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NEWS: Everest Leydecker wins World title

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Tanner Lafever

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ICYMI: a pretty massive accomplishment was just made this morning by Iowa freshman Everest Leydecker:



Leydecker (just 19 years old) becomes the first Iowa women’s wrestler since the program was established (2021) to win a World/Olympic title. And she helped make several other bits of history for Team USA as well.

Here’s my story on it all:

www.on3.com

Iowa freshman Everest Leydecker wins Senior World title

Go ahead and check off another 'first' for the Iowa women's wrestling program - the latest courtesy of Everest Leydecker. On Friday morning, the Hawkeye
www.on3.com www.on3.com

And if you happened to miss the gold medal match, here it is in its entirety:

 
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WhiteDog125

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So wonderful. It goes without saying but women’s/girls wrestling saved our sport for sure. Go hawks
 
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Kohawks99 said:
"Saved the sport," is a big drastic - my opinion.
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Well, it is true that one of the major reason a sport that has millions of participants nationwide has operated on the edge of extinction for a long time for one primary reason - it has been a male-only sport. In the age of Title IX that is a big, big problem.

The introduction of females into the sport, in large numbers, is realistically the only way it can be saved.
 
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