Foul Territory

The U.S. Wrestlers walked away from Athens with six medals. One gold, three silvers, and two bronze. Not a bad haul, if you ask me, though I think they were aiming for more. If you look at the media predictions before the games, though, you can see they vastly outperformed expectations both of the American and international wrestling press. Jamill Kelly was likely the biggest surprise, as he never won a state or national championship, and was a newcomer to the international scene. This may have worked to his advantage, as there was little available scouting on the unorthodox former Oklahoma State Cowboy. For all the grief the officials rightly received in these games, they made the right call in Kelly's semifinal match to correctly award him the winning points in overtime.