ive been a fan for years and i still learned something, but this is also very well explained for people who are just tuning in for the olympics, great video CP!
You can’t tell me that all the cutting weight he did when he was younger And the constant grind of year around wrestling, did not affect his ability to stay healthy. Fingers crossed the senior level, allows him to rebuild his body and stay healthy because I love watching him bang on the mat! I’m impressed with the younger crop of coaches coming up that are starting to stress the importance of rest days. Something most of us growing in the sport had no comprehension of!
Rest days minimize the amount of drugs the kids end up pumping themselves full of. If you train thru injury and don’t rest, those drugs hit all the harder when they take their first hit and then lights out.
Born and raised in Pa. (and starting wrestling in 3rd grade)...I had no idea that I was competing in the most dominant wrestling state in the country until after I graduated high school and moved to another state for college. Whenever I mentioned I wrestled in Pa. I always got a 'that is one tough state for wrestling!' kind of comment. And I'm proud to say I was dominant myself at 105 going 50-0 (that included dual meets and many tournaments) my 9th grade year but then injuries started to pile up once I hit high school which kept me from competing in states my last two years. I had a teammate (who never beat me in a match) finish 2nd in states but had to wrestle one of the most dominant Pa. wrestlers at that time...Jack Cuvo. I did give a kid by the name of Jim Martin all he could handle the 3 times we wrestled...our last match being the most competitive. Jim Martin still holds the Penn State record for most career wins to this day of 8/1/2024. As for Spencer...I have no idea why he decided to go to Iowa instead of Penn State (kinda annoys the hell out of me!) but I'll definitely be rooting for him, and the rest Team USA, in the Olympics.
lee coming back from downfalls and getting into the Olympic team is like the cheap action movies where a secret agent legend coming back from retirement and beating the new boys 😂😂😂😂😂 badass 🔥
Great Video! Great Commentary! rooting for him,... looking the best I've ever seen him since he came to Iowa, and that's saying a lot because he's been so great for so long. hope he keeps it going in Paris. Lets Go!
Spence... I remember you wrestling at FR. It was an Absolute Treat. We're back here in the Pittsburgh suburbs looking forward to seeing you bring that Gold back home. I remember watching you help the younger kids without hesitation. None better Spence 💪
Spencer Lee is phenomenal on top…however…You’ve obviously not watched the late Dave Schultz. When Spencer Lee pins his way through the US Nationals that includes two 3X NCAA CHAMPIONS amongst a half dozen other studs then I’ll entertain your post.
@@JS45678 you’re wrong. Lee turned every opponent he’s had in Sr freestyle, bar none. One match against Nico thie year he didn’t, but he did the other 2. He’s turned every international wrestler all the way back to cadets, except for one in his first year as a cadet. That includes Gilman, Thomasello, Araujo, Richards, lilledahl, Cruz, etc. What’s more, in 104 matches in college, he got back points ( harder than just a turn in freestyle) on all but 4 opponents he faced: Bresser(6 matches into his collleg career, coming off surgery and still hadn’t taken off his redshirt), Suriano, Courtney( with a torn ACL), and Muller( tore an ACL in that match and actually turned him but the clock ran out before he could get a count). That’s it. Only Gene Mills, and Zain close behinet, were near him in par terre in college, not Schultz. In Freestyle, he’s turned everyone( a couple matches, maybe three, without a turn, but every OPPONENT he’s faced he turned). Schultz can’t come close to that, he also lost quite a bit. In a 14 yr career career, he won 1 WC and 1 O gold….lost to someone every other year, including at the Goodwill games and the Pan Ams. Lee has never lost a Sr. freestyle match and hasn’t lost in freestyle at all at his own weight class since he was a first year cadet in 2013!
Spencer Richard Lee (born October 14, 1998) is an American freestyle and former folk style wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms.[2] In freestyle, he is qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and has been a Pan American champion, a two-time US National champion and a three-time age-group World champion, once in the U-17 level and twice in the U-20 level.[3] In folk style, Lee won the James E. Sullivan Award and the Dan Hodge Trophy twice, as well as three NCAA Division I national championships out of the University of Iowa. Lee was often considered one of the most dominant athletes in college athletics.
I think he might be the Pound 4 Pound best wrestler in the world. I just hope he doesn't get a bad draw early In the Olympics considering he is unseated.
Having torn 2 acl in the same knee,I can tell ya,what Spencer did is probably unprecedented!A little different for me,as I tore the second time,with in 4 months!I I was a foreman and required little bending- physical,yet I missed over a year of work,tried but it was to much! What he's done is incredible! USA top Olympic wrestler,by getting silver,yet still not satisfied. Think he shuts it down for a year,maybe 2 and returns for Gold in 2028! Whats fantastic for most,doesn't work for him! Hoping he stays at Iowa for his coaching career!
“Excuses are for wusses.” Probably the best par terre/top wrestler of all time. Definitely the best folk styler in the top position of all time. PA proud
2022 you should have said he came back an wrestled after having no ACLs finishing the 2021 season ! Went 3-0 in 1 tournament then decided to take a redshirt he gave a statement saying the pain is just to unbearable
8:20 you said he didn’t get surgery after high school. Then 8:55 you said he got surgery. Did you mean he got his surgery AFTER his first NCAA title his true freshman year?
yeah probably after his first title but we don't know. If everything christian is saying is correct, he threw the word "state" in there, which is weird because it indeed implies he got surgery after high school. Then again christian also mistakenly said "third" ncaa title instead of "fourth," so it's possible he got his words mixed up here too. I'm thinking it was after high school because he looked good against suriano
I’m from Ohio and I’ll respectfully disagree that PA is the state. This region has produced so many studs. My area alone , David carr, Logan stieber, David Taylor, Dave habat, ect
@@michaelmiller4777 I think it varies by the year. Back when I wrestled team Ohio was dominant. It’s evolved and evened out a little more. I still think Ohio has some of the best competition for hs wrestling.
2022 you should have said he came back an wrestled after having no ACLs finishing the 2021 season ! Went 3-0 in 1 tournament then decided to take a redshirt he gave a statement saying the pain is just to unbearable
