As the 2024 Paris Olympics is only a few days away, athletes are undergoing intense training regimens and stringent routines to put up their best show. In the wrestling arena, these athletes are now moving forward towards the Pan American Championships, which will pull off its curtain from February 21-24 in Acapulco, Mexico. This event serves as a vital step towards securing the ticket to Paris.

Along the same lines, Helen Maroulis, a former Olympic athlete, is also preparing for the upcoming meet. Recently, she has made it to the spotlight not for her championship appearance, but for donning the coaching hat for a fellow wrestler. 

Helen Maroulis teaches Micic her signature move ahead of the Olympics

Recently, Helen Maroulis took to her Instagram and posted a short snippet on her account featuring world champion wrestler Stevan Adravia Micic. Along with the short video clip, she penned, “Did the World Champ get it or nah? @stevanandrijamicic #mondaymotivation move is the footsweep 🧹 . Stevan picked it up quite quick actually. Super fun to share and collaborate.”

Interestingly, this is the second video posted on Helen’s account where she is seen undergoing intense training sessions with the world champion wrestler Stevan Micic, ahead of the upcoming Mexican event. After fruitful sessions mentioning Stevan, Helen also extended gratitude to the young wrestlers by saying, “Super grateful to learn from @stevanandrijamicic and his father.”

She added, “It’s so cool to pick someone’s brain and hear how they adjusted their training, techniques, and strategies. Learning from the World Champion!”. Since spectators already knew about Stevan and Helen’s training sessions, she hinted at her recent post by asking spectators if they would like to witness Stevan learning her foot sweep. Consequently, she taught her well-known foot sweep in the latest post. Interestingly, Helen stands as an Olympic Champion at the back of a horrific injury.

Overcoming all obstacles on the way to the top

Helen Maroulis is the first American woman who made it to clinch an Olympic gold in women’s freestyle wrestling at Rio 2016. However, her celebration turned into a challenge as she underwent a drastic change two years after this big achievement. In 2018, Helen witnessed a severe head injury that was soon diagnosed as PTSD. 

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After this traumatic experience, Helen said, “I wired myself from a young age to push through everything…the new lesson was like, you can’t keep doing this way, you have to actually learn how to listen to your body and like, be balanced and take care of yourself..”. However, Helen paved her way out of this tragic injury and is now aiming at the 2024 Paris Olympics along with Stevan Micic. Micic on the other hand, has his dream to live up to.

Last time, Stevan lost the bronze medal bout to the opponent wrestler Nurislam Sanayev at the Tokyo Olympics. However, he is aiming to achieve gold this year. This estimation can be made as he accomplished the world championship title 2023 by Kim Gukhyeon by 4-0 at the 57kg weight class. The outcome of the collaboration of the two champs remains to be seen.

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