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Kyle Dake ’13 Repeats Olympic Bronze
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No other wrestler has repeated the same Olympic medal since Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia in the ’04 and ’08 games.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-wrestling/)
No other wrestler has repeated the same Olympic medal since Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia in the ’04 and ’08 games.
“[The win] was not guaranteed, whatsoever,” Arujau said.”I just had to constantly fight back and, ultimately, do the thing I do, which is wrestle.”
The championship marks Cornell’s 20th title in the last 21 seasons.
Finishing with a 32-9 final score, the meet highlighted Cornell’s overwhelming dominance as they overcame a few surprising upsets from the Lions.
Following three recent losses against ranked opponents, the Red entered a tough weekend slate and took down Harvard, Brown and No. 2 Missouri across two grueling days of wrestling.
Cornell had five podium finishes, including three top-4 finishers.
A four-time national champion and one of the greatest Cornell wrestlers of all time, Yianni Diakomihalis has been named The Sun’s Male Senior Athlete of the Year.
Cornell wrestling returns from Tulsa with two national champions and a third-place finish for the team.
Cornell wrestling loses in its final dual meet of the season, snapping an 11-match win streak.
“It was a great showing from top to bottom. Every single wrestler wrestled above their seed, and I’ve never had a tournament like that,” Koll said.