By Mike Finn Wrestling fans will be in Iowa City in record numbers April 21-22 for the United States Olympic Trials to see what wrestlers will emerge as the United States’ greatest hopes to medal in this summer’s Olympic competition in London. The only problem for the 9,762 fans who had bought tickets for the [...]
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A year ago, Jordan Burroughs made the transition after winning his second NCAA championship to freestyle and a shot at representing the United States at the 2011 World Championships. Fans knew he would be good, but maybe didn’t know how good. The then Nebraska-senior had not competed on the freestyle stage for at least four [...]
By Shane Sparks On the walls of wrestling rooms across the country reads one of the legendary Dan Gable’s most famous and boldest quotes. “Once you’ve wrestled, everything else is easy.” UPDATE: Dallas Seavey wins the Iditarod Those words may hold true for most, but like with anything else there is always an exception. [...]
Editor’s Note: In many people’s minds, Dan Gable’s wrestling career started at the Midlands where he won six folkstyle championships, including in 1971 between winning both the 1971 World championship and 1972 Olympic gold medal in freestyle. Recently, Gable, who also excelled as a coach on the NCAA and international level, spoke with Mike [...]
By Mike Finn The following were chosen Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine as the Top-10 post-high school wrestling stories of 2011. 1. Penn State leads Eastern resurgence with NCAA championship When Penn State lured Cael Sanderson away from coaching his alma mater Iowa State in 2009, many of the Nittany Lion faithful hoped Penn State would once [...]
By Dennis Hall What is an affirmation? It Is an idea that you believe to be true. I became aware of the power of affirmations through a good friend of mine, the late Beasey Hendrix. Beasey was my mental skills coach throughout much of my career. He made me a believer in affirmations when he [...]
In the summer of 2008, Jake Deitchler — then an 18-year-old graduate of Anoka (Minn.) High School — surprised the wrestling world in this country when he earned the 145.5-pound Greco-Roman berth to represent the United States at the summer Olympics in Beijing, China, becoming the first high school wrestler to qualify for the Olympics [...]
By Mike Finn This has been quite a year for Jordan Burroughs, who captured his second NCAA championship this past winter and won the FILA World freestyle championship a couple weeks ago. It was also a great time for Nebraska head coach Mark Manning, who was in Burroughs corner in Philadelphia last March for the [...]
By Steve Fraser As I contemplate our poor performance at the 2011 Greco-Roman World Championships, I struggle with what we need to do over the next 10 months to reach our Olympic goals for London. The two things that stand out in my mind are: on the feet, the wrestlers who win are true “fighters” [...]
Editor’s Note: Dan Gable made his name by setting college records as an Iowa State wrestler and University of Iowa coach. He also dominated on the World and Olympic stage by winning championships as both a wrestler and coach. Recently, Gable reflected on the United States’ successful World Championships in Istanbul, Turkeym with WIN editor [...]
