LVWC athletes compete in Columbia

Two LVWC resident athletes, Nester Taffur and Santiago Martinez, competed in the Columbian National Tournament.  with Taffur defeating Martinez 10-0.

Both made the finals with Taffur (Bolivar & LVWC), defeating Martinez (Bogota & LVWC) 10-0. Nestor

Taffur had 2 technical falls and Santi Martinez had a fall 8-0 in reaching the finals.

Winning this tournament qualifies Nestor for the 2017 Colombian National National Team and for the Pan Am Games.

World Cup, Iran: Day 8

Buxton/Rey

The stars lined up. United World Wrestling wanted Iran to be in the finals. We wanted to wrestle well through the pool of death to get to the finals. We wanted to wrestle Iran under these political pressures, in their arena. Ultimately, the World Cup set the stage for the Friday night fireworks of Iran vs USA. (more…)

World Cup, Iran: Day 3

Buxton/Rey

I read the blog I posted yesterday and obvisously I lacked appropriate sleep. After getting three hours in, we woke up early for breakfast and had an early departure from Tehran to Kermanshah. We found out there was a delay for weather. The good news was that we were flying to Kermanshah with the Iranian World Cup Team. (more…)