NJDan 541 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 Is it a coincidence that U. Michigan has three guys wrestling at the Worlds for other countries (Serbia and the mythical nation of San Marino). Does Michigan actively look for such opportunities. I would be that plenty of NCAA wrestlers have grandparents from other countries, which seems to be all you need. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 Don't forget Slovenia and Lebanon They have 4 countries represented by 5 wrestlers. 5 countries if you include Coon and the USofA. 2 NJDan and Perry reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 541 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 Making San Marino great again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 713 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 And yet Ann Arbor is less than an hour drive to Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 19 minutes ago, Katie said: And yet Ann Arbor is less than an hour drive to Canada. Amine brothers are Michigan. Habat and Abounader are Ohio. Micic is Indiana. None of them are Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 713 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, nhs67 said: Amine brothers are Michigan. Habat and Abounader are Ohio. Micic is Indiana. None of them are Canada. I was just observing that the CKWC is training reps of Eastern Hemisphere countries but not any reps of nearby Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lurker 1,326 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 I'm sure if there were any Canadians wrestling for Michigan and/or CKWC....they would be training them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Katie said: I was just observing that the CKWC is training reps of Eastern Hemisphere countries but not any reps of nearby Canada. All the guys I mentioned have grandparents from the countries they represent. As Lurker said, there would be Canadians there if there were any Canadians training there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justafan 123 Report post Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, NJDan said: Is it a coincidence that U. Michigan has three guys wrestling at the Worlds for other countries (Serbia and the mythical nation of San Marino). Does Michigan actively look for such opportunities. I would be that plenty of NCAA wrestlers have grandparents from other countries, which seems to be all you need. I think Michigan believes there system is better then the system USA Wrestling uses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whaletail 200 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, nhs67 said: Don't forget Slovenia and Lebanon They have 4 countries represented by 5 wrestlers. 5 countries if you include Coon and the USofA. Who from Michigan wrestles for Slovenia? The only wrestler on that team I know is Habat (ironically, yet another American ex-pat). And can Bormet corner multiple Michigan guys repping different countries? I know he coached Micic in his bronze medal match; assuming he's their preference, can he also coach the Amines and Abounader? I guess I assume coaches are locked to a single nation, but I'm not at all certain. BTW, anyone else shocked that Malik Amine probably placed higher at worlds than at any of his NCAA tournaments? Makes me think Sal Profaci should go wrestle for Italy! Edited September 21, 2019 by whaletail 1 Housebuye reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,655 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 19 hours ago, NJDan said: Making San Marino great again! YOu STOLE THAT FROM ME..... AGAIN!! I know I must be big brothering you. But have a little self respect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 541 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 If I did steal it, which I didn't, it would be an homage. Anyhow, you stole it from Trump, who stole it from Reagan, who got it from ... me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 713 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, whaletail said: Who from Michigan wrestles for Slovenia? The only wrestler on that team I know is Habat (ironically, yet another American ex-pat). And can Bormet corner multiple Michigan guys repping different countries? I know he coached Micic in his bronze medal match; assuming he's their preference, can he also coach the Amines and Abounader? I guess I assume coaches are locked to a single nation, but I'm not at all certain. BTW, anyone else shocked that Malik Amine probably placed higher at worlds than at any of his NCAA tournaments? Makes me think Sal Profaci should go wrestle for Italy! Habat trains at the CKWC, I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 4 hours ago, whaletail said: Who from Michigan wrestles for Slovenia? The only wrestler on that team I know is Habat (ironically, yet another American ex-pat). And can Bormet corner multiple Michigan guys repping different countries? I know he coached Micic in his bronze medal match; assuming he's their preference, can he also coach the Amines and Abounader? I guess I assume coaches are locked to a single nation, but I'm not at all certain. BTW, anyone else shocked that Malik Amine probably placed higher at worlds than at any of his NCAA tournaments? Makes me think Sal Profaci should go wrestle for Italy! 2 hours ago, Katie said: Habat trains at the CKWC, I think. Habat has ties to CKWC and is a bug reason we see so many 'international' folks represented and training there. 1 whaletail reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 713 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, nhs67 said: Habat has ties to CKWC and is a bug reason we see so many 'international' folks represented and training there. Kudos to him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calot 139 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Anyone notice Abounader had to FF his match to Israel.Lebanon like Iran won't let athletes compete against Israel.Bad deal for him he will no longer represent Lebanon Edited September 21, 2019 by calot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach_J 2,042 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 Training with Belaglazov. X factor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 541 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, calot said: Anyone notice Abounader had to FF his match to Israel.Lebanon like Iran won't let athletes compete against Israel.Bad deal for him he will no longer represent Lebanon I did not notice. That's a disgrace. Lebanon is, I thought, more civilized than that. At least it used to be. Is that how Israel got into the round of 16 against Switzerland!?! Edited September 21, 2019 by NJDan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, NJDan said: I did not notice. That's a disgrace. Lebanon is, I thought, more civilized than that. At least it used to be. Is that how Israel got into the round of 16 against Switzerland!?! Where will Abounader wrestle then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calot 139 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 1 hour ago, NJDan said: I did not notice. That's a disgrace. Lebanon is, I thought, more civilized than that. At least it used to be. Is that how Israel got into the round of 16 against Switzerland!?! Yes that's how Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matts1w 92 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 https://twitter.com/termn8r13/status/1175148053621346304/photo/1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 713 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, matts1w said: https://twitter.com/termn8r13/status/1175148053621346304/photo/1 Ugh. Must’ve been a hard few days for him. Edited September 21, 2019 by Katie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,655 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 Michigan is just having fun at worlds. (Except for abanorder) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 I hope he gets a chance to represent another country. Israel perhaps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 794 Report post Posted September 21, 2019 1 minute ago, nhs67 said: I hope he gets a chance to represent another country. Israel perhaps? Or Aruba. Get it done @NJDan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
