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Frayer, Varner weigh in and get draws for Olympic freestyle wrestling on Aug. 12 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/11/2012 Jared Frayer will face Ali Shabanau of Belarus at 66 kg and Jake Varner opens up with Kurban Kurbanov of Uzbekistan on the final day of Olympic wrestling. [Article]
Scott, Dlagnev to wrestle for bronze, Herbert needs two wins for bronze at Olympics Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/11/2012 The U.S. freestyle team has a chance to capture three more medals a day after American Jordan Burroughs won Olympic gold in London. [Article]
USA Wrestling Weekly’s August 10, 2012 broadcast posted with extensive Olympic coverage 08/11/2012 Olympic Greco-Roman, Dan Gable in FILA Hall, Freestyle in Belarus, Florida wrestler gets London wish, Greco on Today Show, Brandon Slay, Kenny Monday, Kendall Cross & more [Article]
USA Wrestling Weekly’s August 10, 2012 broadcast posted with extensive Olympic coverage Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/11/2012 Olympic Games Greco-Roman coverage, Men's freestyle in Belarus, Greco wrestling on Today Show, Florida wrestler gets Olympic wish, Brandon Slay, Kenny Monday, Kendall Cross & more. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Men’s freestyle preview for 60 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/10/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Otarsultanov, Burroughs win first two Olympic men’s freestyle gold medals in London Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/10/2012 Russian Djamal Otarsultanov celebrates his Olympic championship at 55 kg/121 lbs. on Friday night at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. [Article]
ALL HE SEES IS GOLD: Jordan Burroughs strikes gold by winning Olympic title Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/10/2012 The 2011 World champion swept Iran's Sadegh Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to win the championship at 74 kg/163 lbs. on Friday night in London. [Article]
Scott, Herbert, Dlagnev weigh in and get draws for Olympic freestyle wrestling on Aug. 11 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/10/2012 Coleman Scott gets Seung-Chul Lee (KOR) at 60 kg, Jake Herbert drew Humberto Arencibia (CUB) at 84 kg and Tervel Dlagnev drew Eldesoky Shaban (EGY) at 120 kg. [Article]
Jordan Burroughs delivers to reach gold-medal match at Olympic Games Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/10/2012 Burroughs downed two-time World champion Denis Tsargush of Russia in the semifinals. He now faces Iran's Sadegh Goudarzi in the finals on Friday night in London. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Men’s freestyle preview for 55 kg, 74 kg Olympic News Service 08/09/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Japan legend Saori Yoshida captures third Olympic gold medal Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/09/2012 Yoshida downed Canada's Tonya Verbeek in the finals. Russia's Natalia Vorobieva also struck gold on Thursday. [Article]
U.S. falls short of winning Olympic medal on final day of women's freestyle tournament Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/09/2012 Kelsey Campbell fell two wins short of a medal after losing in the repechage on Thursday in London. [Article]
Hazewinkel & World champ Burroughs weigh in and get draws for Olympic freestyle wrestling on Aug. 10 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/09/2012 World champion Jordan Burroughs drew Francisco Soler of Puerto Rico at 74 kg, while Sam Hazewinkel opens with Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan at 55 kg. [Article]
Kelsey Campbell still alive, needs 1 win to advance to Olympic bronze-medal match Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/09/2012 Campbell will face past World champion Yulia Ratkevich of Azerbaijan in the repechage on Thursday night in London. [Article]
TDR this week: Kish, Wirnsberger, Ellis, Cooper, Backes, Perry Takedown Radio 08/08/2012 [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Women’s freestyle preview for 55 kg, 72 kg Olympic News Service 08/08/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/08/2012 Chun won an Olympic bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling on Wednesday night in London. [Article]
Japan's Kaori Icho wins historic 3rd Olympic title in women's freestyle Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/08/2012 Japan's Hitomi Sakamoto Obara won her first Olympic title after earning eight World titles. [Article]
Clarissa Chun delivers to capture bronze medal at Olympic Games Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/08/2012 Chun swept 2004 Olympic champion Irini Merleni of Ukraine in a rematch of the 2008 Olympic bronze-medal match. It gives the U.S. its first medal of the Olympics. [Article]
Campbell, Bernard weigh in and receive draws for Olympic women’s freestyle wrestling on Aug. 9 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/08/2012 Kelsey Campbell has drawn Saori Yoshida of Japan at 55 kg and Ali Bernard will face Jenny Fransson of Sweden at 72 kg. [Article]