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https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-wrestling-lopez-cuba-ad56f09b1e711fd6cafff192b4475d45
#wrestling #olympics
Aug 7, 2024 5:08 AM
Luvlyquants
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https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-wrestling-lopez-cuba-ad56f09b1e711fd6cafff192b4475d45
#wrestling #olympics
TheWeirdGuyBehindYou
THE ONLY athlete to ever win 5 medals in the same individual event. His record is absurd: either gold or silver everywhere.
Bearhugger70
The order of the photos looks like he's trying to put them back on.
Aluc4rd14
This was my first thought
DidaChikDumaChum
Wonder who would've won in their prime, him or Alexander Karelin. Absolute units the two of them
Sigge1981
My vote goes to Karelin. That man was out of this world. He was unbeaten for 13 years in international competition, until his loss in his last match at the 2000 Olympics.
TruckStopRats
I did the same thing high school. Tho it was because while training, I was sparing with a Samoan buddy who broke my neck.
flounder35
Damn
BenderRodriguezz
Housekeeper: Aw what the fuck...
Luvlyquants
FurtiveGlancer
If American, those boots would be worth a fortune... That's how f*cked up the skew/bias is...
Mockingbirb
DragonBjorne
Housekeeper: Someone was spirited away!
jpatterson45
286lbs. That’s a big boy
suffyr
I was that big before. Wish I looked like that though
GeneralDisorder
I outweigh him by 140 pounds
Kingdugga
I watched the match. When they introduced him I was like goddamn that guy is a tank!
Safflower777
That must have been a hard moment....
steelundecided
Thank you for this. I love learning new about incredible athletes.
crapybarra
Man just before i was gonna challenge him
Duckgooser
I bet his mum is furious that he still isn't putting his shoes away
Wrinkle666
24+yrs hard training .Legend olympian 6x
Gold medal winner x5
polymoth87
I still think I could take him
wylkyn
Of course he wins! He has that small guy riding on his back to help out.
thatwoodguy
My cousin did football, but he also did Roman Greco wrestling as a way to help stay in shape during off season. He was good enough at it to compete but he also liked the way it gave him an advantage being a bouncer at a bar as you know how to tip people out of the way and get them outside
Amousewithchees
Seems like a high point to end on, don't blame him for retiring.
BDSMThroatHugs
Is he the larger guy or the smaller one on his back?
PostmasterG
nice catch lol
illmx
Him to previous records:
suffyr
Damn I dig that art style
andrewrankin1087360
Are you sure he isnt just like im the best, here is a token of my greatness, my smelly ass shoes lol
ispendtomuchtimehere
I used to wrestle almost 40 years ago..it's the greatest and hardest sport of them all..I so admire this.
Safflower777
Ever tried ballet???? It seriously introduces you to parts of the body & pain you never knew existed!
IloveHockey
is it though
JustHereForTheMemes0321
Absolutely
chicharrone
I'm thinking you're leaning more towards hockey (Checks username)...
IloveHockey
;)
WhereOnceThereWasAYachtNowThereIsNot
As someone who doesn't wrestle, but who has a pretty solid knowledge of combat sports across the board, it really fucking is. The amateur wrestling scene is gruelling, the schedules they keep are absolutely brutal. More active than almost any other sport I know of, and the training is constant. Collegiate/Greco wrestlers really are 'built different'.
madeejit
Yeah, that why I'm entering the [easier Olympic event].
Leonardamato198
How was it like being in the ring with an opponent. Do you remember your most difficult game?
KyleZombie
They're no ring in amateur wrestling.
ThatShiftyMonkey
square?
KyleZombie
There's a circle in the middle of the mat.
imgjim
There's a circle painted on the mats, so kind of a ring
Leonardamato198
So what you call it, arena?
imgjim
I wrestled in high school and can recall one. I got bumped up in weight class by coach, and was facing a guy in the league with a serious reputation. Nobody wanted to wrestle him, he was super fit, mean, and often got away with stuff. He had a broken nose and was wearing a mask this time. I was a mediocre wrestler 50% wins
Leonardamato198
Beginning to sound like the movie CREED.
Tell me you won the match at the end...
imgjim
The match started and I got the takedown, I had decided that overwhelming speed was going to be my only hope and maybe the mask would impair his vision. I couldn't maintain control as he was much stronger but managed to get a reverse cradle and cross face him hard on the mask, it definitely hurt his nose. I managed to walk him back and bridge into a pin. I think the shock from his nose hitting allowed that. Right as the ref is down there my nose starts bleeding likely from right after the
imgjim
Takedown. It's bleeding so bad the ref halts the match. I had him. I actually had him. I was going to win. I was going to be legend lol. Stuffed some nose tampons (just wadded tp, but that's what we called them) up there and restarted in referee's position, he really quickly reversed and pinned me. I was crushed. Would have been fine losing outright, but almost winning and losing like that was horrible. I went to the locker room and cried in a stall. Coach called it out, saying he wanted more
imgjim
Heart like mine, if I cared enough to cry about the loss that showed heart. It did not have the intended effect by calling it out lol sigh.
eiger3970
Up there Cazaly...oops, wrong sport code
AproposNothingAtAll
Isn't this a traditional thing, leaving the boots announces the retirement?
neonoptic
Correct. I think boxers sometimes do it as well only gloves but I could be imagining that.
FelonyRaptor
-"What a towering, historical figure. A living legend. An ageless being. Truly a living fossil, almost."
- "Hey man, come on, I'm 41"
contextisimportant
I'm just confused that wrestling and wrestling have the same word and are so different.
thotterpop
What country are they different things? What are you talking about? Like mentally wrestling with ones internal problems vs physical wrestling?
DidaChikDumaChum
Googling his name gave me his occupation as "showpainija", which literally translated is show wrestler, a Finnish word for the SmackDown type stuff. Bad Google.
gfunk01
If you so desire... Press the feedback button and submit a fix. It works (I used to work on this).
DidaChikDumaChum
Might as well. Didn't know you could give feedback for search results
gfunk01
Cool. Just don't be disappointed if it isn't immediate. It can take weeks. Sometimes months. Sometimes even multiple reports but on this I bet the single report would suffice.
donutposse11337
You mean rasslin’ and wrestling?
Ivain
The difference is in what they wear. You have wrestlers, who usually wear only pants and are very showy, and then there's wrestlers, which wear bodysuits like this one that are only flattering if you have the physique of a true athlete and look VERY awkward otherwise.
Syxcfaq
Yea, that's not what they meant.
Ivain
ooh, then do explain to me what they meant if it was NOT the difference between 'showman' style wrestling (WWE etc) and sport-style wrestling?
nickelrocket
There's Wrestling and then there's Wrasslin'.
StormCrowMith
Then theres Lucha libre, the weird cousin thats super fun when drunk
jethroismaxbaer5772
AllTheMemes1
uCantFeeMe
This tbh
pattersontim14
Fuckin amazing episode!
orangemarmaladesky
Freestyle and Pro wrestling both have their origins in catch (catch as catch can) wrestling.
321890
I was about to correct you and say american folkstyle comes from catch, turns out it's more complicated than that and freestyle (the inferior style 😀) has a cleaner lineage from catch.
awstinfrown
Just seen a great documentary on that on YouTube.
orangemarmaladesky
This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYP3JsGEdck
awstinfrown
That’s the one. Thoroughly enjoyable! Been a fan of mma since ufc 1.
JoeyJoJoJrShabadoo7
If your sport is kinda boring to watch and doesn't get views on tv, you hype up the fighters like boxing, then you hype up the drama and rivalries, then you hype up everything and you get what wrestling is today.
donutposse11337
Plus you get a president who bases his entire life philosophy on pro wrestling concepts. Look at the actual wrestling appearances, and now having that bleached blond nut job speak at his event.
Subtilico
Are you...wrestling with it?
7YearsALurker
miked854
No, thye're wrestling with it.
TaggerXA
scarabrae
So... 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024. In wrestling. That's insane.
CNChapeL
I also read he hadn't competed since the last Olympics, even more impressive.
secretdpp
Phenomenal in its most literal sense
eetsumkaus
College freshmen are younger than his winning streak
CptRobotNinja
Fucking props to the dude. That is a crazy accomplishment. And he's just a year younger than me. I need to get my ass off the couch
RelartOfGivia
JD? That you?
CptRobotNinja
Hang on I'm nearly finished
amp99
2021*
ctotheg2
Incorrect: 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
amp99
They were held in 2021 though! ;)
Cowmayihelpu
Held in 2021 but still called the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for all record keeping
amp99
Yes.
Harm
Each time it's mentioned I chuckled thinking about future time travelers coming back to 2020 to see the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
besttom
As a heavyweight. Winning gold at age 41. Beyond insane.
Ximinipot
More insane that people realize.
TapiocaMartini
Looks like somebody's got a lucrative career in the WWE coming up!
TruthSlap
Soon as they take care of the shitshow that is/was Vince McMahon
ShamelessSeamus
Remember how much Kurt Angle's career was carried by that one, solitary medal?
vicvalour
It's damn true
tocfanke4
Also competed in 2004. Competed in 6 games, got gold in 5 of them. Serious legend of the sport, a literal and figurative giant among wrestlers
HandoB4Javert
Not quite 5/7...
tocfanke4
Not sure what you're saying. He competed in 6 Olympics. Where did 5 out of 7 come from?
HandoB4Javert
tocfanke4
Looks like I just missed it. Didn't join till a year after that post
ArcaneM37
Wait so why did this say five if he did six?
Kallas267
Competed in 6, won gold in 5.
GentlemanScientist
He has participated in six olympics and won gold in five of them.
Whyyeah
the one was just a warm-up or rest year... legit takes a different type of strength to make someone for lack of a better term...submit or to last long enough to win ....shit takes alot of fucking cardio... quick thinking and strength ( not sure how they score Olympic wrestling ...pin/Points maybe?)
isthatyoujohnwayne
Isnt it also an olympic record that nobody else has ever done this?
Emal
Yes
TwCl
*nobody else has done this in any sport
FeralAV
Sir Steve Redgrave
isthatyoujohnwayne
5 golds in the same event in a row? I dont know if he did. They made a big song and dance about this guy being the first on the bbc yesterday.
FeralAV
You're correct. All rowing but 3 coxless pair and 2 coxless 4 in 5 consecutive olympics
TheOneTrueZippy8
PorterPickUp
Best big man to ever do it
JoeyJoJoJrShabadoo7
I don't know a lot about wrestling, but its seems really dumb they broke Undetakers streak by Lesnar before he retired.
jesusisherelookbusy
Midgarmerc
Me when I smell french toast downstairs
rookie23
When you tell your buddy to look, but don't make it obvious.
jesusisherelookbusy
Or when the cat wakes you up for food at 6am on your day off, and the bowl still has food in it.
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
Meh, fuck that dude. Supports Trump and so does his half brother Kane. Kane was at a convention of trump's in January. Ironically Trump himself said he wasn't far from 300 lbs in that convention video, so not sure how he claimed he was in the low 200s when he was arrested.
TheOneTrueZippy8
It is a bugger to do but sometimes you have to separate the Performance from the Performer.
reichstein
I never followed wrestling, but I still recognized this straight away.
I did have friends in high school who were waaay into wrestling though. So I probably soaked up some info via osmosis.
Hukkie
I never got those people, I watched raw and smackdown every week as well as all the PPVs, but we all knew the storylines were made up and the outcomes of the matches were pre-determined.... it was still fun to watch though and the athleticism was incredible.
SatanicSpirals
You can be "waaay" into wrestling while still acknowling that it is fixed and fake. It's violent, acrobatic soap opera with a smear of homoeroticism.
BisAndThighHighs
Yes, just a "smear"...
SatanicSpirals
The smear just happens to be made with astroglide.
Ekibwurm
someone left a hat and a coat too? vampire got hit by sunlight?
astromoondoggie
Somebody spilled water on Michael Jackson
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Undertaker
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
The Undertaker. If you know, you know.
GrumpyEditor
And then next year happened.
Ekibwurm
and if i dont know?
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
The undertaker left his hat and jacket in the ring after what was supposed to be his last wrestling match.
Ekibwurm
thank you for explaining.