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History has been made at the U23 World Wrestling Championship. After the upset of last year, Team USA has bounced back stronger than ever. Not just bettering themselves, but even more. Team USA set out on the championship journey with the goal of a golden run. To seek a better result and even better, to create history.

Started on 23rd October 2023, in Tirana, Albania, Team USA kicked off its run with a great squad. With a team of fierce wrestlers, Team USA commenced its medal run at the championship. By the second day, three of the wrestlers from Team USA had made it into the finals. Asserting dominance over the freestyle division.

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Creating Wrestling history for USA

The triple-threat freestyle wrestlers have made history for Team USA. Keegan O?Toole (74 kg), Aaron Brooks (86 kg) and Wyatt Hendrickson (125 kg) are the three elite wrestlers who have ended their final run of the championship with gold. It is the first time in the USA wrestling history that the USA has more than one U23 Champion.

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Team USA is one of the top-seeding teams in the standings with three gold runs. With the bronze of Jacob Cardenas, the position at the championship has strengthened. It was his second time at the championship and was able to continue his medal run. With Isaac Trumble securing a spot at the finals at 97 kg and Doug Zapf a spot in the bronze medal match, Team USA’s standing gets even stronger.

The triple threat wrestlers

Keegan O?Toole is a two-time age-group world champion. He had a lead of 4-1 through two first-period takedowns. By adding another takedown in the second period Keegan defeated Imam Ganishov. Aaron Brooks dominated the game with takedowns and a four-point move to register a clean lead of 10-0 over his opponent and win by technical fall.

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Wyatt Hendrickson took a quick lead, which was followed by an explosive offence over his opponent winning by a technical fall with 13-3. The triple threat was electric on the mat, not just winning it but dominating it. Going down in the history of USA wrestling and strengthening the position and bettering it from the last championship.

The overall performance of the freestyle wrestlers of Team USA has been impressive with every wrestler contributing to the top standings in the championship.

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