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  1. Get To Know Your 2023 Women's Freestyle U23 World Team

    Get To Know Your 2023 Women's Freestyle U23 World Team

    Oct 15, 2023

    The 2023 U23 World Championships are live on FloWrestling October 23-28 in Tirana, Albania, on October 25-27. Here is what you need to know about this year’s women’s freestyle team.
  2. U.S. Women's National Team Shows Diverse Paths To Success

    U.S. Women's National Team Shows Diverse Paths To Success

    Oct 9, 2023

    There’s more than one way to reach high-level success — and this year’s women’s national team proves it. The top three finishers at every weight are on the USA Wrestling National Team, which leads to funding and first-in-line preference for international competitions.
  3. U.S. Women Have Tough Decisions To Make For 2024 Olympic Trials

    U.S. Women Have Tough Decisions To Make For 2024 Olympic Trials

    Sep 26, 2023

    The 2023 World Championships are over, and now the real work begins. The Olympic Games, unfortunately, shrinks to six weight classes in each style from 10 at the Worlds.
  4. Women's Weekly: What We Learned From The World Team Trials

    Women's Weekly: What We Learned From The World Team Trials

    May 22, 2023

    The World Team Trials took place over the weekend and all Final X matchups are now set. Below are the 10 best-of-three matches we get to see along with what we learned from the weekend.
  5. Final X Match-up: Macey Kilty vs Mallory Velte

    Final X Match-up: Macey Kilty vs Mallory Velte

    May 15, 2023

    Final X, presented by Tezos, is Saturday, June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and will be streamed LIVE on FloWrestling. Final X determines the 2023 U.S. Senior World teams in all three Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman.
  6. Final X Men's Freestyle Complete Scoring Breakdown

    Final X Men's Freestyle Complete Scoring Breakdown

    Jun 16, 2022

    Wrestling always has been and probably, given the nuanced and complicated nature of the sport, always will be lacking in the stats department. I'm doing my very small part to fix that. Below is a breakdown of all the scoring across the 24 matches men's freestyle matches at Final X Stillwater and New York.
  7. Early Predictions For Team USA At 2022 Worlds

    Early Predictions For Team USA At 2022 Worlds

    Jun 9, 2022

    Team USA’s world team is set and expectations are high for the men’s freestyle team. With 3 months remaining, it's time for some “way too early predictions” and give a brief outlook on every weight at the 2022 world championships in men’s freestyle.
  8. All The Scoring Action From Final X NYC

    All The Scoring Action From Final X NYC

    Jun 9, 2022

    If you're ready to re-live the best scoring action from Final X New York City, scroll through this compilation of scoring highlights from all 14 best-of-three series.
  9. The Complete Final X New York Greco Preview

    The Complete Final X New York Greco Preview

    Jun 7, 2022

    All five series on the docket for Final X New York presented by Tezos involve the elite of the elite in American Greco-Roman wrestling. Who the headliners are is subjective fodder, but many are looking forward to the only Olympic Trials final rematch from last year pitting ‘21 World bronze G’Angelo Hancock against Braxton Amos, who captured a World bronze last year on the Junior level.
  10. Women's Weekly: Nationals And Pan-Ams

    Women's Weekly: Nationals And Pan-Ams

    May 12, 2022

    The Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, hosted one of the biggest women’s wrestling tournaments in the country over Mother’s Day weekend. Women’s Nationals set the stage for the upcoming age-level World Championships later this year.
  11. All The Ranked Registrants At Women's Nationals

    All The Ranked Registrants At Women's Nationals

    May 4, 2022

    All the ranked wrestlers registered to compete at Women's Nationals in Fort Worth, TX.
  12. Women's Weekly: Championship Season

    Women's Weekly: Championship Season

    Feb 28, 2022

    All NCAA-affiliated teams completed their regional qualifying process and will compete at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships in Adrian, Michigan, on March 4-5. Each bracket features 20 participants from varying schools, although some programs qualified more than one wrestler per weight. Only one wrestler per team scores points. McKendree is the reigning two-time national team champion.
  13. Team USA Announces Yariguin Lineup

    Team USA Announces Yariguin Lineup

    Jan 18, 2022

    By Taylor Miller-Gregorio, USA Wrestling
  14. Maroulis & Gray Return To The Games: Women's Olympic Team Trials Recap

    Maroulis & Gray Return To The Games: Women's Olympic Team Trials Recap

    Apr 5, 2021

    What a night in Fort Worth. When Helen Maroulis pinned Jenna Burkert in match 3 of the 57 kg finals, it capped off a weekend of high drama playing out on the biggest stage in domestic wrestling, the Olympic Team Trials. For some, all the hard work and dreams came down to a moment, but none more emotional than the final Maroulis-Burkert match.
  15. Complete Recap Of The Historic Captains' Cup

    Complete Recap Of The Historic Captains' Cup

    Feb 15, 2021

    CORALVILLE, IOWA - It was close. VERY close. The finals of the inaugural Captain’s Cup came down to the last match, where 76 kg Dymond Guilford sealed it for Team Mensah-Stock over Team Winchester to win the trophy and the cash with a 10-0 tech fall over Geneva Gray. That put the match score tied at 3-3, but put Team Mensah-Stock ahead in classification points 13-12. It was the same exact result on Day 1, when Team Mensah-Stock won their pool with a 13-12 victory in classification points over Team Hildebrandt after the match score was tied 3-3.