Wrestling recently beat out Baseball/Softball and Squash to return to the 2020 Olympics. The majority of votes went to wrestling with 49 followed by baseball and softball with 24 and squash with 22. “Wrestling has shown great passion and resilience in the last few months,” IOC president Jacques Rogge said. “They have taken a number …
The quest to save wrestling in the Olympics reached center stage this week. Or should we say Grand Central stage? World class wrestlers came together this past Wednesday (May 15th) to put on a charity exhibition at New York’s Grand Central Terminal. More than 700 fans packed the terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall to see greats from the U.S., …
Among other changes unveiled last week, beginning in the 2013-14 season, forfeits will no longer count toward the a wrestlers five match daily limit. This change in Rule 1-4-2 was one of five rules changes made by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee at its April 8-10 meeting in Indianapolis. …
At the 83rd NCAA Wrestling Championships, senior Kyle Dake of Cornell University made history by becoming the first wrestler to win four consecutive Division I national championships in four different weight classes. Dake defeated Penn State’s David Taylor at 165 pounds in one of the most anticipated finals in NCAA history. Read more and watch the …
Two Section VI wrestlers who last year fell just short of their goal, both placing second at the New York State Championships in 2012 achieved redemption in 2013 by becoming Division II state champs. Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer of Cheektowaga at 132lbs. defeated Tristan Rifanburg of section IV by a score of 2-1. Drew Hull of Roy-Hart found similar success …