Freestyle wrestling
United States' David Morris Taylor III celebrates holding the US flag after winning the gold medal in the men's 86kg Freestyle wrestling event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
USA Wrestling makes statement, leads way with 9 medals

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 07, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

Japan's Risako Kawai, right, and United States Helen Louise Maroulis compete during the women's 57kg Freestyle semifinal wrestling match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Helen Maroulis loses to Risako Kawai in 57kg semifinals

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 04, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

From left, silver medalist, Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu, gold medalist, United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah, bronze medalist, Ukraine's Alla Cherkasova and bronze medalist, Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Mensah-Stock 1st first Black U.S. woman wrestler to win gold

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 03, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Olympics Latest: Women's semifinals set in beach volleyball

Aug. 02, 2021 08:59 PM EDT

Silver medalist, United States Adeline Maria Gray celebrates during the ceremony medal for the women's 76kg freestyle wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
USA's Gray loses 76kg final to Germany's Rotter-Focken

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 02, 2021 09:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2015, file photo, United States' Adeline Gray celebrates her gold medal win, defeating Canada's Justina Distasio during the women's freestyle 75 kg final in wrestling competition in the Pan Am Games in Mississauga, Ontario. Gray has done everything except win an Olympic gold medal during her outstanding career. The five-time world champion is one of the most dominant competitors ever in women’s freestyle wrestling. But misfortune struck at the 2016 Games when she lost to Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus in the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
USA's Gray seeks Olympic gold to go with her 5 world titles

By Cliff Brunt Jul. 28, 2021 12:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, United State's Kyle Dake, left, takes India's Sachin Giri to the mat during their 79 kg match in the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Iowa City, Iowa. Dake finally broke through at age 30 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and qualified for Tokyo at 74 kilograms. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
U.S. wrestler Kyle Dake finally has chance at Olympic gold

By Cliff Brunt Jul. 07, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

Kyle Dake off to Tokyo after sweeping Burroughs at US trials

Apr. 03, 2021 10:49 PM EDT
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Dake ended Jordan Burroughs' decade of dominance in American wrestling, making the Olympics for the first time with a sweep in...

FILE - J'Den Cox of the United States celebrates his win over Ivan Yankouski of Belarus in the final of men's freestyle 92kg category of the Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in this Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, file photo. Two-time world champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J'den Cox is out of the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials in Fort Worth, Texas, after not making weight Friday, April 2, 2021, USA Wrestling announced. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)
Dake gets shot at Burroughs with wins at wrestling trials

Apr. 02, 2021 11:54 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1932, file photo, American athlete Jean Shiley, from Philadelphia and captain of the U.S. Women's track and field team, clears the bar at 5 feet, 5 ¼ inches to break the Olympic and world record during at Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, during the Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/File)
Los Angeles' first Olympics set template for future Games

By Joe Reedy Jul. 30, 2020 02:28 PM EDT

A man wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks at the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Tokyo. The postponed Tokyo Olympics have again reached the one-year-to-go mark. But the celebration is small this time with more questions than answers about how the Olympics can happen in the middle of a pandemic. That was before COVID-19 postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Column: Olympic athletes ponder what might've been in Tokyo

By Paul Newberry Jul. 24, 2020 06:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, file photo, United States' Jordan Ernest Burroughs celebrates after defeating Khetik Tsabolov, of Russia, in the men's freestyle 74-kg category during the final of the Wrestling World Cup at the Paris Bercy Arena, in Paris, France. Burroughs, the face of U.S. wrestling for nearly a decade, said Wednesday, July 15, 2020, he plans to compete another four years with the hope of finishing his career at the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
US wrestling star Burroughs planning to compete until 2024

By Eric Olson Jul. 15, 2020 06:25 PM EDT