I’d bet he takes DT if his schedule permits. DT has a very busy life now. He has 3 young daughters a Wife, a farm, and the M2 training center where he teaches younger guys. Will see
2024 USA Olympic Trials Thread
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From the outside looking in it is remarkable what they created with the NLWC and from that same view it is not ending anytime soon.
What about Bo being in Brook's corner, of course Bo may have other commitments.
Am I the only one here that's sad that there weren't more Iowa wrestlers being represented?
Congrats to Aaron! Great win over DT. Aaron looked much sharper, more match ready. I saw somewhere about all the time DT had between now and his last competitive match. They always say iron sharpens iron; nothing replicates that like actual matches. I do believe having just gone through the battles at Big Tens and NCAAs gave Aaron that edge that DT didn’t have. DT was a great champ; I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him. He’ll learn from this. Aaron will be a great champ too. I have a ton of respect for the young man the way he conducts himself on and off the mat. I couldn’t pick a better person to represent PSU and our country on the world stage. Looking forward to Paris and seeing him win gold.
Jason and David are two of the most prolific takedown artists in college wrestling history. In their four matches (24 minutes) with Kyle and Aaron they failed to score a takedown!
We may see DT again, but it won't be as the next USA Olympic representative. Can't beat Father Time.
No Olympics for sure. I do believe he’ll adjust his training/approach and compete for a World Team spot though. I have a feeling we’ll see these teo batlle again atleast one more time.
David Taylor-by changing his commitment to PSU when Cael was hired- and a 2 time national Champ and Hodge winner-and the 2021 Olympic gold medalist-and a great ambassador of the sport - and helping to elevate status of NLWC- and a great family man- and staying in the State College area and establishing the great M2 training center in the area and even training young wrestlers Levi Haines-will always be a Penn State wrestling hero. He deserves every accolade he gets-nothing is handed to a person in the sports world-it is earned through long years of hard work. David worked hard for years to become a World Champion and then Olympic champion., However, yesterday, Aaron Brooks who has gotten bigger and stronger and elevated his wrestling skills tremendously-was just the better wrestler. Perhaps it is that Aaron has had many more completive matches this spring.. Also, I saw in his video that David had to cut a lot of weight in a short time. Aaron is at the top of his game and an ascending talent who does not have the family/business obligations David has and is 10 years younger. What respect between the two -it was shown at the end of the match. However, also, David appeared -at that moment-quite sad-perhaps knowing that it is the end of the road and he will not win that second Olympic gold medal. Hard for me to believe that he wrestles at the top international level for 4 more years. Wrestling must be tough on the body and he is 33 and as noted above has many family/business obligations as he should at his age. David represents what is great about PSU wrestling and should always be seen as a PSU hero and role model. Hopefully he remains in the PSU area and continues with his M2 training program. Imagine being a kid and training there-even if you were not a great wrestler, there would be terrific life lessons.
It's not so much how many guys, but how many good wrestlers he'd have to beat.
Here is a list of countries that have/have not qualified so far:
2024 Olympic Wrestling Qualifiers - FloWrestling
Tracking the weights that are qualified for the 2024 Olympics in wrestling by country.
More of the tougher countries have qualified at 65 kg than at 57 kg, so Lee theoretically faces a tougher path than Zain. Of course, the tougher wrestlers could be from any country, including Russian expats, so we don't really know yet. The wrestling media will do this work for us in the next 2 weeks.
In general, I'd feel pretty good about both of their chances. Zain is a world champ, and Lee's style is a handful for guys who have already faced him.
Zain telling his son: Say "what happened to your face?" lol.
