Category Olympic

Rix taking a big step up in training By PAUL BETIT, Portland Press Herald Writer Deanna Rix is on track for a possible berth on the United States women’s wrestling team for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In January, Rix,…

by Punch Jump Crew Sega Corp. said Monday that the company has entered a partnership with International Sports Multimedia to become the official publisher of software titles based on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The partnership, to conclude in 2009,…

Jesse Jantzen is quite possibly the most prolific wrestler in Long Island history. While at Shoreham-Wading River High School, Jesse compiled a record of 221-3, with all 3 losses coming prior to 9th grade. Jantzen is the only 6x Suffolk…

VANCOUVER — Daniel Igali is driven by dreams. His are not the fanciful visions so many of us conjure up in idle moments, however. Mr. Igali’s dreams are few in number and he is deadly serious about them. The Nigerian-born…

By KIM SKORNOGOSKI Tribune Staff Writer . Shy of 6 feet tall, Jon Redlin is not a small man. Still, his arms could barely wrap around Rulon Gardner’s 58-inch chest as Redlin held on for dear life while the Olympic…

COLUMBUS, OH ” Rulon Gardner, 2000 Olympic Gold Medal Wrestling Champion and 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist, will be the keynote speaker at the 2005 Ohio Turfgrass Conference & Show, Dec. 6-8 in Columbus, OH. Gardner’s speech is scheduled for 4…

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Prefecture-A victory in the sumo ring may not be due to hours of disciplined practice in the ancient sport after all. Just ask Masayuki Tanaka, a wrestler trained in Olympic-style wrestling, who recently claimed victory at the National…

RALEIGH, N.C. — This year’s NC State Fall Wrestling Clinic and Red-White scrimmage will feature a little added sizzle with four-time national champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Cael Sanderson slated to serve as one of the clinic’s instructors. The clinic…

BY JIM WRIGHT Press & Sun-Bulletin Toni Copeland, the 18-year-old McDonough woman trying to become an Olympic wrestler, drowned Sunday with a friend while they were swimming in Lake Superior. Copeland was staying at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich.,…

By KEILA SZPALLER Tribune Staff Writer Wyoming farm boy turned Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner will be in Great Falls next month giving a talk for the Montana Farmers Union’s 90th annual convention. “Because it’s our 90th, we really wanted to…

The retired Greco-Roman wrestler was in studio to talk to sports anchor Susie Wargin about life after wrestling and his new book “Never Stop Pushing”. However, business reporter Gregg Moss (who must have read the book) asked Rulon if he…