The medals are coming in for some of Penn State’s finest world-class athletes. On Thursday, one of the wrestling program’s top performers in recent years became an Olympic gold medalist.
David Taylor had the gold medal awarded to him following his gold medal match victory over Iran’s Hassan Yazdanicharati, the top-seeded wrestler in the Olympic field for the 86kg weight class. Yazdanicharati is a two-time world champion, but Taylor improved to 3-0 all-time against the Iranian wrestling star.
Taylor’s matches combined to last a total of 10 minutes and 49 seconds, with none of his matches lasting the full six minutes. Taylor notched three technical falls before time expired.
Your Olympic Champion! David Taylor!
GOLD MEDALIST🥇@GettyImages #OlympiansMadeHere
Click for full graphic! pic.twitter.com/cHUO2SEa29— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) August 5, 2021
The Magic Man… @magicman_psu
David Taylor is the Olympic Champion!
Read the updated recap on all the @NittanyLionWC wrestlers and multiple medal winners now!@GettyImages #OlympiansMadeHere #PSUwr https://t.co/4XkB111mcn pic.twitter.com/T9fLrztoZ3— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) August 5, 2021
Magic on the mat.
David Taylor. Olympic champion. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/bI8VLYW9kw
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 5, 2021
OLYMPIC GOLD for The Magic Man!!!
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Incredible finish for David Taylor!!!
📸 Tony Rotundo pic.twitter.com/lvb9ou0DFV— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) August 5, 2021
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