The USA Wrestling Weekly broadcast for Friday, February 10, 2012, has been posted for fans to enjoy.

USA Wrestling Weekly is a new half-hour news broadcast which will be produced on a weekly basis. Presented in a news format, it provides updated information on USA Wrestling activities, as well as a variety of feature segments.

To see this week’s episode, visit the following link: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzDhHHMXOs

This week’s show included the following feature segments:
• Coverage of 2012 Dave Schultz Memorial International at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. including
- Greco-Roman champions Spenser Mango, Kendrick Sanders, Andy Bisek and Chas Betts
- Freestyle champions Coleman Scott, Jordan Burroughs, Raymond Jordan and Dom Bradley
- Women’s champions Alyssa Lampe, Elena Pirozhkova and Stephany Lee
• Coverage of Special Wrestle-off for spots on 2012 U.S. Pan American Championships women’s freestyle team
• Interview with Nancy Schultz about Dave Schultz Memorial International
• Five more athletes qualify for 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City
• Adeline Gray receives $15,000 check from Living the Dream Medal Fund in front of family and friends in Colorado
• Past Olympians Rulon Gardner, Bill Rosado, Sammie Henson, Brandon Paulson and Toccara Montgomery talk about what’s special about the Olympic year
• Bobby Douglas talks about Black History Month
• And Much More

The USA Wrestling Weekly Photo of the Week contest winner was Jennifer Stacy, with a picture of Kevin Zange of the Crystal Lake Wizards hitting a spladle at the IKWF Senior State Duals at Willowbrook High School in Illinois.

There is a new embeddable video player on TheMat.com which allows fans and media to view the most recent episode of USA Wrestling Weekly, and cycle through past episodes. This player can be embedded in websites, blogs and other online media outlets.

The show is moderated by veteran wrestling broadcaster Scott Casber and is scheduled for distribution each Friday on TheMat.com.

Each episode will also be posted on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel. In addition, USA Wrestling Weekly will be offered to a variety of websites, and will also be available to television networks across the nation.

USA Wrestling Weekly is now aired on television by:
• Oklahoma Cox Cable, which reaches viewers in the Oklahoma City/Norman and the Tulsa metropolitan areas.
• Mediacom Cable, with distribution in six Midwestern states, bringing USA Wrestling news to one of the biggest wrestling hotbeds in the nation.
• The Fight Now USA cable network
• Long Lines Cable, with distribution in Eastern Nebraska, Western Iowa and SW South Dakota.
• CATV Service, which has served the Central Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania for over 55 years.
• Midco Sports Network, which services North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota

Current USA Wrestling Weekly website partners: InterMatWrestle.com; Takedown Media. Com; Tech-Fall.com, USA Wrestling – Tennessee, The Open Mat, USA Wrestling – Kansas, Lighthouse Wrestling, Maryland USA Wrestling, NYwrestling.com, BTSusa.org, and BTSgear.com.

USA Wrestling staff participates extensively in creating the content for the show. The production of USA Wrestling Weekly is handled by Takedown Wrestling Media, which produces a variety of other wrestling broadcast products. The Lead Producer for the show is Shawn Van Leeuwen of Takedown Wrestling Media. Feedback is encouraged, and should be sent to Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling at gabbott@usawrestling.org.

Websites interested in adding USA Wrestling Weekly should contact Jason Bryant of USA Wrestling at jbryant@usawrestling.org