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Paris 2024 – Opening Ceremonies – Keep The Flame Alive: The Olympics & Paralympics Fan Podcast
Let the Games begin! We’ve just experienced the most unique Opening Ceremonies in Olympic history. We break it down from two perspectives–Jill was on the Seine for the show (in the rain), and Alison was at a watch party. Who had the better time?
Paris 2024
Paris 2024 Day 5 Wrestling Preview: FS 74kg and 125kg; WW 62kg – United World Wrestling
Kyrgyzstan is waiting for its first Olympic champion, in any sport. Two came close to ending that drought in Tokyo when Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) and Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) reached the final in Greco-Roman 77kg and women's wrestling 62kg. Both fell short.
Paris 2024: Kadzimahamedau to wrestle at 74kg – United World Wrestling
The 74kg weight class at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will have 18 wrestlers. It was confirmed after the International Olympic Committee approved the participation of Individual Neutral Athlete Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (AIN).
U.S. wrestling vets Snyder, Maroulis bring wisdom to Paris | NBC Olympics
Wrestling-Bereaved Dake wears pain on a pendant – Reuters
Kyle Dake has a lump in his throat every time the American wrestler speaks about his father Doug, who passed away in April.
2024 Olympic Preview: 74 kg Men's Freestyle – InterMat
It’s late July which means the 2024 Olympic Games are right around the corner. Over the next two weeks, InterMat will bring you individual weight class previews for each of the 18 weights contested at the Olympic Games.
2024 Olympic Preview: 57 kg Women's Freestyle – InterMat
It’s late July which means the 2024 Olympic Games are right around the corner. Over the next two weeks, InterMat will bring you individual weight class previews for each of the 18 weights contested at the Olympic Games.
Former Rutgers wrestling star and Toms River native Sebastian Rivera carried out a huge honor Friday as Puerto Rico’s flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
Jody Strittmatter sees potential for more Olympians in local club – Tribune-Democrat
Spencer Lee is about to become the first former Young Guns Wrestling Club member to compete in the Olympics, but he might have some company in the years to come.
Lehigh Valley native returns to Olympics – The Morning Call
Four years ago, Shelby Hoppis stood on the Olympic sidelines as women wrestlers battled on a blue and orange wrestling mat, with zero fans in a Tokyo stadium. Nine Olympic medals was the payoff.
Snyder and Abdulrashid Sadulaev were headed on a collision course before the Russian was punished for his “support of the Ukraine-Russia war.”
When the Lehigh Valley’s Olympians are competing and how to watch – LehighValleyLive
Three Lehigh Valley athletes will compete for Olympic glory at the Summer Games in Paris, which will hold their opening ceremony 1:30 p.m. (EDT) Friday.
Granger native Sarah Hildebrandt is back at the Olympics this summer with a new training partner, a new coach and a new mindset. The change from her debut Olympics in Japan three years ago and Thursday morning in Paris’ Palais des Congrès media center was evident from the moment the Penn High School grad stepped into a pre-Olympics press conference with her USA teammates and coaches.
This Springfield College alum won Olympic gold. But his lifelong opponent was cancer
Forty years after winning Olympic gold, Springfield College alum Jeffrey Blatnick’s life and legacy will be honored this weekend.The Springfield College Wrestling Alumni group will host a lunch at the college museum at noon Saturday to remember Blatnick, an Olympic wrestler who took a unique path to greatness — through a battle with cancer.
5 of the Wackiest Sports in Olympic History – TIME
There will be 32 sports at the Paris Summer Olympic Games (Jul. 26-Aug. 11). While some events—such as fencing, swimming, and tennis—date back to the original Olympics in 1896, there are some newer events like breaking, skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing.
Women-dominated wrestling team ‘Dangal ready' at the Paris Olympics 2024 – India Today
A women-dominated wrestling team gears up for ‘Dangal' at the Paris Olympics 2024. Among the six Indian wrestlers who went to Paris, five of them were females, led by VInesh Phogat.
NCAA News
NCAA Settlement Lawyers Can Seek Cut of Athlete Revenue – Sportico
The long-awaited, long-form settlement in House v. NCAA that was presented to a federal court Friday includes not only unique terms for how college athletes can get paid, but how their attorneys get compensated.
New college sports roster limits revealed as House settlement expands scholarship numbers – Yahoo
More than 750 additional scholarship spots are coming to college sports.
For decades, the NCAA and college sports leaders went to great lengths to both avoid court and congressional intervention.
College News
Former wrestlers raising funds for legendary Pitt-Johnstown coach's family – Tribune-Democrat
A GoFundMe page to help support the family of University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown wrestling coach Pat Pecora, who has been battling lung cancer in a Pittsburgh hospital for nearly a month, raised almost $15,000 within a few hours of being posted Friday.
NDSU Wrestling Announces 2024 Signing Class – NDSU
North Dakota State wrestling and head coach Obenson Blanc announced the 2024 signing class Thursday afternoon.
Chander Ends Tenure as Head Wrestling Coach – Penn College of Technology Athletics
Pankil Chander is stepping down as Penn College's Head Wrestling Coach to accept another full-time coaching opportunity.
SMSU selected to host 2026 NCAA Super Region Wrestling Tournament – SMSU Athletics
The NCAA Division II Championships Committee recently announced that Southwest Minnesota State University has been selected to host a 2026 NCAA Division II Super Region Wrestling Tournament inside the R/A Facility.
High School News
There were 26 Rockford-area wrestlers that drove into Fargo, North Dakota, last week for the USA Wrestling Junior and 16U Nationals, and four of them came away as All-Americans.
