2020 Tokyo Olympics - Schedule and live report

[diz]

Geraei (Reza's) draw for today's matches

[inarsenewetrust]

Cuban is again favorite here.

Won gold in Rio as well as 2015,2019 Worlds. And he will only face him in semi if he can defeat the Euro Champ Staebler first.

Bronze is a longshot. Lets hope he can surprise.

Rewatching semi his brother fought very hard as usual, but I thought he let hungarian take advantage of penalty was too easily. Then on flip side he was unable to convert his own advantage in the final seconds, when any score would have sufficed.

[Babak500]

can someone please say if geraei is favorite against japanese guy?

[Iran_19]

Garaei is such a attacking wrestler and has an amazing technique and abilities but he most of the time fail to manage the clock. Both him and Saravi lost a tight match. Saravi lost 4-1 but it wasn't like Aleksanyan was better.

[Babak500]

The thing is we really need some medals at this point. We do not want another 2008.

[Ab-Gosht]

Cuban is again favorite here.

Won gold in Rio as well as 2015,2019 Worlds. And he will only face him in semi if he can defeat the Euro Champ Staebler first.

Bronze is a longshot. Lets hope he can surprise.

so for me looks like geraei will lose to GER and he will lose to CUB

[Babak500]

tomorrow apparently Ali Hashemi starts in weightlifting. Is he a medal candidate?

[AGC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVtvPxnWLyo

Crazy facts about the Olympic wrestling program in Iran. Mind blowing.

Being inside the Azadi olympic village for a whole year, cut off from everyone!!!!!

[Iran_19]

Majid also sponsor Turkish wrestling team jersey's.

[AGC]

Majid also sponsor Turkish wrestling team jersey's.

Only market where an iranian brand outcompetes a western/eastern asian one. Ascis?! naahhhh MAJID!

[Ostad_Goosfand]

tomorrow apparently Ali Hashemi starts in weightlifting. Is he a medal candidate?

he moved up weight classes since Rio but im not sure if he has medal chance. bronze would be amazing

[Ostad_Goosfand]

Garaei is such a attacking wrestler and has an amazing technique and abilities but he most of the time fail to manage the clock. Both him and Saravi lost a tight match. Saravi lost 4-1 but it wasn't like Aleksanyan was better.

agree, I know the other wrestlers were the higher seeds but Geraei looked a lot better, just made mental mistakes. same with Saravi I did not think the armenian was that much better

[Babak500]

It is very important that Geraei be 1000 % concentrated and focused. Dont want to see again Japan taking away medal chances from us...

Against Japan it is much more about mental strength and stamina.

[Footyball]

Both lost to better opponents. You’re talking about lack of stamina, bad judgment, this and that. Or the classic and never getting old refs fault. If you learn the sport you understand that the opponents were better and that’s why they lost. Our wrestlers have good stamina, they waste their energy on attacking. That’s the way Iranian wrestling is done. You attack a lot. You try to win the matches early by point. European wrestlers save their self’s and attack in the 2nd period. American wrestlers are like Iranians and also have problems in this style. We have so many medals in wrestling and it’s mostly because we take risks. Also our wrestlers get good paid and we have a good league.

[diz]

20:00 PST Los Angeles start of Mat A 67Kg Greco-Roman matches. MR Gareai up as 4th match against Columbia. Let's GO!