by Ari Taub | Aug 19, 2008 | General Update
I keep meaning to post pictures and videos from the last few weeks. my competition is over but it seems like i am still busy. Sarah was here with me until yesterday and we went to the great wall. we also went and watched track several times. I saw bolt break the 100m...
by Ari Taub | Aug 14, 2008 | General Update
Many of you saw my match yesterday with Hungary which I lost. He was a tough guy to draw first match – he is really good but not quite good enough to make the final. Losing to a guy like this meant the end of my competition as I was eliminated. The match felt...
by Ari Taub | Aug 12, 2008 | General Update
I get to compete in the Olympics tomorrow which I think is pretty cool. You can probably find my draw online at www.fila-wrestling.com. I haven’t looked so I don’t know who I compete against first. The fila website will also have all matches but you will...
by Ari Taub | Aug 11, 2008 | General Update
Today was my last day of training before my competition. tomorrow is a rest day and Aug 13 I weigh in. Sarah and my sister arrive in China tomorrow. The weather was great today. It was relatively cool and it felt amazing after the serious heat and humidity of the last...
by Ari Taub | Aug 7, 2008 | General Update
Weather continues to be hot and very humid. training was really good today. I wrestled full out with Egypt in the standing position and with him on top of me. My shoulder felt really good. The only thing I am not doing yet is my gut wrench. I did some with a dummy...
by Ari Taub | Aug 5, 2008 | General Update
RTRS-Olympics-Wrestling-Taub proves the power of persistence – By Alan Baldwin BEIJING, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A less determined man than Ari Taub might have felt he was destined never to become an Olympic athlete. The Canadian super-heavyweight Greco-Roman...
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