Foul Territory
A sports blog with no specific focus, though I like wrestling and baseball
8.28.2004
Good Show
I was happy that NBC decided to show Cael Sanderson's match tonight in prime time. He added one more accolade to his trophy case by capping his Olympics with a gold medal at 84kg. He looked good in the finals, which is a plus, since he wrestled a very poor tactical match in the pool competition. Lucky for him, he was simply superior to that opponent. He can put that gold medal right next to his four NCAA Outstanding Wrestler awards.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is Nate Ackerman. I have no idea why his match made it on TV earlier today, but it did. Nate represented Great Britain at these games after getting a wildcard from FILA, for some reason. He is easily the worst wrestler I've ever seen in a televised match. The Armenian competing against him totally outclassed Ackerman. Of course, if I had the opportunity, I'd wrestle in the Olympics, too, and his badness was definitely only in comparison to the Olympic level competition, which is somewhere he clearly did not belong. Calling him a bad wrestler would be a mistake, but calling him the least accomplished Olympic wrestler in the competition would not.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is Nate Ackerman. I have no idea why his match made it on TV earlier today, but it did. Nate represented Great Britain at these games after getting a wildcard from FILA, for some reason. He is easily the worst wrestler I've ever seen in a televised match. The Armenian competing against him totally outclassed Ackerman. Of course, if I had the opportunity, I'd wrestle in the Olympics, too, and his badness was definitely only in comparison to the Olympic level competition, which is somewhere he clearly did not belong. Calling him a bad wrestler would be a mistake, but calling him the least accomplished Olympic wrestler in the competition would not.
Andy, 5:54 PM
