Endurance/Karelin

[Maui Jim]

Endurance
It seems that the number one ingredient to a win in almost any sport is endurance
After seeing Karelin lose it was apparent that he was not out wrestled but endurance was the factor to his defeat.
I don't care how much you may know if you run out of gas it's your ass

[Edited by Maui Jim on 09-28-2000 at 08:14 PM]

[EJ]

hmmmm

perhaps Karelin is starting to battle the ultimate opponent.....

AGE

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[Maui Jim]

Click back 4 years and he would have won

I would have loved to have seen him end his carrier with a win
Lesson for me is more lung power

[EJ]

...and less "Maui Wowie"!!!

[Maui Jim]

Lung power

Yea, not much hope in dope

[GROUND CONTROL]

Yeah the russians claim he is 33. What a crock. Seeing as he was trying to win his 4th consecutive Gold which is 16 yrs of Olympic competiton that makes him 17 yrs old when he won his first Gold. I have a bridge for sale....

[Maui Jim]

21 at first olympics

according to the NBC page he was 21

Sport: Wrestling
Event: Greco-Roman 130kg (286 lbs)
Born: September 19, 1967
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Residence: Novosibirsk, Russia
Height: 6-foot-3 1/4
Weight: 282 lbs.




Karelin has been the Opening Ceremony flag bearer for his nation at each of his three Olympics. The honor normally goes to a Games veteran, but Karelin carried the flag in his debut in 1988.

[grappler]

Someone please fill me in. I watched that match and was totally lost. I have never seen Grecko wrestling before. It looked pretty lame to me. Can they not do takedowns?

What I saw was two out of shape guys shoulder pushing each other. How in the hell did that fat ass american (im american so I can say that) get that far?
Did he beat our best to get there? He didn't even do anything to win.

Plus they kept talking about conditioning, conditioning, conditioning??? WTF!! Neither man was doing anything. It reminded me of Sumo. You know, where the guys keep saying "his conditioning is excelent". Yea for about 5 seconds. LOL

[Stuart S. Igarta]

perhaps Karelin is starting to battle the ultimate opponent.....
AGE

EJ, I couldn't agree with you more.

Can they not do takedowns?

Grappler, in Greco-Roman wrestling you cannot go for the legs. All takedowns must be executed from the waist and above without using your legs to assist in the takedown.

[Lacrymosa]

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[themartiala]

hi all

Endurance
It seems that the number one ingredient to a win in almost any sport is endurance
After seeing Karelin lose it was apparent that he was not out wrestled but endurance was the factor to his defeat.
I don't care how much you may know if you run out of gas it's your ass

[Edited by Maui Jim on 09-28-2000 at 08:14 PM]

looking forward to learning a lot here