OLYMPIC WRESTLING RUMORS
Olympics to add 3-on-3 Basketball, BMX, but still chopping Wrestling?
Many people are fighting to preserve Olympic wrestling, which is in jeopardy of being dropped from the Olympic games starting in 2020. Wrestling is one of the original olympic sports, and it looks like it won't be around much longer. On the flip side, there are now reports that the International Olympic Committee is fielding offers for new sports to add, which include things...
Henry Cejudo Signs Deal With Gladiator Challenge. Make Debut March 24th
Henry Cejudo was a four time high school state wrestling champion in both Arizona and Colorado. Cejudo won an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 games at the ripe age of 21, the youngest American wrestler to ever win gold. Cejudo is known in the wrestling world for making the unusual choice to pass on college and go straight to the Olympics. Cejudo will now begin his MMA career...
Russian coach blames gays for cutting men in tights rolling on a mat together from the Olympics
Russian wrestling coach Vladimir Uruimagov is blaming gay activists for pressuring the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the Olympics in 2020.
“If they expel wrestling now, that means that gays will soon run the whole world,” Uruimagov said via en.rsport.ru, calling the decision “a blow to masculine origins.”
“It turns out this committee is headed...
Should wrestling launch a World Cup?
The recent news that the Olympics will leave wrestling out of its events list is ridiculous and not likely to last long. Wrestling has been a signature event in Olympics history. It may have lost some of its luster in recent Games, but it doesn’t deserve to be shelved. Without wrestling, Iran versus the U.S. in sports practically never happens. In fact, many intriguing international...
IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Summer Games
The modern Summer Olympics first took place in Athens in 1896. One of the original sports, wrestling, has been apart of each Olympiad ever since. But when 2020 rolls around, there is a solid chance that we won’t see it again. The International Olympic Committee has removed wrestling, both freestyle and greco-roman, while they evaluate it along with several others potential sports...
Jordan Burroughs on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show will feature an Olympic guest every night this week. Last night Olympic freestyle Gold Medalist Jordan Burroughs visited with Leno. Here's a snippet of their segment...
Varner wins gold!
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
A former Cyclone wrestler is an Olympic champion.
Jake Varner defeated Ukraine’s Valerii Andiitsev at 211 pounds on Sunday afternoon 1-0, 1-0 to win gold for the United States of America.
Varner’s coach at the Olympics is former undefeated four-time NCAA champion Cael Sanderson. Varner was a four-time NCAA Division I All-America...
US wrestler Burroughs comes through with gold
Jordan Burroughs had his eyes on the gold medal for months, and he let everyone know about his plans.
Then he delivered.
The 24-year-old American backed up all that talk at the London Games, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in the men's freestyle 74-kilogram division to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold medal in London.
Burroughs beat Denis Tsargush of...
Via AP on Fox
August 10, 2012
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Japan's Icho wins women's 63K gold
Kaori Icho's cold, tense stare never changed as she wiped out opponent after helpless opponent.
It was only when Icho sealed her third straight Olympic gold medal that she showed the world how relieved she was to have done it again.
Icho won the women's 63-kilogram freestyle division Wednesday at the London Games, becoming the first Japanese woman to capture the same event...
Via AP on Fox
August 08, 2012
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Japan's Icho captures historic wrestling gold
Kaori Icho's cold, tense stare never changed as she wiped out opponent after helpless opponent.
It was only when Icho sealed her third straight Olympic gold medal that she showed the world how relieved she was to have done it again.
Icho won the women's 63-kilogram freestyle division Wednesday at the London Games, becoming the first Japanese woman to capture the same event...
Via AP on Fox
August 08, 2012
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WWE Interviews Olympic Wrestler Jake Herbert - ...
WWE.com recently interviewed Olympic wrestler Jake Herbert, who also happens to be a WWE fan. Herbert is a former two-time NCAA wrestling champion, and will compete for the gold medal in the 185 lb weight class in London on August 11.
Here are highlights:
On if he would consider a move into "sports entertainment": "I wouldn't mind it. I was just talking...
Via eWrestlingNews
August 03, 2012
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