Day 1 of the 2023 World Championship: Reside Weblog
We’re again for an additional reside weblog of the World Championship, however this time we aren’t on the enviornment. As a substitute, we’re running a blog from Texas and watching the event on TVs and displays, identical to many others around the globe.
On the primary day of the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, 4 American males’s freestylers will start their journey. They not solely purpose to win medals but in addition to safe spots for Workforce USA on the 2024 Paris Summer time Video games. The American wrestlers competing are Vito Arujau at 61 kg, Zain Retherford at 70 kg, David Taylor at 86 kg, and Mason Parris at 125 kg. The preliminary rounds begin at 4:30 am ET, adopted by the semifinals at 1:00 pm ET.
The primary notable match of the day was at 70 kg, the place Oayagi of Japan defeated Zherbaev of Russia (competing as a impartial nation). Final yr on the world championships, Narikuni of Japan defeated Zain Retherford within the 70 kg finals. Nevertheless, Narikuni determined to change kinds and compete in Greco-Roman this yr. Oayagi received the spot for Japan, and Zherbaev’s restricted worldwide expertise made each wrestlers attention-grabbing to Retherford.
At 61 kg, Vito Arujau began the day with a dominant victory over Dastanbek of Kazakhstan. He doesn’t actually kick off the match since kicking isn’t allowed in wrestling. His subsequent opponents shall be Bulgaria and the winner of the Japan vs Iran match, which shall be a tricky bout.
Within the 125 kg class, Mason Parris continued the profitable begin for Workforce USA by overpowering his opponent, Batirmurzaev of Kazakhstan, with a rating of 11-0. Parris secured the win with takedowns and turns. His subsequent opponent shall be both Conyedo of Italy, who received a world medal at 97 kg, or Cudinovic of Germany. If Parris wins that match, he’ll possible face Deng of China, a two-time world medalist. Deng defeated Munktur of Mongolia in one of many essential preliminary matches within the weight class. By the way in which, Parris’s subsequent opponent is Conyedo.
