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Returning world medalists Cox, Gwiazdowski, Mensah-Stock earn spots on World Team

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Three returning world medalists earned spots on the 2019 U.S. World Team on Saturday at Final X: Rutgers. World champion J’den Cox (92 kilograms), along with world bronze medalists Nick Gwiazdowski (125 kilograms) and Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kilograms), were among the seven champions crowned in the final session of Final X: Rutgers. The 24-year-old Cox won in two straight matches over 2019 Dan Hodge Trophy winner Bo Nickal at 92 kilograms. Cox claimed a 4-2 victory in the first match. In the second match, Cox blanked Nickal 5-0 to earn his fourth straight spot on a World or Olympic Team. “He’s a great wrestler,” Cox said of Nickal. “He presented a lot of challenges. I think that he’s going to be really tough in the future.”
Gwiazdowski, a two-time returning world bronze medalist, defeated three-time age-group world champion Gable Steveson in two straight matches at 125 kilograms. Gwiazdowski won both matches on criteria. He took the first match 4-4, scoring a takedown in the final period. He claimed the second match 3-3 on the strength of a late reversal. “I’ve been through this,” said Gwiazdowski. “It’s a different challenge. But they challenge me in different ways to be a master of this sport. There are things I haven’t faced before. I was prepared for them. I focus on those things. I was confident in what I was doing.” Mensah-Stock won in two straight matches over WCWA national champion Alexandria Glaude at 68 kilograms. Mensah-Stock, the only American wrestler ever to win three Yarygin Grand Prix gold medals, secured a fall in the first match after building a 6-0 lead. She closed out the victory with a 10-0 technical fall. Rest of the story at
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June 24, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized