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Penn State wrestling alums to represent Team USA at Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

It should be no surprise that the U.S. national wrestling team heading to the Olympics this summer will have these former Nittany Lions leading the way.

Penn State wrestling will be well-represented at this summer’s Olympic games in Paris, France. On Saturday, the United States wrestling team trials were held in the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, home to Penn State’s dominant national championship wrestling program, and some familiar faces battled on the mat for spots in the Olympics.

The biggest storyline was [autotag]Aaron Brooks[/autotag] pulling an upset of Olympic gold medalist [autotag]David Taylor[/autotag] in a battle of former Nittany Lion standouts in the 84 kg trials.

While Brooks cemented his spot on the roster, Taylor will also be on the U.S. National Team as well as the trials runner-up.

Taylor and Brooks will be joined in Paris by some fellow Penn State products. [autotag]Kyle Dake[/autotag] (74 kg) came out on top of former Nittany Lion [autotag]Jason Nolf[/autotag] for a spot on the team, but Nolf will also be on the Team USA roster after finishing in second place.

A fifth member of the Penn State wrestling family will be making plans to head to Paris as well. [autotag]Kyle Snyder[/autotag] (97 kg) picked up a win in his trials over Isaac Trumble to secure a spot on the U.S. national team.

A handful of others from the Penn State family kept their Olympic dreams alive as well. [autotag]Zain Retherford[/autotag] (65 kg) will have a chance to qualify for the Paris Games in May. [autotag]Nick Lee[/autotag], who lost to Retherford, earned a spot on the U.S. team thanks to his second-place finish. [autotag]Mitchell Mesenbrink[/autotag] (74 kg) took third place in the trials and earned a spot on the U.S. national team.

The Paris 2024 Olympics are set to begin on July 26 in Paris, France. Wrestling events will begin on August 5 and run through August 11. The world is about to get a dose of Penn State wrestling up close and personal.

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Revisiting the four Buckeyes that won Olympic medals in Tokyo

Here are all four Buckeyes that took home some hardware from Tokyo, including the results.

I can finally get some sleep.

If you’re like me, the Olympics come and you fascinate on it for two weeks, staying up way later than any human being should, go to bed, then get up for work, extremely sleep deprived then rinse and repeat. Then, as quickly as it changed your way of life for a couple weeks, it is gone. Welcome back to reality.

But hey, it’s time to take stock in how things went with former and current Ohio State athletes out in Tokyo now that all the gold, silver, and bronze dust has settled. All told, 26 Buckeyes took place in all the Olympic fun and a few of them walked away with some hardware around their neck.

We thought it’d be a good time to reflect upon the scarlet and gray hue of the 2020 Olympics and share it with you. All told, four former OSU athletes walked away with a medal and we’re sharing those with you.

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Former Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder wins silver medal in Tokyo

It wasn’t meant to be this time, but Snyder still brings a silver medal home to the states.

Captain America couldn’t finish on top this time.

Former Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder is one of the giants of USA wrestling and had a shot at gold on Saturday. Unfortunately, the man standing in his way was an old rival that had won 56 consecutive matches.

In fact, the “Russian Tank,” Abdulrashid Sadulaev, last lost a match when Snyder took him down during the 2017 World Championships. Sadulaev was simply too much early in the match for Snyder to mount a comeback that saw him fall 6-3 in the 97kg freestyle final Saturday. As a result, Snyder finishes with a silver medal to back up the gold he won during the 2016 Rio games.

Sadulaev jumped out to a 2-0 score when Snyder was “put on the clock” for not making enough effort to score. He was unable to tally any points during the next 30 seconds, giving the Russian two points. Shortly thereafter, a step out of bounds gave Sudulaev a 3-0 advantage through the first period.

The score was pushed to 6-0 in the second period when Snyder gained the advantage on some shots but couldn’t finish the deal. Sadulaev instead was able to score on counter moves. That deficit would be too much to overcome against a guy who had yet to yield any points through the matches leading into the final.

Snyder did manage to score three points on a takedown and a step out, but that would be it for the scoring.

With the silver medal, Snyder becomes the first Ohio State wrestler to ever win multiple medals at the Olympics. And at age 25, you’d have to think this is hardly the last we’ve seen from him. Paris 2024 is just three short years away, and we’re banking on seeing the former Buckeye back on the mat.

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Penn State wrestlers added to medal collection at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

Penn State wrestlers are bringing home some hardware from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

The 2020 Olympics are ending with plenty of medals up for grabs across the games, and Penn State wrestlers added two more to the collection early Saturday morning. Following David Taylor’s gold medal victory this week, two more former Nittany Lions are taking home hardware from Tokyo after Saturday’s results.

Kyle Snyder, who won the gold medal at the Rio games in 2016, was unable to go back-to-back for the gold medal this time around. Snyder finished with the silver medal in the 97 kg weight class, coming up short against Russia’s Sadulaev Abdulrashid. It is Snyder’s second career silver medal in international competition (2018 world championships).

Snyder wasn’t alone in winning Olympic medals on Saturday. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov was also in action, representing Uzbekistan. Abdurakhmonov won the bronze medal in the 74 kg weight class, bringing Penn State wrestling’s total medal count to four during the 2020 Olympics.

Thomas Gilman won the bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class this week as well.

All in all, this was a very successful trip to the Olympics for Penn State wrestlers. Four Olympic medals, including one gold, is a testament to the power of the Penn State wrestling program, which remains one of the best in the sport. Expect more medalists in the future to hail from Happy Valley.

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Kyle Snyder beats another former OSU wrestler Kollin Moore, secures spot in Olympics

Kyle Snyder took care of business against former Ohio State alum Kollin Moore to punch his ticket to the Olympics in Tokyo this summer.

One way or another, there was going to be a former Ohio State wrestler representing the United States at the Olympics in Tokyo this summer. That’s because Captain America (Kyle Snyder), and Kollin Moore were pitted against each other in a best of three to see who would don the red, white, and blue in the 97kg weight class.

Moore battled hard, but the favorite and well-seasoned Snyder took the first two matches to earn his spot. Snyder won the first one in a route 10-0, then came back in a business-like fashion and beat Moore by a score of 5-1 to end things and queue the celebration.

For Snyder, it’ll be his second-straight Olympic appearance. He was also a part of the USA squad that went to Rio de Janerio, winning gold for the United States.

It was a bittersweet rooting interest for Ohio State fans, but it’s hard not to get behind a guy that’s been such a force and ambassador for OSU and the wrestling community.

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Three former Ohio State wrestlers in Olympic trial finals

Kyle Snyder headlines three former Ohio State wrestlers competing for a spot in the Olympics at the U.S. Olympic trial finals on Saturday.

The USA wrestling Olympic trials has had a significant Ohio State flavor to it. The program had six wrestlers competing for a spot in Tokyo when it all started, and now there are three left in the finals, the most of any school in the country.

And that’s not all.

OSU is assured a spot in all the fun this summer as well because two of those Buckeye alum’s are facing off with one another in the 97kg weight class with Kyle Snyder taking on Kollin Moore. Snyder is of course an Olympic veteran and former World Champion and is the heavy favorite.

The other former Ohio State wrestler competing for a trip to the summer games is Joey McKenna at 65kg. He will face Oklahoma State alum, Jordan Oliver. The winner of that match will still have to qualify the weight for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 6-9.

All of the Final X Championship Series will be best-of-three bouts. The finals will begin at 7:30 p.m. and streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Good luck to these former Buckeyes on the mat!

Logan Stieber voted best Buckeye wrestler ever

The Ohio State Wrestling Twitter account hosted a tournament for best Buckeye ever this past weekend. Let’s take a look at the results.

The Ohio State Wrestling Twitter Championships concluded Sunday night, with a very expected result. Logan Stieber–one of only four four-time NCAA champions in history–defeated Kyle Snyder (who won three NCAA titles plus one runner-up) to win the coveted title.

The tournament itself was lots of fun, as after a few days of voting plenty of the competitors in the tournament got in the action. Whether it was some fun smack talk or just simple matchup analysis, former Buckeyes like Stieber, Snyder, Nathan Thomasello, J Jaggers, and plenty of others shared their thoughts. It was great fun and some much-needed distraction for Buckeye wrestling fans, and a great way for everyone to learn about the athletes in an awesome sport.

If you’re not already a fan of wrestling, just scroll through the @wrestlingbucks Twitter feed for the last few days. You’ll learn about a great and fun sport, and you’ll get to meet plenty of awesome past and present Buckeyes.

Two time-national champion Jaggers (Ohio State’s current assistant coach) defeated also two-time NCAA champion Tommy Rowlands in the third-place match. Kevin Randleman, Tomasello, Myles Martin, and Bo Jordan rounded out the top eight. There were a ton of fun matches along the way, including a somewhat obvious trend that recent Buckeyes overperformed, which makes sense with the voting being on Twitter. Look back through and share in the fun–and maybe we’ll get one of these again in a previously-scheduled offseason.