Hassan Rahimi (Iran)

Men's Freestyle 74kg

Gold - Hassan Yazdani (Iran)
Silver - Aniuar Geduev (Russia)
Bronze - Jabrayil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), Soner Demirtaş (Turkey)

Australian wrestler Talgat Ilyasov's long-awaited Olympic debut has come to an abrupt end after he suffered a horrific injury in his first bout in Rio.

The 35-year-old was forced to retire with an apparent dislocated elbow against Japan's Sohsuke Takatani in the 74kg of the men's freestyle competition.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympic...at-ilyasovs-rio-campaign-20160819-gqx555.html

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Freestyle 86kg

Gold - Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Russia)
Silver - Selim Yaşar (Turkey)
Bronze - J'den Cox (USA), Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan)

Men's Freestyle 125kg

Gold - Taha Akgül (Turkey)
Silver - Komeil Ghasemi (Iran)
Bronze - Geno Petriashvili (Georgia), Ibragim Saidov (Belarus)

 

[GiantOrange]

I'm not to sure about this wrestling sport. It's like two best mate's drunk playing around.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Men's Freestyle 65kg

Gold - Soslan Ramonovv (Russia)
Silver - Toghrul Asgarov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Frank Chamizo (Italy), Ikhtiyor Navruzov (Uzbekistan)

Sahit Prizreni was eliminated in the Round of 32.

Men's Freestyle 97kg

Gold - Kyle Snyder (USA)
Silver - Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Albert Saritov (Romania), Magomed Abdulmuminovich Ibragimov (Uzbekistan)

And so concludes the Olympic wrestling. We'll have to spend the next four years watching the normal stuff.

 

[Damon_3388]

Olympic Wrestling, or WWE?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

"HAHA! THE MONGOLIANS LOVE TO FIGHT, MAGGLE!"

 

[Damon_3388]

"HAHA! THE MONGOLIANS LOVE TO FIGHT, MAGGLE!"

You just know the person writing the description is an old-school wrestling fan, too.

"It's pandemonium!"