The New York Times

Kyle Dake chases Olympic wrestling gold, helped by a bond with an old friend

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — David Taylor knew he needed to let Kyle Dake in on a significant development this past spring. Shortly after Taylor’s own competitive wrestling career ended abruptly with a loss ...
Inside The Games

Cuba's López chases historic fourth gold as wrestling poised to begin at Tokyo 2020

Mijaín López will bid to make history with a fourth Olympic wrestling gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ©Getty Images The 38-year-old would match the record of Japanese women's great Kaori Icho if ...
Inside The Games

Wrestling legend Yoshida offered coaching role alongside competing at Tokyo 2020

Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida of Japan has reportedly been offered the chance to coach the women's team at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images Yoshida, winner of the Olympic gold medal in ...
NCAA

What we learned about the strength of the college wrestling-to-Olympics pipeline after the Paris Games

Back in 2018, Iowa's Spencer Lee, Northwestern's Sebastian Rivera and Lehigh's Darian Cruz all competed together in the 125 pound bracket at the NCAA championships — Lee would go on to win that ...