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Olympic Wrestler Won an 11-Hour Match, Was Too Tired for the Final
From the BBN segment “The 11-hour wrestling match”, cut down to under a minute.
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Chip DarnellTen hours? That can't be real, Rex.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyIt's real, Chip! Eleven hours and forty minutes of wrestling, on a sunny day, in the Olympic semi-final, against the reigning world champion!
Chip DarnellI can't even focus on a single task that long. Eleven hours? I'd need a nap, a snack, and probably another nap.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyAnd now Martin Klein finds the opening! He pins Alfred Asikainen! The man finally wins!
Chip DarnellFinally! So he goes on to the gold, right?
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyNo! He is so exhausted he cannot wrestle in the final the next day! Sweden's Claes Johansson takes the gold, and Klein gets silver!
Chip DarnellHe won so hard he lost?
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyThat's the record books, Chip. Stockholm, nineteen twelve. Per Wikipedia, it is the longest wrestling match ever recorded.
Chip DarnellNineteen twelve! I thought this was last season!
Rex "Two-Point" GridleySit on the bench four seasons like I did, Chip, and you learn it: the gold goes to the guy who stayed fresh.
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