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The United States' David Taylor has set up a mouthwatering final in the 86 kilograms category against Hassan Yazdani of Iran at the United World Wrestling World Championships in Oslo.

The United States' David Taylor has set up a mouthwatering final in the 86 kilograms category against Hassan Yazdani of Iran at the United World Wrestling World Championships in Oslo.

The United World Wrestling World Championships returns tomorrow in the Norwegian capital Oslo following the cancellation of last year's edition in Belgrade, with 25 medallists from this summer's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games included in the entries.

Former Huskers Jordan Burroughs and James Green will attempt to win World Gold starting Sunday

The United States finished on top of the wrestling medal board at the Tokyo Olympics thanks to a silver and bronze earned in the final three events of the meet...

Ed Gallo breaks down the makeup of the men’s freestyle field at 74 & 125 KG at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Jul 24, 2021 / 10:25 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 24, 2021 / 10:25 PM CDT FILE – Minnesota’s Gable Steveson does a backflip to celebrate after defeating Michigan’s Mason Parris in their 285-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. The charismatic 21-year-old hopes a successful run at the Games launches him into a WWE career like his mentor, Brock Lesnar, and an acting career like former WWE star Dwayne ‘T...

Tokyo Olympic Games - Top men’s freestyle wrestling contenders to win gold Share this story Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images In a way, the Tokyo Olympics will be the first major wrestling championship event since the World Championships in the summer of 2019. COVID-19 kept several major wrestling powers out of a potential 2020 World Championship, resulting in an unofficial “Individual World Cup” tournament in Serbia, which functioned as Worlds last year. Whi...

Five Cornellians are set to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics that will take place in Tokyo in July. The athletes will seek to add to Cornell’s total of 61 Olympic medals — including 43 in the summer games and 18 in the winter games.  Six Cornellians won medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, but no Cornellian has won a medal at the summer games since 1992. Here is a look at the athletes that will compete in Tokyo. Kyle Dake ’13 – Wrestling Four-time Division I national c...

Five years ago, Kyle Dake was injured and ready to retire. Though he had been one of America’s most successful freestyle wrestlers, he had come up short of his most lofty goals many times. Injuries to his labrum, bicep, hand, shoulder and foot played a significant role in his struggles. He also was trying to get past Jordan Burroughs — widely considered one of the best freestyle wrestlers of all time. Burroughs won an Olympic gold medal in 2012 and has claimed four world titles at 74...