By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY In Rulon Gardner’s view, these shoes were made for hawking. So one pair of size 13 Asics wrestling shoes, which Gardner left at center mat in Athens to signal his retirement after winning a bronze…
Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Sheng Zetian said that Chinese men can win their first-ever wrestling gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sheng, who won the bronze medals in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, said the changes to the…
n wrestling hotbeds like Iowa and Minnesota, they know all about Nate Gallick. You probably should, too. The former Tucson Sunnyside prep All-American is a standout at Iowa State and ranked No. 2 in his weight class in USA Wrestling’s…
By Alan Abrahamson Los Angeles Times Brian Roney is 45, married with two kids, a park manager for California’s Lake Casitas Recreation Area. Twenty-five years have passed, yet “I just haven’t been able to get rid of that bitterness, “he…
The shoes Rulon Gardner left at the 2004 Olympics were meant to signal his retirement from wrestling. But since then, Gardner has trekked across the country promoting the sport he can never really abandon. Gardner handed the torch to the…
It’s no surprise that Shon Lewis has evolved from a basketball wannabe in junior high to a four-time national wrestling champion and a coach of the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The intensity of…
What Would Happen if Two of the Greatest Olympic Teams Ever Went Head-to-Head? Read Below to Find Out By Kyle Klingman “TWM Columnist Please send comments, questions or replies to: [email protected] When conversations arise about great United States freestyle Olympic…
Wrestling’s new world rises from sand By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY LONG BEACH, N.Y.” In 1985, a police helicopter patrolling Long Island’s beaches spotted a possible riot below. Upon alerting beach authorities, police learned it was just dozens of vacationing…
The host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad will be the city of London. Following four rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), today, at the 117th IOC Session, in Singapore, London eventually triumphed…
SINGAPORE – London was awarded the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, defeating European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948. After Moscow, New York and…
