“We’ve put ourselves in a position where people are talking about the American team. “Some people will look at that as pressure, but pressure is a privilege. “We need to show that we’re consistent in what we do, from competition to competition,” said Terry Steiner, the U.S. The 2021 world championships serve as a unique (and quick) follow-up opportunity for these high-flying American wrestlers. Olympic team since they won three at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Of the nine, three were gold: from Taylor, Gable Steveson at 125 kilos (275 pounds), and women’s wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock at 68 kilos (150).
Yes, eight weeks ago, USA Wrestling produced a historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics, winning nine medals, which is the most by the U.S. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to go out and wrestle.” “My plan this whole year was to win the Olympics and win a world championship, even knowing it was an eight-week turnaround,” Taylor said last week at a world team training camp. Over the next week, he’ll get a crack at the second part of his to-do list at the 2021 world championships, beginning Saturday and continuing through Oct. He scored a takedown with 18 seconds left to defeat Iran’s Hassan Yazdani, 4-3, in the final. Taylor, the 30-year-old men’s freestyle wrestling star for the United States, met his first goal eight weeks ago in Tokyo by winning gold at 86 kilograms (189 pounds). It has more to do with skill and discipline than strength.Watch Video: Paris 2024 Olympics: Parisian landmarks to serve as competition venuesĭavid Taylor had two goals this year: win Olympic gold, then win a second world title. “People think Mack has been beating up on girls … The girls he wrestles with, they are tough. “He has so much respect for all the girls he wrestles,” said Beggs’ mother, Angela McNew.
He entered this year’s state tournament with a 32-0 record, beating three female wrestlers on his way to the championship. His march to a state championship was dogged by a last-minute lawsuit that tried to stop him.īeggs asked to wrestle in the boys’ division but the rules for Texas public high schools require athletes to compete under the gender on their birth certificate. It was his steroid therapy treatments while wrestling girls that stirred a fierce debate about competitive fairness and transgender rights last season. Video posted online showed a mix of cheers and boos from the crowd following Beggs’ win.īeggs is in the process of transitioning from female to male and taking a low-dose of testosterone. He beat Chelsea Sanchez – who he beat for the title in 2017 – in the final match on Saturday. Mack Beggs, an 18-year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, entered the tournament in Cypress outside of Houston with an undefeated record.
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