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Two-time Olympic champion Helen Maroulis is heading to Yorktown Heights this June to inspire the next generation of wrestlers and support a brand new girls wrestling program. The clinic will help fund both her 2028 Olympic training and equipment for Yorktown's first-ever girls varsity wrestling team.
Two Paris Olympic champions stepped back onto the mat for the first time since their golden moments, each competing with their young daughters cheering from the stands. Kenichiro Fumita and Rei Higuchi both advanced to their finals at the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, marking triumphant returns after becoming parents.
Just two years after watching their cousin Saeid Esmaeili win Olympic gold in wrestling, two Iranian teenagers captured their own gold medals at the U17 Asian Championships. The cousins had never wrestled before Esmaeili's historic Paris victory changed their family's life forever.
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics just made history with the most spread-out Games ever, featuring opening ceremonies in four different locations and two Olympic cauldrons burning 400 kilometers apart. Athletes chose to march where their sports actually happen instead of trekking hours to a football stadium.
A shy 15-year-old from Harlem discovered unstoppable confidence through New York City's first all-girls wrestling club, where an Olympic champion helps young women find strength they never knew they had. The Lucha Wrestling Club is transforming lives in the Bronx, one match at a time.
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics just wrapped up with record-breaking viewership, the most gender-balanced Games in history, and athletes from 92 nations competing across Italy's stunning venues. Two countries won their first-ever Winter Olympic medals, including Brazil's historic gold.
Shako Bentinidis, the coach who guided Bajrang Punia to an Olympic bronze medal, is returning to India with a bold mission: eliminate the inferiority complex holding back Indian wrestlers and build champions with a gladiator mindset. The Wrestling Federation of India just appointed him to lead the entire men's freestyle team.
Olympic medalists Amit Elor and Spencer Lee are among 12 elite wrestlers heading to Final X in June, where America's 2026 World Team will be decided. The event doubles as a fundraiser for New York City youth wrestling programs.
Sarah Hildebrandt kept a daily list on her phone tracking whether she wanted to stay retired or compete again. When she realized fear, not logic, was holding her back, the Olympic champion laced up her wrestling shoes once more. ##
Germany's luge team completed a perfect Olympic relay record, winning their fourth consecutive gold medal since the event began. Two teammates now hold an incredible seven Olympic gold medals each.
Wrestling legend Jordan Burroughs, who won Olympic gold in 2012 and four World Championships, is making his RAF debut in August. The 37-year-old's transition shows that athletic excellence can open new doors at any stage of life.
France celebrated a breakthrough moment as Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in ski mountaineering's mixed relay event. The Winter Olympics added the high-altitude endurance sport to its program for the first time in 2026, giving athletes a fresh stage to showcase years of dedication.
Olympic silver medalist Blessing Oborududu will mentor young athletes at the first Youth Olympics on African soil. The Nigerian wrestling champion joins 30 elite athletes guiding the next generation in Senegal.
WWE honors the legacy of Allen "Bad News Brown" Coage, a bronze medalist judoka who became one of wrestling's most memorable competitors. The 2026 Hall of Fame induction celebrates a trailblazer who excelled in two demanding sports.
Japanese wrestler Rei Higuchi just made his comeback after winning gold in Paris, and he's chasing history: becoming only the second Japanese freestyle wrestler ever to win consecutive Olympic titles. He's already planning his strategy for the Los Angeles Games four years away.
Concord-Carlisle senior Ammar Bagasra returns to the Junior Olympics this week after winning silver last year in air pistol. The 18-year-old wrestler and marksman has his sights set on the 2028 Olympic trials.
Major League Wrestling's women's division is experiencing explosive growth, adding top talent and selling out shows nationwide. Star wrestler Scarlett Bordeaux says she's having more fun than ever as the roster expands with champions and rising stars.
Vladimir Mestvirishvili, the Georgian coach who spent 20 years mentoring India's Olympic wrestling medalists, received a posthumous Padma Shri award this week. The wrestlers he shaped into champions called him a father figure who cared as much about their wellbeing as their medals.
Zuzana Maderova arrived at the Winter Olympics without a single major career victory and left with an Olympic gold medal. The 22-year-old Czech snowboarder kept her country's winning streak alive in the parallel giant slalom with an unexpected triumph in Livigno.
Australia made history at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics as the nation's first-ever ski mountaineering athletes competed in the sport's Olympic debut. Phillip Bellingham and Lara Hamilton represented their country in "skimo," a grueling combination of climbing, skiing, and high-speed descents.
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