wrestlingnerd 2,997 Report post Posted October 3, 2021 Deserves its own thread. Congrats to our Iranian forum bros. I'm glad you guys relatively mailed it in at the Olympics, though! 2 2 denger, Grecojones, flyingcement and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weems 28 Report post Posted October 3, 2021 I was beginning to think Geno was the GOAT but then...two silvers this summer! It was supposed to be his coronation! But these youngsters! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 1,067 Report post Posted October 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, wrestlingnerd said: Deserves its own thread. Congrats to our Iranian forum bros. I'm glad you guys relatively mailed it in at the Olympics, though! They have their own thread. It's called Iranian Wrestling News, the most active thread on the forum. 1 1 Grecojones and denger reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,872 Report post Posted October 3, 2021 Think I saw they were 16-0 today. SIXTEEN AND ZERO 4 wrestlingnerd, Weems, The Genius and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treep2000 1,124 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 Zares's backflip is a direct callout of Steveson. Will Gable take the bait? Oh I hope so. 1 cjc007 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 2,224 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, treep2000 said: Zares's backflip is a direct callout of Steveson. Will Gable take the bait? Oh I hope so. He beat Geno handily, whereas Stevenson had to pull something out of his #$# to get his win. Simple math that Zare > Stevenson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D3 for LU 58 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 (...Simple math that Zare > Steveson / not Stevenson.) In certain situations, the transitive property works. But not always... D3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D3 for LU 58 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 ... and , yes. I do agree that the Iranians are most definitely EN FUEGO, in this tournament, so far. D3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingnerd 2,997 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, D3 for LU said: (...Simple math that Zare > Steveson / not Stevenson.) In certain situations, the transitive property works. But not always... D3 That was not only a facetious comment, but also a direct call-out of Steveson to take the bait. Backflips after crushing Geno + Plasmodium call-out = Steveson is coming back for one more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanGerMan 151 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 Iran's Fan presence is second to none. They would even be an energy boost at NCAA's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uncle bernard 1,112 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 23 minutes ago, DanGerMan said: Iran's Fan presence is second to none. They would even be an energy boost at NCAA's. omg can we set up some sort of cultural exchange program to get a section of iranians at ncaa's??? 1 flyingcement reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 2,045 Report post Posted October 4, 2021 54 minutes ago, uncle bernard said: omg can we set up some sort of cultural exchange program to get a section of iranians at ncaa's??? I don't think most of those fans travel from Iran for a given event. I believe most are those that left (or families of) before or around the revolution. I saw them in 76 and 83 and that's what I was told there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maximus Meridius 22 Report post Posted October 5, 2021 Good for the Iranian people. On the Flo broadcast today, Ben Askren was accusing the Iranian team of using peds. Whenever we lose, someone makes this accusation. Sad since the one thing we know is a member of our team recently was suspended for testing positive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHamilton 1,026 Report post Posted October 5, 2021 13 hours ago, treep2000 said: Zares's backflip is a direct callout of Steveson. Will Gable take the bait? Oh I hope so. Except he can't do a backflip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
de4856 370 Report post Posted October 5, 2021 I was wondering why Iran has been able to turn things around so dramatically in these past eight weeks. Was it because the rest of the world is suffering from an Olympics hangover? Or did Iran use these eight weeks to get things fixed and get their team peaking at the right time? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amplitude7 4 Report post Posted October 5, 2021 I was wondering why Iran has been able to turn things around so dramatically in these past eight weeks. Was it because the rest of the world is suffering from an Olympics hangover? Or did Iran use these eight weeks to get things fixed and get their team peaking at the right time? I think the latter. They got 5-7 days of rest after olympics. New coach brought new perspective. Fixed a lot of small issues. 1 de4856 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denger 339 Report post Posted October 5, 2021 4 hours ago, DanGerMan said: Iran's Fan presence is second to none. They would even be an energy boost at NCAA's. 3 hours ago, gimpeltf said: I don't think most of those fans travel from Iran for a given event. I believe most are those that left (or families of) before or around the revolution. I saw them in 76 and 83 and that's what I was told there. Good stuff, I'm glad they're there! I know several Iranians, and I appreciate both their national pride and their dissent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 368 Report post Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 1:05 AM, Maximus Meridius said: Good for the Iranian people. On the Flo broadcast today, Ben Askren was accusing the Iranian team of using peds. Whenever we lose, someone makes this accusation. Sad since the one thing we know is a member of our team recently was suspended for testing positive. To be fair to Ben, he probably has very bad CTE for suffering the quickest KO in UFC (MMA?) history then getting knocked out by a Disney star. 4 BTC, OR, nhs67 and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 368 Report post Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 3:22 AM, de4856 said: I was wondering why Iran has been able to turn things around so dramatically in these past eight weeks. Was it because the rest of the world is suffering from an Olympics hangover? Or did Iran use these eight weeks to get things fixed and get their team peaking at the right time? It's not really as drastic as it looks. Yazdani was beating DT 3-2 until the TD in the last 10 seconds in Tokyo so it was obvious on his day he could win. Ghasempour hasn't had the chance to attend many international tournaments since he has been stuck behind Yazdani at 86kg but Iranians always knew he was excellent. Zare beat Geno before the Olympics and was dominating Geno in Tokyo in the first period until he uncharacteristically gassed and Geno took over. The other medals are mostly because of weak weights and lucky draws, although it was a very young team for Iran with multiple 2021 Junior champions, so they did very well but lost when we expected them to. 1 nhs67 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 1,981 Report post Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/4/2021 at 8:45 AM, Plasmodium said: He beat Geno handily, whereas Stevenson had to pull something out of his #$# to get his win. Simple math that Zare > Stevenson. Parris pinned Zare and Steveson sonned Parris. Simple match that Steveson is Zare's daddy. I jest. Zare is scary looking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
