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The United States Olympic team trials for the sport of wrestling are contested quadrennially to determine the country's representative at the Summer Olympic Games on each style (men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman) and weight class. [1] The event is conducted by the national governing body of the sport, currently USA Wrestling. [2]
USA Wrestling (formerly known as the United States Wrestling Federation and as the United States Wrestling Association) is the organization that currently governs freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling in the United States. USA Wrestling is also the official representative to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and ...
Men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympics was first held in 1904. FILA (now known as United World Wrestling) began holding World Championships in men's freestyle in 1951. During Olympic years there is only six weight classes contested, with the World Championships featuring ten weight classes since 2018.
2024 Olympic wrestling: Live updates as Adam Coon and Amit Elor wrestle for Team USA on Monday in Paris 2024 Olympic wrestling: Amit Elor advances to semifinals of 68 kilogram weight class Skip to ...
United World Wrestling offers 10 divisions at its championships; the Olympics only offer six, and not Elor’s 72-kg. So she chose to cut roughly eight pounds in preparation for the biggest meets ...
Jason Nolf (top) wrestles Jordan Burroughs in the 74 kilogram challenge round championship bout during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at the Bryce Jordan Center April 19, 2024, in State College.
The United States first took part in Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the Olympics in 1912. The United States first appearance at the World Championships in Greco-Roman was in 1961. Greco-Roman wrestling was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and the first World Championships in Greco-Roman was in 1904.
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