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EXPERIENCED, TALENTED U.S. TEAM TO COMPETE AT SENIOR WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OSLO, NORWAY, OCT. 2-10

Shortly after one of the greatest Olympic performances in the history of USA Wrestling, the United States is sending an experienced and talented team to the Senior World Championships in Oslo, Norway, October 2-10.
Eight of the nine U.S. wrestlers who won Olympic medals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 decided to also compete at the World Championships, giving Team USA an amazing foundation for success in Oslo. In addition, the other 22 team berths were determined during a competitive Senior World Team Trials in Lincoln, Neb., September 11-12.
The competition will be held at Jordal Amfi in Oslo, Norway. The event starts with men’s freestyle competition October 2-5, women’s freestyle action October 4-7 and Greco-Roman wrestling October 7-10. The combined U.S. team includes 10 Olympic medalists including four who have won an Olympic gold medal. The group also has eight past Senior World champions, who have won a combined 18 World titles. A total of 12 of the team members have won a Senior World medal, and they have combined for a total of 36 Senior World medals.
The 2020 Olympic medalists on the World Team include gold medalists David Taylor (MFS,86 kg) and Tamyra Mensah Stock (WFS, 68 kg). 2020 Olympic silver medalists Adeline Gray (WFS, 76 kg) and Kyle Snyder (MFS, 97 kg) are also on the squad. 2020 Olympic bronze medalists Thomas Gilman (MFS, 57 kg), Kyle Dake (MFS, 74 kg), Helen Maroulis (WFS, 57 kg) and Sarah Hildebrandt.(WFS, 50 kg) will also compete in Oslo. Snyder and Maroulis are both two-time Olympic medalists, as they were also 2016 Olympic gold medalists. Two other past Olympic medalists qualified for the team with victories at the World Team Trials, 2012 Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs (MFS, 79 kg) and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox (MFS, 92 kg).
We will look at each U.S. team separately, starting with the men’s freestyle wrestlers who compete first. This team has won a combined 28 World and Olympic medals, with 14 of them gold. We start with the six past Olympic medalists: Gilman, Dake, Burroughs, Taylor, Cox and Snyder. From this group, Burroughs has won four World titles and seven World medals. Snyder is a two-time World champion and four-time World medalist. Cox has also won two World titles, and three World medals. Dake has won two World titles and Taylor has won one World title. Gilman won a World silver medal in 2017. Also on the team is a two-time World medalist James Green at 70 kg, who has won a World silver and World bronze, plus two-time World bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski at 125 kg. Daton Fix, who is competing at 61 kg, is on his second Senior World Team. The only team member who has not been on a Senior World team is Yianni Diakomihalis at 65 kg, who has won two Cadet World titles.

Seven of the team members are past NCAA Div. I champions with Dake (4x), Snyder (3x), Cox (3x), Diakomihalis (2x), Burroughs (2x), Taylor (2x) and Gwiazdowski (2x), for a total of a combined 18 NCAA crowns. Next up on the schedule is the women’s freestyle squad, with … rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/September/28/2021-Senior-World-Team-advance?mc_cid=df290330a7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

And All World And Olympic Medalists At 2021 Worlds – Men’s Freestyle
A breakdown of all past World/Olympic medalists in men’s freestyle who are competing at the 2021 World Championships. Men’s Freestyle at the World Championships will take place October 2-5 in Oslo, Norway. Take a look below at all of the former world/Olympic medalists who will be competing at the 2021 Senior World Championships. … rest of story at https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/7160827-all-world-and-olympic-medalists-at-2021-worlds-mens-freestyle?mc_cid=ffa768c98f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

And ENTIRE U.S. MEN’S FREESTYLE TEAM RECEIVES ITS DRAWS FOR SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OSLO, NORWAY
The draw was held for all 10 weight classes in men’s freestyle, which will be hosted in Oslo, Norway this week. The United States, which has six past Olympic medalists on its men’s freestyle roster in Oslo, is expected to be in the race for the team title. The draw was held at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time, but an error was discovered in the list of entries, requiring a redraw of the brackets. Seven U.S. wrestlers received a different first-round opponent after the redraw, with only James Green (70 kg) Jordan Burroughs (79 kg) and Nick Gwiazdowski (125 kg) getting the same athlete they were originally scheduled to face in the first draw. … rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/October/01/World-Championships-draw-story-mens-freestyle?mc_cid=ffa768c98f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 4, 2021 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized