It’s all about the team race: USA vs Iran! It’s party time in Belgrade, let’s go!
We’ll recap the sessions in reverse chronological order, so the most recent session is the first thing you’ll see, with older sessions appearing subsequently.
Day 3 Session 1
3 More Semifinalists Makes It 9 Out Of 10
Team USA continues it’s insane hot streak going, winning all eight matches of the morning session of the penultimate day here in Belgrade. Yianni, Gross, and Snyder all stomped their way into the semifinals, guaranteeing they’ll wrestle for medals.
Nine of 10 American men’s freestyles made the semifinals. The team is a combined 33-2 going into the final two sessions of the competition.
Gross proved that winning Final X was no fluke, as he dominated his first two bouts, then beat 2018 & 2019 world medalist Suleyman Atli of Turkey 8-4 to punch his ticket to the semis.
Also making a statement was Yianni Diakomihalis, who avenged his second-round loss from Oslo by beating Tevanyan of Armenia 4-0. A 10-0 tech over the aging but still dangerous two-time world medalist Dubov of Bulgaria (and revenge by proxy for Dan Dennis) set up a rematch with Bajrang Punia of India in the quarterfinals. Unlike their close bout at the 2019 Beat the Streets, this one was all Yianni. It was a 10-0 tech-fall, as Yianni shut down Bajrang’s offense, scored four step-outs in the first and then pulled away in the second.
Captain America…
