Confidence Picks: Final X - Lehigh
Confidence Picks: Final X - Lehigh
Our last stop on the road to putting the men’s and women’s freestyle World Teams together is upon us.
The road to finalizing the U.S. men's and women’s freestyle world teams ends this weekend at Grace Hall in Bethlehem, PA.
Final X is returning Saturday for its third and final stop, this time on the campus of Lehigh University, to see who’s the top dog in six different weight classes and who will add their name to those already heading to Budapest, Hungary, in the fall.
As we look through the matchups, here are a few things that we can expect to see this weekend.
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1. Garrett & Colon Will Combine For 25-Plus Points Each Match
Joe Colon and Nahshon Garrett love to test out the scoreboards by throwing points on them. In their last meeting, Colon got his hand raised—punching his ticket to Final X—but only after the two combined for 33 total points. The best part about them going head-to-head this time at 61kg is that we see it at least twice.
2. Get Ready To See New Tricks From Vic
We all know that Victoria Anthony has one of the deadliest inside trips. However, so does her opponent at 50kg, Whitney Conder. And that does not bode well for Anthony, who hits that trip reflexively. In the U.S. Open finals, Conder was able to put the brakes on that trip and it looked like it shut down Anthony’s offense a bit. But with that being said, I’m pretty sure that Anthony will look into her bag of tricks and pull out something big.
3. Adam Coon Will Earn His Ironman Nickname
There’s a lot of wrestling in front of this big man this weekend. Win or lose, Coon will earn the title of "Ironman" after he competes at the Greco Trials in Tulsa, OK, then flies to Lehigh to wrestle a best-of-three series with Nick Gwiazdowski at 125kg.
4. J’den Cox Will Remind Us How Talented He Is
We’ve seen Cox battle with the best of ‘em. There hasn’t been a tournament he hasn’t placed in since, well, honestly I can’t remember back that far. But it’s been a long time. Despite his incredible accolades, people sometimes forget just how incredible he is because he’s had unexpectedly close matches with certain guys. But this is the weekend he breaks our brains with his freakish athleticism and ability to do the things that only he is capable of.