COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The final spot on the 2007 U.S. World Team in freestyle wrestling will be determined Thursday afternoon.

That's when Nate Gallick and Mike Zadick are scheduled to meet in a best-of-3 series at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

Gallick beat Zadick in the finals of April's U.S. Nationals at 60 kg/132 lbs., but suffered a foot injury and was unable to wrestle in June's U.S. World Team Trials.

Gallick (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) requested and received permission to take part in the Special Wrestle-Off at a later date because of his injury. He was permitted to do so by virtue of winning U.S. Nationals and having already clinched a berth in the finals of the U.S. World Team Trials.

Weigh-ins for the Gallick-Zadick series are scheduled for 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The first match of the series is set for 12:30 p.m. on Thursday with the second match to follow at 1:30 p.m. A third match, if necessary, is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. The event will be held in the upstairs gymnasium at the Sports Center II, above the OTC wrestling room.

Video of the matches will be posted on TheMat.com. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

The winner of the Special Wrestle-Off will qualify for the World Championships on Sept. 17-23 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Zadick, a 2006 World silver medalist, won the U.S. World Team Trials on June 9 in Las Vegas to earn another shot at Gallick. Zadick, an assistant coach at Iowa, won a silver medal at the Pan American Games late last month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gallick, a past World University champion, has won the last three meetings against Zadick (Solon, Iowa/Gator WC). Gallick was an NCAA champion for Iowa State and Zadick was an NCAA All-American for Iowa. Gallick, recently hired as an assistant coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga, is trying to make his first World Team on the Senior level.

The Special Wrestle-Off will take place during the U.S. World Team freestyle camp, which started Aug. 5 and is scheduled to conclude Saturday in Colorado Springs.