Wrestling Blogs - Terry Steiner

HEJ! (Swedish Hello)As we prepare to leave Beijing it is time to reflect a bit on the experience. First of all let it be known that The Peoples Republic of China has done a TREMENDOUS job of hosting The Olympic Games. The people here have been very hospitable and gracious, and are going out of there way to help people out.The Beijing Olympics compared to Athens Olympics. This will go down as one of the best run Olympics in History. I know a lot of problems are probably handled behind the scenes like in most business, but from a coaches… more »

SUNDAY EVENING - AUGUST 17, 2008FINAL RESULTS - DAY 2USA has a new Olympic Bronze Medalist - RANDI MILLERBoth Ali Bernard and Clarissa Chun Lost in the BRONZE MEDAL Matches.Randi beat a real veteran in Degrunier from Canada in the Bronze Medal Match. I thought she wrestle a close to perfect match - she won in typical Randi Miller fashion. She pressured Degrunier the entire match and in the end all of her work payed off.I'm proud of the WAY we wrestled the last two days I'm only dissapointed in the results. These Coaches and Athletes have worked too hard… more »

SUNDAY EVENING - AUGUST 17, 2008FINAL RESULTS - DAY 2USA has a new Olympic Bronze Medalist - RANDI MILLERBoth Ali Bernard and Clarissa Chun Lost in the BRONZE MEDAL Matches.Randi beat a real veteran in Degrunier from Canada in the Bronze Medal Match. I thought she wrestle a close to perfect match - she won in typical Randi Miller fashion. She pressured Degrunier the entire match and in the end all of her work payed off.I'm proud of the WAY we wrestled the last two days I'm only dissapointed in the results. These Coaches and Athletes have worked too hard… more »

SATURDAY EVENING - AUGUST 16, 2008Hello from the Village!The Competition just finished. Clarissa Chun Lost in the BRONZE MEDAL Match to Merlini (UKR)I thought Clarissa wrestle a great tournament but those few mental lapses cost us a medal. Marcie simply wasn't on today. I feel for these two athletes because I know the have put in a lot of work, when they do that you want to see them leave with rewards.The Final results today are as follows:48 KGGOLD - Carol Hyhn (CAN)SILVER - Icho (JPN)BRONZE - Stadnyk (AZE)BRONZE - Merlini (UKR)55 KGGOLD - Yoshida (JPN)SILVER - Li (CHN)BRONZE -… more »

Hello from the Village!The Competition just finished. Clarissa Chun Lost in the BRONZE MEDAL Match to Merlini (UKR)I thought Clarissa wrestle a great tournament but those few mental lapses cost us a medal. Marcie simply wasn't on today. I feel for these two athletes because I know the have put in a lot of work, when they do that you want to see them leave with rewards.The Final results today are as follows:48 KGGOLD - Carol Hyhn (CAN)SILVER - Icho (JPN)BRONZE - Stadnyk (AZE)BRONZE - Merlini (UKR)55 KGGOLD - Yoshida (JPN)SILVER - Li (CHN)BRONZE - Verbeek (CAN)BRONZE - Renteria (COL)Tomorrow… more »

SATURDAY - AUGUST 16, 2008Hello from the competition venue. We just finished the first session for 48 kg and 55 kg. Here are the results.48 kg1st RoundChun over Matsson (SWE)2-1, 3-12nd RoundChun over Bobryrmm (FRA)4-1, 2-1Semi-FinalIcho (JAP) over Chun1-0, 0-3, 1-1Clarissa has wrestled a good tournament but in all three matches she let up after she had the lead. She was able to come back from that in the first two matches but against Icho we had the lead, 1-0 in the third period and we let up for a second and got driven out of bounds. Tonight in the… more »

GEIA SAS! (Greek - Hello)KALIMERA! (Greek - Good Morning)Weigh-In Day 48 kg and 55 kg- The girls have weighed-in and the brackets are set. Clarissa Chun will face Matsson from Sweden first round and Marcie Van Dusen will face Synyshyn from Ukraine in the first round - They must win 3 matches each tomorrow morning to make it to the Gold Medal Matches, tomorrow evening. You can go to: www.themat.com - for the full bracket. This is USA Wrestling's Official website.Like I have stated before, It is our belief that when an athlete makes a US Team they are prepared… more »

Tsa- shung- ha (this is not the correct spelling but it sounds like this) This is how you say GOOD MORNING in Mandarin. Mandarin is the dialect spoken in BeijingWe had workout this morning at 10:00 am. At our workout, watching was a young women by the name, Jenna Stuczynski, remember the name! She is the # 2 Ranked Pole Vaulter in the world. She is a huge wrestling fan. Her personal coach is a former wrestler, NY State Champion in 1986, but wrestling is still a passion of his. He trains her with the wrestling menality. Jenna will compete… more »

I hope you are all doing well. Everything here is great. The weather held up again a little over cast and scattered showers but it was again a cooler day. Still humid but very tolerable.The sky has been grey but the rain actually cleaned the air a bit. When I woke up today I could actually see the mountains to the north of the city. Remember Beijing sits in a basin so this is also the reason everything gets trapped. Also, a lot of the pollution/Dust in the air comes from dust from winds blowing in from the northwest. I… more »

I hope its Jolly Goodaye in America!It has been a goodaye here in Beijing. It was a relaxing day, the girls were on there own. Even the HEAT took a break today as it rained most of the day with thuner and lightning storms.I spent some time this evening at the Asics VIP Wharehouse. Although it was a long cab ride, Stan Zeamer and Myself learned a little about the History of the company. ASICS started out in Japan with a basket ball shoe in 1949. The company was founded be the late Mr. Onitsuka. Onitsuka San was a very… more »

I hope you all had the chance to see the Opening Ceremony last night on TV. As you have seen, The Chinese people spared no expense putting these Games together. It was Truely Amazing!I was asked by a reporter what i thought about the Opening Ceremony! It is really hard to put into words. It was a lot of things:It was Grand - it is amazing how many volunteer to help at the games and not just Chinese people but people from around the globe. It is also amazing how all of these efforts are coordinated to make everything run… more »

Ni Hao or Hello in Chinese!Did you know that China has 1/5 of thw worlds population with 1.3 Billion people. Amazing!Today - I woke up at about 6:00 am. I thought I might Sleep longer but I guess it takes a few days to acclimate.Let me tell you a little bit about The Beijing Olympic Village. It has enough room for 16000 people, it will hold all 205 countries that are competing in the games. There are also Olympic Villages in the cities of Hong Kong & Quindao which are 2 main host cities for sports in the games. The… more »