From The Archives: Kenny Monday vs. Pat Smith 1996 Olympic Trials Match One

[@shakoiatenhawithacrossjaco9051]

Diving into a fireman’s is crazy

[@drewgatewood1864]

Please share the rest of these, whatever you have. It’s so awesome to see the current godfathers of the sport in their prime.

[@johnalmondbro8732]

Kenny was 35 in this, not exactly his prime. Pat in theory is in his prime but never amounted to much internationally compared to his crazy success in HS and college. I think pat looks undersized. Would be interesting to know how much he was cutting. Though this match at 74 kg is only 5 pounds higher than his college titles at 158 lbs.

[@you_cifer]

Amazing match by Kenny, made Pat look like an amateur. Pat was shooting the same low single to the left side the whole match…

[@СобарТешам]

В том же году Сайтиев заставил выглядеть Кенни любителем.

[@dnaversa]

At this time, Kenny had lost a bit of speed but still had a more robust repertoire; Pat looked out of his league, to be honest, and one-dimensional.

[@blumpkinspicelatte4580]

That's because Pat was one dimensional. I've been watching some of his footage lately and I never thought he was the greatest technician. Trying to figure out how he won 4 NCAA titles in a row.

[@intothecountry74]

Levels to everything. Pat didn’t win them on accident. Monday is a legend and made a lot of people look bad.

[@thomastrain7934]

Like some I looked at Monday first as a rival (alot of time losing to) Nate Carr. Later Monday had this "physicality" that was crazy. Only other that reminds me of that was Dave Schultz. It's like beyond the technique, training, and overall drive for excellence there was an effort to apply a force to their opponents that they would never forget!

[@richarddennismuraoka1797]

Two wrestlers from Oklahoma state university ❤

[@evanburgess8428]

Referee looks like David Lynch... Probably threw Pat off.