Events taking place at the Excel (Wrestling, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Judo, Weightlifting, Fencing) thread

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

iran take gold and silver in weightlifting.

also gold in wrestling.

impressive.

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Iran

USA should have entered John Cena.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

kurt angle won them gold at an olympics i think. thats going back quite a long time though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah, 1996. And he won it with a broken freakin' neck!

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...pic-title.html

Heard about this at work

Very lucky he didnt break his neck

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GOLD MEDAL - Kaori Icho, JAP (women's -63kg wrestling)

Japan's Kaori Icho has won gold in the women's -63kg wrestling, with China's Ruixue Jing taking the silver.

JSAO's daughter.

[Cripps_orig]

Saw plenty of Taekwondo dudes today.

Also saw a finalist in wrestling who came in to our shop to get some food before participating in their final

[LDG]

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Taekwondo atm

Seems more interesting than Judo

Jade Jones is through to the QF with a 15-1 win

Martin Stamper on atm v a Mexican dude. 0-0 atm

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0-4 Stamper with a minute to go

Mexican coach is challenging the 3 pointer though