Caleb Henson?
Apologies if this has already been posted, but what were the expectations for Caleb going into this tournament? I don't follow much freestyle and I only saw the bronze medal match. Can someone explain the break, where they were being fanned? Is that always at a certain time regardless of what is happening on the mat or was there another reason for the timeout?
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donjfs3
5mo
The general non-hokie consensus was that he would lose his first match to Iran's #2 and maybe win a match if he got pulled back in. Bronze was not the expectation he was a big time underdog twice. Personally not surprised he got to the bronze medal match, I didn't see him winning that though. He beat a world champ in his first international tournament. He's a machine.
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5mo
Classic!! Caleb told the judge he didn't have another blue one...so cool...never seen that before...
Congrats to Caleb and Coach Frayer
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5mo
In the Robie era. I would say all time freestyle wise
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NYC2000
5mo
If the question is just who has beaten the opponent with the best past credentials, it is hard to argue against a win over a past world champ. However, and not to take anything away from Caleb at all, it is hard for me to rank a win in a bronze medal match at a ranking series event over Mekhi's gold medal win at the U20 world championships, just given the significance of that win. To me, it's a bit like ranking the best collegiate wins of all time for VT wrestlers. As good as Vito was, I wouldn't rank Latona's dual win over Vito in the same category as Mekhi over Joseph or Caleb over Gomez for NCAA titles.
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donjfs3
5mo
Less significant bc everybody knows Musukaev but he's probably better right now.
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5mo
But this might that the cake
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5mo
Right around the same time Bajrang won his first senior level world bronze medal. It was a big deal but probably flew under the radar a bit in Blacksburg.
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5mo
for water, being fanned, and to dry off before starting the final 3 minute session.
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