Archive for August, 2011

By Bryan Van Kley, WIN Publisher I’m hopeful our young U.S. freestyle team will create some momentum next month at the Worlds in Turkey. Winning a number of matches and at least a couple medals will set the U.S. up to do well at the Olympics in London in 2012. I fully believe we’re in [...]

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Editor’s Note: As Dan Gable, the successful NCAA and Olympic champion wrestler and coach, steps down from his responsibilities with the University of Iowa, he remains focused on building the sport around the country. One of his recent involvements was bringing together the organizations of USA Wrestling, the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the National [...]

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By Sandy Stevens Working out = perspiration = weight control, right? For most wrestlers, yes. But Caleb Radley would say, “No sweat.” Literally. The 15-year-old Arizona teen, nicknamed “Boo” by his buddies, deals with ectodermal dysplasia, a genetic disorder that results in abnormal development of the skin (pigment), hair, nails, teeth and/or sweat glands. Caleb [...]

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By Mike Finn Chance Marsteller has done little to surprise his mother Suzanne when it comes to wrestling, whether it was winning a Pennsylvania state high school championship as a freshman last winter or collecting a pair of Cadet national championships in Greco-Roman and freestyle in Fargo, N.D., in July. “Wrestling is his life,” she [...]

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