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BAKU! by Matt Gentry

Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 02:43
Hey all from Baku,

This place is pretty nice, much better than I was expecting. I left on Wednesday afternoon, flew through the night and landed in Frankfurt, had a few hour layover where we took a train into downtown ...
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Final Preparations by Matt Gentry

Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 14:01
Well folks, I'm just gearing up for my trip!

How lucky am I to get to travel to a foreign country and compete at the highest level in the sport that i love? Plus, wrestling is the national sport ...
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Colorado Springs by Matt Gentry

Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 12:54
I'm just on my way back from the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center, where I did a 10 day training camp getting ready for the World Championships.

It was pretty intense, and I'm going to take a day or two ...
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Blog Post #100 by Matt Gentry

Monday, August 13, 2007 at 16:16
On my way home.

I’m writing from the London Heathrow Airport on my way back to California.

It is a frustrating time. The European’s have a different training style than we do, and we tapered more than I would ...
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Groundhog Day by Matt Gentry

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 at 11:48
Well, I'm still in Poland, Walcz (pronounced Waltz). I feel like i'm in groundhog day, every day is pretty much the same. It goes something like this.

8 AM- Wake up
8:30 - Breakfast (same food every day)
9-10 - ...
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Somewhere in Poland by Matt Gentry

Friday, August 03, 2007 at 06:53
Is it bad that I don't even know what the name of the city is? Man, we are definitely not tourists here.

Anyway, there is more to the story from my trip home. When I landed in Toronto, my ...
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Post Pan Ams by Matt Gentry

Thursday, August 02, 2007 at 12:07
Well, after a VERY long trip, I made it up to Toronto for a couple days of rest before I head out again for training and competition in Poland. The airlines are ridiculous. We got to the Rio ...
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Bronze Medal by Matt Gentry

Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 17:43
Hey all,

Just wanted to drop you a real quick line that I won bronze tonight. We just got back from the ceremonies and now we're gong out to a nice meal. Finally, because the food has gotten a ...
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More from Rio by Matt Gentry

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 18:00
The flights were brutal. About 24 hours of traveling, including 3 flights and a bus ride but now that we’re here, this place is pretty cool. Like I said, we’re staying at the Athlete Village. The whole ...
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Rio by Matt Gentry

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 13:56
Just wanted to drop a quick line that i made it to Rio. Flights were long, crowded, but at least on time and smooth. I've been pretty busy at the athlete village with orientation and getting situated, about ...
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Sunny Vancouver by Matt Gentry

Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 10:40
NOT! More like rainy Vancouver. The first day I got here, it was really quite beautiful, but after that it has been drizzling rain. Right now I'm in Vancouver getting ready to go to Brazil for ...
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Happy 4th of July by Matt Gentry

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 at 19:59
I wish I had posted on the 1st during Canada Day as well!

I'm actually in REdmond, Oregon finishing up the Vidlak-Gentry Wrestling Camps. They have been going OK, and we've been having a ton of fun, so that has ...
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Training Camp by Matt Gentry

Friday, June 29, 2007 at 10:08
I am sore. I'm actually sitting in the luxurious Maple Leaf Lounge at the Toronto airport on my way back to Oregon to run the Vidlak-Gentry Wrestling Camps. Its pretty nice, the perks of all this traveling. ...
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Canada Cup Results by Matt Gentry

Friday, June 29, 2007 at 10:00
Well, today was the first day of the Canada Cup training camp, after a pretty successful weekend here in Guelph, Ontario outside of Toronto. I ended up winning the tournament, but I had a forfeit in the finals vs. Tyler ...
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China photos uploaded by Matt Gentry

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 20:22
Man, there are some really great photos!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattgentry/sets/
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Vancouver training by Matt Gentry

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 19:28
Hey all,

I've been up here in beautiful Vancouver for a bit of training. Staying at Arnett's place, but he isn't here, so been doing a lot of resting before I compete this weekend in Guelph, Ontario at the ...
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Vancouver by Matt Gentry

Monday, May 28, 2007 at 22:38
Hello from Vancouver. Man, this place is nice, especially in spring. Not too much to report. Oh wait- my dad was promoted to colonel in the air force (reserves) and my younger brother graduated from the university of ...
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Back online by Matt Gentry

Friday, May 04, 2007 at 13:35
So my site has been down for almost a week now because the server that is hosting it has been crashing or something. I'm not too techy, but my buddy Mike has been helping out and taking ...
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Last day in Chengdu by Matt Gentry

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 04:05
I just finished my last day of training in Chengdu at the national training site here. It was excellent training with a lot of matches and a variety of different partners and styles. Despite suffering from the food, ...
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Wrestling in China by Matt Gentry

Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 04:31
Today was our first afternoon off. I'll post separately on China and everything that is so incredibly different- It's pretty wild here.

I told you about our arrival. The next morning we had off to acclimate and visited ...
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