Past Articles

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Clarissa Chun still alive, needs 1 win to reach bronze-medal match Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/08/2012 The 2008 World champion placed fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games. She will face Poland's Iwona Matkowska in the repechage in women's freestyle. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Women’s freestyle preview for 48 kg, 63 kg Olympic News Service 08/07/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Kim and Rezaei win final Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling golds in London Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/07/2012 Ghasem Rezaei (pictured) won the 96 kg title, Iran's third Greco gold medalist in London. Hyeon-Woo Kim of Korea won the 66 kg gold medal. [Article]
Justin Lester's medal quest comes up short at Olympic Games Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/07/2012 Lester fell to Germany's Frank Staebler in the Greco-Roman wrestlebacks on Tuesday night in London. [Article]
Chun, Pirozhkova weigh in and receive draws for Olympic women’s freestyle wrestling on Aug. 8 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/07/2012 Clarissa Chun opens with Shasha Zhou of China at 48 kg and Elena Pirozhkova starts off with Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia at 63 kg. [Article]
Justin Lester stays alive in Olympics, needs 2 more wins to earn bronze medal Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/07/2012 Lester fell to Hungary's Tamas Lorincz in the quarterfinals, but received a chance to wrestle back when Lorincz advanced to the finals. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Greco-Roman preview for 66 kg, 96 kg Olympic News Service 08/06/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Lopez, Noroozi and Khugaev add Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling golds in London Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/06/2012 Cuba's Mijian Lopez won his second Olympic gold at 120 kg, and also winning Olympic titles on Monday were Omid Noroozi of Iran (60 kg) & Alan Khugaev of Russia (84 kg). [Article]
Lester weighs in and receives draw for Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling on Aug. 7 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/06/2012 Justin Lester will face Tsutomu Fujimura of Japan in his 66kg opener. This is the final day of Greco-Roman at the 2012 London Olympics. [Article]
Tough draws, tough day for U.S. on Day 2 of Olympic wrestling competition Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/06/2012 Byers, Coleman and Betts fall short of winning medals on Monday afternoon at the ExCel North Arena 2 in London. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Greco-Roman preview for 60 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg Olympic News Service 08/05/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
U.S. falls short of winning medal on first day of Olympic Games Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/05/2012 Spenser Mango placed ninth and Ben Provisor 11th in Greco-Roman as the eight-day competition kicked off in London. [Article]
Soryan and Vlasov win first two Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling golds in London Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/05/2012 Hamid Soryan of Iran at 55 kg (pictured) and Roman Vlasov of Russia at 74 kg won the first two Greco-Roman golds of the London Games. [Article]
Coleman, Betts, Byers weigh in and receive draws for Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling on Aug. 6 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/05/2012 Ellis Coleman drew Ivo Angelov (BUL) at 60kg, Chas Betts faces Keitani Graham (FSM) at 74kg and Dremiel Byers opens with Muminjon Abdullaev (UZB) on Monday. [Article]
Mango still alive, Provisor eliminated as Olympic Games wrestling competition kicks off Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/05/2012 Mango will compete in the repechage competition at 55 kg/121 lbs. He needs three straight wins to capture a bronze medal. [Article]
OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE: Greco-Roman preview for 55 kg, 74 kg for 5 August Olympic News Service 08/04/2012 Each day, the Olympic News Service publishes a preview of the Olympic wrestling for the next day after the draw is set. [Article]
Mango, Provisor weigh in and receive draws for Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling on Aug. 5 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/04/2012 Spenser Mango opens with Mohamed Abouhalima of Egypt at 55 kg, while Ben Provisor faces Alexi Bel of Cuba in his first 74 kg bout. [Article]
USA Wrestling Weekly’s August 3, 2012 broadcast posted with extensive Olympic coverage Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/04/2012 Content includes interviews with all 17 Olympians, Opening Ceremonies, First Lady Michelle Obama with wrestlers, Freestyle charter flight arrival and much more. [Article]
Spenser Mango ready to provide spark as Olympic wrestling tournament set to kick off Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/04/2012 Mango placed eighth in the 2008 Olympic Games. Wrestling is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. London time on Sunday. [Article]
Kemp Introduces FORZA to Junior and Cadet Nationals in Fargo USA Wrestling 08/04/2012 Three-time World champion, Olympian and Olympic coach Lee Kemp spent a week in Fargo sharing knowledge with athletes and families. [Article]