Anthony Ashnault's first senior-level outing since winning an NCAA title and signing on as a full time SKWC resident athlete went about as well as a debut can go: three techs and a pin en route to the 70 kg freestyle gold medal at the Pan Am Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Defeating
How Wrestling Lost the Olympics – John Irving [NY Times]
February 15, 2013 By JOHN IRVING >IN A.D. 393, the ancient Olympic Games were abolished — they had become too corrupt. Wrestling was among the first sports in those ancient Games; wrestling was also included at the start of the modern Olympics, in 1896. Yet on Tuesday
Elimination Of Olympic Wrestling Is Simply Bad Business
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a clear message to the world’s wrestling community yesterday, “You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.” In a shocking move, the executive board of the Olympic Committee announced that they had voted to
Talking Points About the Sport of Wrestling and the Olympics from USA Wrestling
By USA Wrestling 02/12/2013 TALKING POINTS ABOUT WRESTLING AND THE OLYMPICS USA Wrestling has created these talking points for those in the wrestling community in our nation who may be speaking about our sport in light of today's International Olympic Committee announcement. Please read