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Tough first day for U.S. at Worlds
September 6, 2010September 6, 2010 5 comments Russia Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - The first day at the World Championships was a prime example of how tough this event really is.

The American squad fell short of winning a medal on the first day of the event Monday. Justin Ruiz reached the bronze-medal match, but fell just short and settled for fifth. Teammates Spenser Mango and Faruk Sahin both lost to Olympic champions en route to finishing outside the top 10.

Mango looked like he might get to wrestle back, but Russian Nazyr Mankiev lost in the semifinals on a controversial call. Mango would've had a chance to come back if Mankiev had made the finals. Mango could've come back to make a run at a bronze medal if Mankiev wins his semi.

It was an extremely long day today. Wrestling started at 1 p.m. local time and didn't end until almost 10 o'clock tonight. There was no break, so we were pretty exhausted when we got back to the hotel. We left the hotel on a shuttle bus at 10 a.m. today, so we could grab our seats in the press tribune and set everything up.

The U.S. sends its heavy hitter, Dremiel Byers, to the mat on Tuesday. Byers is on the opposite side of the bracket from where Olympic champions Mijain Lopez of Cuba and Khasan Baroev of Russia are. Byers was second in this event last year and beat Baroev earlier this season. Byers could deliver a spark for the whole U.S. team in all three styles with a big performance.

Jason Bryant, Gary Abbott and myself took our chances by riding in a cab back to the hotel. The cab had no markings on it that it was actually a taxi, but it only cost 300 Roubles (10 bucks U.S.) so it was worth it. Not sure I want to do that again.

We hit McDonald's again as Gary popped for dinner. McDonald's is good here, but it's probably not a place I will be hitting much when I get home.

The wireless internet in the hotel has helped us a lot. We typically have more work to do when we get back to the hotel.

 

 

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