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USA Wrestling (formerly known as the United States Wrestling Federation and as the United States Wrestling Association) is the organization that currently governs freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling in the United States. USA Wrestling is also the official representative to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and ...
Wrestlers from the United States have taken part in most of the major men's freestyle wrestling competitions over the years, in particular the Olympic Games and World Wrestling Championships. Men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympics was first held in 1904. FILA (now known as United World Wrestling) began holding World Championships ...
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling.It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling.
At this year’s Olympic games, the United States will be represented by wrestlers in all six weight classes of the freestyle competition — Spencer Lee (57 kg), Zain Retherford (65 kg), Kyle ...
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and podcaster.He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken neck, and achieved wider fame for his tenure in WWE and TNA.
A wrestling singlet (or simply singlet) is a one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex/lycra or nylon, used in wrestling. The uniform is tight-fitting so as not to get grasped accidentally by one's opponent, and allows the referee to see each wrestler's body clearly when awarding points or a pin .
United State's Amit Elor celebrates after defeating North Korea's Sol Gum Pak during their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling semifinal match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics ...
John Michael "Yianni" Diakomihalis (born April 11, 1999) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms and 149 pounds. [1] In freestyle, he is the 2022 World silver medalist, a two-time US World Team member (2021 and 2022), the 2020 Pan American champion, the 2019 US Open national champion, and a two-time age-group World champion. [2]