Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci support Olympic Wrestling

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(USA Wrestling)
05/15/2013


The Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling (CPOW) is releasing a series of public service announcements from a number of well-known celebrities who support the effort to Keep Wrestling in the Olympics.

These PSAs will be aired in numerous ways, including on major television networks, through online media platforms and at major wrestling and sports events and activities around the world.

Today’s PSA will feature Olympic gymnasts Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci. Conner won two gold medals at the 1984 Olympics, an individual gold on the parallel bars in addition to the team gold medal won by the USA. Comaneci won a total of nine Olympic medals, five of which were gold. She was also the first female gymnast to earn a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympics. 

 Other PSAs will feature:
· Legendary Olympic champion swimmer Mark Spitz
· Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda
· Olympic swimming champion Janet Evans
· Professional boxing legends Armando Muniz and Carlos Palomino

Each day this week, CPOW will post one of these PSAs on the USA Wrestling YouTube Channel for the world to see and for fans to enjoy.

Additional PSAs are currently in production and will be released when completed. Included will be a number of celebrities from the entertainment industry and other walks of life.

The PSA series is being produced by Chuck Ashman of SMA Global.