A group of American wrestlers will take on teams from Russia and Iran, May 15 and 19, from opposite ends of the nation as part of the “Beat the Street” events in New York City and Los Angeles. But organizers of these two events are also hoping the executive board of the International Olympic Committee [...]
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By Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs headlines the list of No. 1 seeds for next week’s U.S. Open in freestyle wrestling. Burroughs won a World title in 2011 and an Olympic title in 2012 at 74 kg/163 lbs. He is 48-0 on the Senior level over the past three seasons. [...]
Reuters12:23 p.m. CST, February 12, 2013 (Reuters) – Reaction to Tuesday’s decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to recommend that wrestling is dropped as an Olympic sport from the 2020 Games.Three-times Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida Of Japan: “I cannot believe it,” she told local media. “This is nothing but shocking and frustrating. [...]
By STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland February 12, 2013 (AP) CHECK OUT HOW THE U.S. HAS FARED IN OLYMPIC WRESTLING INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO IOC DECISION IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games. [...]
Oklahoma State to host 2013 World Team Trials, June 21-23 STILLWATER—Oklahoma State University has been selected to host the 2013 U.S. World Team Trials for all three Olympic wrestling styles, along with the FILA Junior World Trials at Gallagher-Iba Arena on June 21-23. Numerous World and Olympic medalists, and past U.S. World and Olympic Team [...]
By Mike Finn When the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced Cornell’s Kyle Dake and Penn State’s David Taylor agreed to face each other in the NWCA All-Star Classic, Nov. 3, in Washington, D.C., many figured it was simply an exhibition between two friends, who had already earned NCAA championships at two different weights. Instead, this [...]
By Bryan Van Kley The 2012 Olympics will go down into the books as a Games which started terribly for USA Wrestling, but ended quite well. The Greco team started the first three days of the eight-day competition, followed by the women on the middle two days. After a mostly-disappointing five days, the Americans were [...]
LONDON, England — Go ahead Jake Varner … smile … you are an Olympic champion. Even the normally subdued native of Bakersfield, Calif., admitted he had to crack a grin after he defeated Ukrainian Valerii Andriitsev for the championship at 211.5 pounds in men’s freestyle. “I think I smiled more than I usually do,” said [...]
Jared Frayer has dealt with enough disappointment when it comes to his wrestling career. And one might be quick to add a first-round loss in the 2012 Olympics to that list; something that happened in London Sunday morning when Ali Shabanau of Belarus defeated the 145.5-pound American, 3-0, 1-0, in the ExCel Arena. But Frayer, [...]
By Bryan Van Kley And now for most everyone, it is time to celebrate. Jake Varner completed his journey of achieving his ultimate goal in winning gold for the U.S. today at 211.5 pounds. Following in the footsteps of his coach from start to finish, Varner went to Ames, Iowa, because he knew Sanderson was [...]
