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The 2024 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling were held at the Bryce Jordan Center of State College, Pennsylvania, on April 19–20, 2024. [1] This event determined the representative of the United States of America for the 2024 Summer Olympics at each Olympic weight class .
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]
[2] [3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. Mijaín López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event after winning in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg, [4] Japan has topped the medal table for the fourth time.
The best wrestlers in the country are converging on Penn State University this week for the U.S. Olympic Trials at the Bryce Jordan Center, aiming to qualify for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Penn State wrestling will be the epicenter of the sport this weekend in America. The university that just won its 11th national wrestling title in 13 years is hosting the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team ...
2020 defending champion David Taylor (86 kg) talks with reporters during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Wrestling Pre-Event Press Conference at the Bryce Jordan Center April 18, 2024, in State College.
In turn, later that year during the November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown, the brand's general manager Nick Aldis unveiled the WWE Women's United States Championship to be a secondary championship for the main roster women's division on the SmackDown brand, countering the men's WWE United States Championship.
Aaron Brooks defeated reigning 86-kilogram gold medalist David Taylor in consecutive matches Saturday night at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, claiming a roster spot at the Paris Olympics.