World Picks Time!
/So we are just mere days away from the World Championships in Las Vegas. Team USA has historically taken advantage of home mats. It's tough to keep a grasp on all the wrestlers in the USA let alone the world, but we will give it our best shot. Well, I will give it my best shot....Kevin can't get over his homer status.
I also invited the Wrestling Nomad to share his picks with us. He follows international wrestling as much as anyone so I was interested to see his picks and thought I'd share them Follow him on twitter @wrestlingnomad
Key: TB (Tommy), KC (Kevin Claunch), Wrestling Nomad (WN)
Greco-Roman
Editor's note: Kevin just decided to pick USA for all Greco weight classes.
59 kg
TB- Stepan Maryanyan (Russia)
WN- Stepan Maryanyan (Russia)
66 kg
TB- Edgaras Venckaitis (Lithuania)
WN- Tamas Lorincz (Hungary)
71 kg
TB- Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan)
WN- Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan)
75 kg
TB- Arsen Julfalakyan (Armenia)
WN- Chingiz Labazanov (Russia)
80 kg
TB- Yousef Ghaderian (Iran)
WN- Rafik Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
85 kg
TB- Habibollah Akhlaghi (Iran)
WN- Habibollah Akhlaghi (Iran)
98 kg
TB- Islam Magomedov (Russia)
WN- Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia)
130 kg
TB- Lopez (Cuba)
WN- Beylal Makhov (Russia)
Women's Freestyle
48 kg
TB- Eri Tosaka (Japan)
KC- Eri Tosaka (Japan)
WN- Mariya Stadnyk (Azerbaijan)
53 kg
TB- Saori Yoshida (Japan)
KC- Saori Yoshida (Japan)
WN- Saori Yoshida (Japan)
55 kg
TB- Helen Maroulis (USA)
KC- Helen Maroulis (USA)
WN- Helen Maroulis (USA)
58 kg
TB- Kaori Icho (Japan)
KC- Kaori Icho (Japan)
WN- Kaori Icho (Japan)
60 kg
TB- Johanna Mattson (Sweden)
KC- Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia)
WN- Svetlana Lipatova (Russia)
63 kg
TB- Yulia Tkach (Ukraine)
KC- Yulia Tkach (Ukraine)
WN- Battsetseg Soronzonbold (Mongolia)
69 kg
TB- Zhou Feng (China)
KC- Dorothy Yeats (Canada)
WN- Alina Makhinya (Ukraine)
75 kg
TB- Adeline Gray (USA)
KC- Adeline Gray (USA)
WN- Adeline Gray (USA)
Men's Freestyle
57 kg
TB- Hak-Jin Jong (North Korea)
KC- Yowlys Bonne (Cuba)
WN- Yowlys Bonne (Cuba)
61 kg
TB- Aleksander Bogomoev (Russia)
KC- Aleksander Bogomoev (Russia)
WN- Aleksander Bogomoev (Russia)
65 kg
TB- Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi (Iran)
KC- Brent Metcalf (USA)
WN- Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi (Iran)
70 kg
TB- Azamat Nurikov (Belarus)
KC- James Green (USA)
WN- Hassan Yazdani (Iran)
74 kg
TB- Jordan Burroughs (USA)
KC- Jordan Burroughs (USA)
WN- Jordan Burroughs (USA)
86 kg
TB- Jake Herbert (USA)
KC- Jake Herbert (USA)
WN- Abdulrashid Saulaev (Russia)
97 kg
TB- Reza Yazdani (Iran)
KC- Kyle Snyder (USA)
WN- Khetag Gazumov (Azerbaijan)
125 kg
TB- Beylal Makhov (Russia)
KC- Zach Rey (USA)
WN- Taha Akgul (Turkey)
