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Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 12–21 August 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories.
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]
Men's freestyle 74 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium. This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold ...
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, which will determine the wrestlers who will represent the United States at the Paris Summer Games, will take place Friday and Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center ...
Zadick was the runner up in the 66 kg weight class at the United States Olympic Wrestling trials in 2000 and 2008. His younger brother, Mike, won a silver medal at the 2006 world championships and ...
Kennedy Blades defeated an Olympic silver medalist to win the wrestling Olympic trials and punch her ticket to Paris. Wrestler Kennedy Blades has been dreaming of Olympic gold since she was 8 ...
Jacob Deitchler (born December 1, 1989) is an American former wrestler who competed for the United States Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Deitchler, from Ramsey, Minnesota, is a former University of Minnesota wrestler and became the third wrestler in American history to go directly from high school and earn a spot on an Olympic Team.