U.S. Olympic women’s wrestling team to appear on NBC Today Show on Weds., June 23 at 9:00 a.m. ET
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
06/22/2004
The four members of the U.S. Olympic Team in women's wrestling will appear on the NBC Today Show on Wednesday morning, at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET The team will be going into the NBC studio for the show, while in the city for a historic pre-Olympic training camp in preparation for the Athens Games. The athletes will appear outside of the studio in Rockefeller Center during the 9:00 a.m. segment. They will be interviewed by one of the hosts and give a short wrestling demonstration for the audience. Appearing on the show will be: 48 kg - Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) 55 kg - Tela O'Donnell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) 63 kg - Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) 72 kg - Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/New York AC) The team began its training at the di Silvestri Wrestling Center on the campus of Staten Island's Monsignor Farrell High School on Tuesday, June 22. A crew from the Today Show was on hand to capture images of the women in their first-ever Olympic Training camp. There were a number of national media at that first practice, including NBC News Channel, Reuters Television, National Public Radio, Women's Wear Daily, plus Japanese newspaper Mainichi and New York newsradio WINS.