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Olympics 2012 Headlines

Olympics  2012 Headlines  from Mark Palmer, College Wrestling Examiner
2004 NCAA champ Matt Gentry places 5th at 74 kg/163 lbs. for Canada at Olympics
Matt Gentry, 2004 NCAA wrestling champ for Stanford University, placed fifth in 55 kg/163 pound men’s freestyle competition at the 2012 Olympics at ExCel Centre in London Friday.Jordan Burroughs, … Read more ►
Jordan Burroughs brings home gold in 74 kg/163 lb. men’s freestyle at Olympics
Jordan Burroughs can now add “Olympic gold medalist” to his already impressive wrestling resume.The two-time NCAA champ for the University of Nebraska (2009, 2011) and 2011 World champion … Read more ►
USA’s Clarissa Chun wins bronze medal in women’s 48 kg freestyle at Olympics
Clarissa Chun won the bronze medal at 48 kg/105.5 pounds in women’s freestyle at the 2012 Olympics in London Wednesday. Chun defeated 2004 Olympic gold medalist Irini Merleni of Ukraine, 1-0, 3-0 … Read more ►
No U.S. Olympic Greco medals as Justin Lester loses repechage
For the first time since 1980, U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers did not win a single Olympic medal, as the last team member, Justin Lester, failed to make the medal round at 66 kg/145.5 pounds at the 2012.. … Read more ►
USA’s Coleman, Betts, Byers all knocked out before Greco medal round at Olympics
Day Two of Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 Olympics proved no better for Team USA, as Ellis Coleman, Chas Betts and Dremiel Byers did not make it to the medal round Monday at the ExCel Centre in … Read more ►
Big man Dremiel Byers hopes to wrap up Greco career in gold at 2012 Olympics
Dremiel Byers, a familiar force in Greco-Roman wrestling for more than a dozen years, seeks to win a gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 pounds at the 2012 Olympics in London on Monday, Aug. 6.Byers, who is… … Read more ►
‘Flying Squirrel’ Ellis Coleman hopes to fly out of Olympics with Greco gold
Ellis Coleman, famous for his “Flying Squirrel” move that has been seen by millions on YouTube and ESPN, will be wrestling at 60 kg/132 pounds for the U.S. Greco-Roman squad at the 2012 … Read more ►
U.S. wrestlers score big with media in pre-Olympics press conferences
Before stepping onto the mat at the 2012 Olympics, U.S. wrestlers scored bonus points with the media at press conferences in London over the weekend.  Arguably one of the main stars for Team USA was … Read more ►
Opening Ceremonies complete, Olympic wrestlers must wait a week to take to mats
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics took place Friday, but wrestling fans will have to wait more than a week — Sunday, Aug. 5, to be exact — until athletes take to the mats at the Summer … Read more ►
U.S. wrestler Elena Pirozhkova gives First Lady a lift before start of Olympics
U.S. wrestlers won’t take to the mat until Aug. 5, but one member of the women’s freestyle team made headlines by hoisting First Lady Michelle Obama before the Opening Ceremonies at the 2012 … Read more ►

November 25, 2012 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized