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How did Penn State wrestling perform at the 2024 Olympic games?: Newsstand

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The scoreboard above the Olympic Team Trials mats at the Bryce Jordan Center. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)

Penn State news, notes, and updates for Aug. 12 include an Olympic wrestling recap, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to dive into Monday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.

Penn State tweets of the day

We start with a review of the Penn State and Nittany Lion Wrestling Club connections at the 2024 summer Olympic games in Paris. The five entries produced two medals, as four-time NCAA champ Aaron Brooks took bronze at 86 kilograms while Kyle Dake took third at 74 kilograms. A third NLWC member former Nittany Lion star, Zain Retherford, was in line to go for bronze on Sunday but medically withdrew Saturday night due to concussion symptoms. Find the full NLWC results below courtesy of Penn State Athletics.

Roman Bravo-Young (57 kg – Mexico)

1: L, 3-13 / Arsen Harutyunyan, Armenia

Zain Retherford (PSU 65 kg)

1: L, 0-8 / Rahman Amouzadkhalili, Iran

Repechage: Withdrew-Medical / Islam Dudaev, Albania

Kyle Dake (74 kg)

1: W, 10-0 / Anthony Montero Chirinos, Venezuela

Q: W, Fall / Yones Emamichoghaei, Iran

S: L, 12-20 / Daichi Takatani, Japan

Bronze: W, 10-4 Hetik Cabolov, Serbia

Aaron Brooks (86 kg)

1: W, 4-3 / Azamat Dauletbekov, Kazakhstan

Q: W, 11-1 / Hayato Ishiguro, Japan

S: L, 3-4 / Magomed Eldarovitch, Bulgaria

Bronze: W, 5-0 / Javrail Shapiev, Uzbekistan

Kyle Snyder (PSU RTC/97 kg)

1: W, 9-5 / AwusayimanC Habila, China

Q: W, Fall / Arturo Silot Torres, Cuba

S: L, 4-6 / Akhmed Tazhudinov, Bahrain

Bronze: L, 1-4 / Amirali Azarpira, Iran

Headlines of the day

DE Dani Dennis-Sutton ready to be ‘the guy,’ fulfill NFL potential: McGonigal, PennLive

Five reasons to feel good about Penn State football in 2024: Pickel, BWI

Penn State’s Alyssa Naeher Saves Gold for the USA at the Paris Olympics: Wogenrich, SI

Inside the Den: Penn State football preseason practice report: Bauer, BWI

Penn State Offense, Defense ‘More Even’ Than Usual This Preseason: Engle, Statecollege.com

Can one practice moment tell us a lot about the Penn State offense outlook in 2024? ‘This is different’: Pickel, BWI

Former Penn State DE Shaka Toney agrees to terms with Dallas Cowboys: Daily Collegian

Quote of the day

“A couple years ago, last year, it wouldn’t even be close in the competition period. But now, the defense is real good, but we’re right there with them. So I think just how much stress we put on them with our offense and everything that we do, it just creates opportunities for us to make plays and win periods like that.

“Our defense is one of if not the best in the country. If we can win against them, then there should be nobody that can stop our offense when a season comes.”

–PSU WR Kaden Saunders on preseason camp so far.

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