Got tickets to the Olympic Wrestling TMA

What are the rules? Who are the guys to look out for? Also what countries have a pedigree in Wrestling apart from the US. Russia? Iran? Phone Post

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 US team rosters



Men's Freestyle:


121 lbs. - Sam Hazewinkel


132 lbs. - Coleman Scott


145.5 lbs. - Jared Frayer


163 lbs. - Jordan Burroughs


185 lbs. - Jake Herbert


211.5 lbs. - Jake Varner


264.5 lbs. - Tervel Dlagnev

 


Men's Greco-Roman


121 lbs. - Spenser Mango


132 lbs. - Ellis Coleman


145.5 lbs. - Justin Lester


163 lbs. - Ben Provisor


211.5 lbs. - R.C. Johnson


264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers

 


Women's Freestyle


105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun


121 lbs. - Kelsey Campbell


138.75 lbs. - Elena Pirozhkova


158.5 lbs. - Stephany Lee


 


 

Look for Matt Gentry to stop the Jordan Burroughs Bandwagon

 and here's the rulebook from USA wrestling (which includes international and Olympic rules from FILA)



www.themat.com/forms/Rulebook.pdf



lol, big read.

 Check out this Bleacher Report about the US team: bleacherreport.com/articles/1155136-united-states-olympic-wrestling-roster-2012-updated-analysis-for-team-usa



Names to watch:  Jordan Burroughs- USA 74Kg

                             Mehdi Taghavi Kermani- Iran 66Kg

                             Reza Yazdani- Iran 96Kg

                             Ravshan Bayramov- Azerbaijan 55Kg

                             Mijain Lopez- Cuba Heavyweight

                             Riza Kayaalp- Turkey Heavyweight (I hope for a Lopez-Kayaalp rematch from the Greco world Chamionships)

                             Damian Janikowski- Poland 84Kg