John Smith vs Lazaro Reinoso 1992 Olympics

[erik1455]

Hes my spanish teacher, hes a BAMF

[lynchDT96]

Used to learn wrestling from Reinoso also, great guy.

[sanitary103]

damn he's everybody's spanish teacher, lol

[popthozclaws]

hes my spanish teacher

[novo305]

hes my spanish teacher and my wrestling coach

[hogslayer117]

hes my spanish teacher

[cascaret]

Yep i whatched it again, and again, i still think Reinoso won this match...(I know him from Cuba,great guy.

[ACAAproductions]

reinoso was my srestling coach t belen

[eze102]

God, what an amazing match...

[shoulderboyyy]

he works in my skool

[ACAAproductions]

u go to belen to cuz e was my coach in wrestling

[IndianHeat101]

The pool round was in a mix up. In the pool was smith, reinoso, and the russian. Smith teched the russian, the russian beat reinoso, and reinoso beat smith. But because smith scored the most points off all three opponents, he won the pool and made the semi's

[random2142]

i remember when i had reinoso as a spanish teacher, everyone couldnt stop looking at those damn colliflower ears

[kenta000007]

lazaro's my spanish teacher kool i kno an olympian:)

[caci628]

reinoso is my spanich teacher plus my coach at belen

[coltsown33]

reinoso is my spanish teacher

[Thrasher745]

lazaro is my spanish teacher at belen

[CNRambo]

Lazaro is one bad man...He was my high school coach and I only took him down 1 time out of atleast 3000 attempts.

[hoxsiefoxy]

lazaro is my spanish teacher now

[juan9807]

Wrong, John won the Gold b/c of the 3-way tie in the pool. John beat the Russian (Azizov) 17-1, and Reinoso lost to Azizov 11-6.  They didn't use a regular bracket system like HS and College back then.

[swimhurl]

Impossible.  If Smith beat Azizov 17-1 and Azizov beat Reinoso 11-6, Smith would have STOMPED Reinoso big time.

[SLH130]

not necesarily

[swimhurl]

Maybe Smith took it easy on Reinoso?

[superdave198]

Why would he do that when he had lost to him previously?

[swimhurl]

Because at this point Smith was guaranteed a spot in the gold medal match as long as he didn't lose big to Reinoso. He had already teched the Russian that beat Reinoso. Reinoso on the other hand had to win in order to qualify for the bronze medal match.

[superdave198]

True, but I am sure that Smith would prefer a win, as a loss tends to give that Gold medal performance a hollow feeling. And, why would he have not thrown the match in regulation and save energy if that was the plan? I agree fully that Smith is the better wrestler, but Reinoso matched up well against him and came in with a solid game plan.

[cascaret]

reinoso won that match, no question about it. It got taken away from him..

[daburns21]

Good old Lazaro went to my college Carson-Newman College in Tennessee. Was a 4 time D2 all-american.

[IndianHeat101]

wait did they protest the match? and then overturn it in order for him to go for the gold?

[pos545]

I wrestled him as a kid at on eof his training camps. Even in his old age with knees like basketballs he was far and away the fastest man I have ever seen.

[Doublelegtakedown]

Cool. Thanks. LOW SINGLE

[snoochie285]

wow thanks for posting this match.I've heard about this match but i've never personally seen it .glad to see this match.post more please.