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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 ‘The Rock’ Johnson. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) Gable Steveson loves to put on a show — during ...

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. Which means this year’s Olympics will finally let fans see the absolute best collide for the most pre...

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 champion Kyle Dake ’13 is set to represent the United States in wrestling. Dake secured his spot on...

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 kilograms. In 2017, Dake shifted his approach to rehabilitation and working out with help from a c...