Update on Team USA 2015

[Simon Berriochoa]

Current Team USA Roster, if there are any pullers that attended the 2015 USAF event that are interested in a spot please contact me and we can discuss your options. As well if there are any AAA pullers that are interested in any of the unclaimed spots please get a hold of me and we can go through the details.

Athlete Classes
Mark Gaims 75k Grand Masters Mens Right
Mark Gaims 75k Grand Masters Mens Left
Dick Ingwaldson 75k Senior Grand Masters Mens Right
Dick Ingwaldson 75k Senior Grand Masters Men's Left
Cathy Merrill 80k+ Senior Ladies Right
Cathy Merrill 80k+ Senior Ladies Left
Cathy Merrill 80k+ Masters Ladies Right
Cathy Merrill 80k+ Masters Ladies Left
Vazgen Soghoyan 70k Senior Mens Right
Jess Sailor 90k Junior 18 Boys Right
Jess Sailor 90k Junior 18 Boys Left
Alan Bown 100k Grand Masters Mens Right
Alan Bown 100k Grand Masters Mens Left
Debbie Banaian 65k Senior Ladies Right
Debbie Banaian 65k Senior Ladies Left
Brenda Taylor 80k Masters Ladies Right
Brenda Taylor 80k Masters Ladies Left
Lisa Wolfley 70k Masters Ladies Right
Lisa Wolfley 70k Masters Ladies Left
Scott Partington 90k Masters Mens Right
Scott Partington 90k Masters Mens Left
Oleg Kasatkin 110k Senior Men's Right
Oleg Kasatkin 110k Senior Men's Left
Robert Baxter 100k+ Grand Masters Men's Left
Robert Baxter 100k+ Grand Masters Men's Right
Taylor Johnson 55k Juniors Girls Right
Taylor Johnson 55k Juniors Girls Left
Taylor Johnson 55k Senior Ladies Left
Bob Brown 80k Master Men's Right
Bob Brown 80k Master Men's Left

[Debbie Banaian]

Simon,

Did I not sign up for masters right and left? I planned on it...

[Denise Wattles]

Important information for those going to World's in Malaysia:

Most travelers
Get travel vaccines and medicines because there is a risk of these diseases in the country you are visiting.

These should be done 4-6 weeks before traveling.

Hepatitis A
CDC recommends this vaccine because you can get hepatitis A through contaminated food or water in Malaysia, regardless of where you are eating or staying.


Typhoid
You can get typhoid through contaminated food or water in Malaysia. CDC recommends this vaccine for most travelers, especially if you are staying with friends or relatives, visiting smaller cities or rural areas, or if you are an adventurous eater.

wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/malaysia

[Denise Wattles]

Simon, Is there a more current roster?

[Buster Diaz]

Good Luck to TEAM USA in Malaysia and
God Bless the tournament all those present and all competitors

[Mike West]

When does the tournament start?

[John Milne]

Let's go Robert Baxter!

[Taylor Johnson]

Sept 26, 2015 8:46:21 GMT -5 Mike West said:

When does the tournament start?

Hey Mike (this is Taylor's dad):
See here for the full schedule. Malaysia is exactly 12 hours ahead of USA(eastern standard time) so if something starts there at 12noon people you will be able to see it live at 12 midnight. But here is a link to the current time in Malaysia if you are in a different time zone: www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MY.aspx
Official competition starts on Tuesday, see here for the full schedule: www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/info-videos-37th-world-armwrestling-championships-2015-waf-kuala-lumpur-malaysia-map/
The Competitor List is here:
www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/starting-list-worldarm-2015-37th-world-armwrestling-championships-2015-waf/
When I asked the WAF General Secretary about if this is going to be televised he replied:
From: WAF General Secretary - Mircea Simionescu-Simicel [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 4:39 AM
To: 'Scott Johnson'
Subject: RE: Question
Dear Scott, The Finals will be live broadcasted by national/ regional partners and complete event (preliminaries and finals) will be streamed live on WAF Youtube Channel for each table. The streaming will be video produced meaning the names and countries will be shown.
As far as I can tell this is their Youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBr9pNGEM9FLDSk28qoPCQ

[Mike West]

Thanks, gonna try to watch

[Taylor Johnson]

No live stream or recording of the main Worlds Tournament.
World Armwrestling Federation WAF at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
4 hrs ago·
We are sorry to inform you that due technical problems faced by the Malaysian Federation, lack of internet conection and video recording equipment, we are unable to stream any video from the World Armwrestling Championship. Although the finals for the first day will be available in a week on our youtube channel.
We do our best to and try hard to find solutions to solve this situation. Greetings.
www.facebook.com/wafarmwrestling

[Scott STB Mathews]

I thought the televised requirement was part of the reasoning for Worlds being pulled from the USA???

[Taylor Johnson]

This is Taylors dad again. It looks like they have got a feed running now, see: www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/live-worldarm-2015-37th-world-armwrestling-championships-2015-waf/
It appears as though the first feed (with no sound due to copyright violation) is a recording from yesterday (right hand non-senior divisions) and the one below that one (which there is no action at the moment) is the live feed for tomorrows event (Left Senior open divisions) which should actually be starting 9:30PM EST here in the US.

[John Milne]

Congrats Simon!

[Mike Cocchi]

Yeah no sh!t, great job Simon on the gold!

[Simon Berriochoa]

Thanks guys I appreciate it!

I thrashed my thumb in the first right hand day for me. Then I went 5 rounds undefeated in what I think was the largest class in the entire event with that bum thumb, hurting all the way, then I lost a refs grip toproll match to the 2nd place Euro finisher (he got third place at this WAF event) and I really could not do much more to fend off the outside game after that damage. Had I not been so torn up I think I could have gotten 4th or 5th in this loaded world's class, (instead of 8th out of 37) as I liked my chances with the Georgian that took second as he was a power guy.

Great event for Team USA very proud to be a part of it.