Brandon Slay
@CoachSlay
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Christian. Husband 2 Tina. Father of 4. Olympic Gold. @NWHOF member. @Penn @Wharton @DallasSeminary grad. Coach @PennsylvaniaRTC Insta: CoachSlay
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Faith over fear.
#FBF
:
@CoachSlay
🇺🇸 Stuns Eventual Three-Time Olympic Champ Saitiev
Brandon SLAY 🇺🇸 scored one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history after stunning eventual 3x Olympic 🥇and 6x world champ, Buvaisar SAITIEV 🇷🇺, 4-3, en route to the 76kg 🥇 at the ’00 Olympic Games.
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I’m thankful the President of the United States is also speaking out against the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkarai. No one should be hanged based on a world view protest. Isa, peace be upon Him, would not condone this.
#SaveNavid
#WhatWouldIsaDo
Hearing that Iran is looking to execute a great and popular wrestling star, 27-year-old Navid Afkarai, whose sole act was an anti-government demonstration on the streets. They were protesting the “country’s worsening economic situation and inflation”...
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Brain surgery results for
@IamRichPerryUSA
—
Surgery went extremely well. The Doctors are pleased and confident in Richard’s progressive recovery. He could fly back to Philly as soon as Monday.
Thank You Lord! We Praise You!
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In 1984, I was an 8 year old watching the LA Olympic Games. I told my grandma I wanted to be an Olympic Champion. She said, “You can. It will take a lot of hard work!” I immediately dropped down and did 20 push-ups. Happy J4! Onward & ever upward 🇺🇸
Brandon Slay stuns one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all-time.
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If you want to act like man, don’t buy a big truck, shoot a deer, get a tattoo, grow a beard, or bench press in a tank top. To act like a man, be loving to your wife, kids, and everyone else for that matter.
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The
@USAWrestling
Men’s Freestyle Wrestling Team brought 5 men to Tokyo, and they are bringing home 5 medals. 5 for 5. Absolutely amazing!
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This is the best interview I have ever heard Jordan give. It’s definitely worth your 2m. I encourage you to pass it on.
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After 1 month at Scripps Hospital in San Diego,
@IamRichPerryUSA
&
@MostlyGina
have arrived back to Philly. Rich is being transported to
@PennMedicine
tonight where he will begin his rehabilitation. Please, keep praying for his full recovery.
#Overcomer
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This mother of a murdered son makes a legit point.
Black mother whose son was murdered in New York City UNLOADS on DA Alvin Bragg for ignoring murderers while politically prosecuting President Trump:
"If no one is above the law, then I don't understand how Alvin Bragg could dismiss murder and gang assault indictments against two…
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It’s so good to have Rich back home! Please, keep praying for his full & complete recovery.
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Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:13
Your friends and community impact who you will become. Choose wisely.
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We rarely internalize how good we have it in 🇺🇸
Artur Naifonov, from North Ossetia, won bronze in the men's freestyle wrestling 86kg in Tokyo two days ago. In 2004, when Artur was seven years old, he was one of 700+ children held hostage during the Beslan School Siege. His mother was killed saving him. Unbelievable story.
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Please, pray for this wrestler named Maverick Bench from Kila, Montana. He is 8 years old and suffering from Aplastic Anemia. His first bone marrow transplant failed, and he is struggling with significant internal bleeding. Maverick needs us! Please, ask God to heal him!
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Congrats
@kerrileewalsh
on your 4th Olympic medal in a row! You inspire a myriad of folks through your character, effort & excellence.
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“Dearest Lord Jesus, please, be with the surgeons today as they operate on
@IamRichPerryUSA
- allow them to be calm, precise & excellent. Allow the surgery to improve Rich’s condition so he may have a full & complete recovery. In the name of Jesus, Amen.”
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This was a salty bracket!
1995 Midlands 167 pounds
Mollica — NCAA Champ
Zalesky — NCAA Champ
Burton — Olympian
Pritzlaff — NCAA Champ
Weber — NCAA Champ
Slay — Olympian
Weldon — NCAA Champ
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Agreed! Let it fly. Getting your hand raised shouldn’t define you, and not getting your hand raised shouldn’t destroy you. Train/compete for the love of the sport and not to fulfill you - only God can do that.
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Wrestlers. Take note. This is how you shoot up and get to your feet to avoid chest locks and cracks downs.
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Wins don’t define you, and losses don’t destroy you. Only your Faith can fulfill you. I’m so proud & inspired by
@Snyder_man45
and how he responded after the finals.
Must watch:
Drive on!
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This video gets my head bobbin because I’m really excited for Mark’s future. BUT, what impresses me even more is Mark finished his last class yesterday and will become the first person from his family to graduate from college. I’m so proud of him!
#BelieveInBetter
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It’s a boy!!!!
@CoachTinaSlay
did awesome and is recovering well.
Sawyer Douglas Slay
8.2 pounds & 20.5 inches.
Ultra thankful to God right now!
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The main job of a coach is to be a "Caretaker of Dreams," which is a huge opportunity & responsibility.
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It’s very important to note that
@usawrestling
won the 3rd most amount of medals for
@TeamUSA
@NBCOlympics
Swimming 30
Track 26
Wrestling 9
Gymnastics 6
Shooting 6
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No more
@thenorthface
for our family. This is wrong. All north face going to give away today. We need to stand up to this nonsense, not condone it, and not become numb to it’s constant attack on the future of our country.
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Dick DiBatista was 137-0 in high school & college. You couldn’t compete
@ncaawrestling
in your Freshmen year back then, and World War II caused them to cancel his opportunity to be a 3X NCAA Champion. True 98 year old legend!
Two Penn Wrestling Legends.
2x
@ncaawrestling
Undefeated Champion Dick DiBatista ‘43 and Olympic Champ
@CoachSlay
Spent Time Together Today!
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Dads- take him with you!
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Was true 3,000 years ago when King Solomon wrote it. Still true today:
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. -Proverbs 27:17
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This makes 4 Texans with Olympic medals now. 2 women and 2 men. And, we still don’t have a NCAA wrestling program. This must be remedied soon.
Slay 2000 🥇
Miller 2008 🥉
Dlagnev 2012 🥉
Mensah-Stock 2020 🥇 or 🥈
Tamyra is wrestling for gold! She teched her first two opponents and looked incredible in her semi’s match. One match to go! 🇺🇸🥇
She’ll face Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria for her chance to become an Olympic Champion
#uww
#WrestleTokyo
@wrestling
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Here is the perfect reason why you must butt drag (attack hamstring) vs reach around the waste to finish. And, the painful thing is this was the NCAA Finals in the 3rd period of a 1-1 match with 40 seconds left. Learn from my mistake and Mark’s creative genius.
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A big reason JB won was because of you and your willingness to be an amazing teammate. THANK YOU!
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The biggest thing holding you back from reaching your summit is.....your ego. Your ego values lies & is fueled by the perceptions of others which creates false motivations, fear, self protection. Value FULL EFFORT. Be grateful, breath, & do work...repeat.
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RTC’s
1. Significantly maximizes the development of high school and NCAA men/women which fast tracks Team USA
2. Finally give Sr level wrestlers the opportunity to train full-time as pros (HUGE)
3. Create more coaching jobs
4. Infuse millions of additional dollars into wrestling
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True inspiration!
The Championship Round Deserved A True Champion To Kick It Off.
@IamRichPerryUSA
Stepped Foot On The Palestra Mats To Say Thank You To All Who've Supported Him In His Battle Back From Severe Injury
#Overcomer
#PerryStrong
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.
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
beating Iran in wrestling @ the World Cup will help Make America Great Again. Please, help!
@USAWrestling
@TeamUSA
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“Dearest Lord Jesus, please, lean in close to
@mduroewrestling
during this time. Please, completely heal him if it’s according to Your will, & may You be glorified in the midst of this disease. In Jesus name, Amen.”
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As a Father of 3 girls who will one day be women (adult females), this is a very logical, reasonable, and sane perspective regardless of your politics.
“If you take a man and they dress up as a woman and you tell me I have to accept that they’re a woman, then you're asking me to be complicit in a lie,”
@RonDeSantisFL
tells
@bennyjohnson
.
“I refuse to do that.”
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Attached is a letter to the
@Penn
Board of Trustees from our Penn Wrestling Grapplers’ Club Board of Advisors. It is time for a change of leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Texas has 4th highest level of high school wrestlers in the Nation & doesn't have a D1
@ncaawrestling
program. Why
@NCAA
&
@TexasSports
??
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🙌🏼 Jesus
BREAKING: UFC champ Mark Coleman wakes up in tears while embracing his daughters after successfully saving his parents from a house fire.
Amazing!!
"I’m the happiest man in the world," Coleman said.
Coleman was airlifted to the hospital after carrying his parents out of…
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Why would any NCAA program not want to invite RTC qualified kids into their wrestling room to learn from their great coaches, foster Olympic dreams, maximize their development, and sharpen their leadership skills from April-Nov? Please, help me understand this. Why punt?
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Good reasons to compete:
1. Love of the sport
2. Passionate about the process of self improvement
3. EnJOY spending time with the lifelong friends you will make
4. Value the character & leadership skills it will build for life
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Congrats
@Snyder_man45
on your 6th Olympic and World medal!
I am so proud of your commitment, effort, and most importantly who you are as a man, leader, and one of the greatest role models I know.
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Watching the PA State tournament with my bride. I reminded her of all the rule differences between Folk & Free. She says, “Why do they have to have all these rule differences? It’s so confusing for spectators.”
Brilliant! STELLAR question!
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Here are 4 ultra important questions to ask yourself.
#4
is the key to reaching your Peak!
@USOlympic
@USAWrestling
http://t.co/wICfkC3uJL
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Congrats to
@USAWrestling
Men’s Freestyle Team...World Cup Champions for the first time since 2003! I’m very proud of their leadership, commitment to excellence, & how they represent
@TeamUSA
🎯
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One of the best double legs of all time!
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LEADERSHIP MATTERS
Amazing: 51 players on this year’s UCF team were on the team that went winless in 2015 (0-12). Two years later, they finish a perfect 13-0.
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Very impressive!
Arkansas used to not even have high school wrestling. Now they have a D1 program that is beating top tier teams after only 5 years. Leadership matters!
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The 22 year drought is over. Men's Freestyle Wrestling has earned the World Team Title. Congrats to
@USAWrestling
@TeamUSA
#AWESOMENESS
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You should wisely take all 5 paid visits & actually experience first hand all that each school has to offer. DON'T RUSH IT!
If you're not ready to commit yet, don't. Maybe it's the coaches faults for pressuring 16 year olds into a life altering decision too soon.
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Football players - if you want to take your play to the next level on the field, go get on the wrestling mat
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"Dearest Lord, take the Vegas victims & their families into your loving hands. Hold them close in Your ❤️. In the name of Jesus, Amen."
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2016 Freestyle Junior World Team heading to Macon, France for the Junior World Championships.
#MaconGold
🏅
#TeamUSA
🇺🇸
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After knowing Coach Duroe for over 20 years, I can say he epitomized CONSISTENCY in kindness, optimism, servanthood, hard work ethic, uniting others, self improvement, & spiritual growth. Now, he will consistently worship his Father in Heaven forevermore.
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1. Be fully prepared to compete
2. Give FULL effort
3. Have no regrets
4. Be coachable
5. EnJOY yourself
....Repeat
"I was jacked up baby." Hear from Kyle Snyder moments after his historic win over Sadulaev. ->
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Happy surprise 30th BDay to
@alliseeisgold
- so glad
@kenny_monday
&
@Snyder_man45
were in Philly as well to join the celebration. 🥇🥇🥇🥇
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Send this to every football coach you know. Harrison is right on!
"If my kids want to be football players, I'm going to have them wrestle." –
@horribleharry66
on mental & physical preparation for success.
#NFLCombine
@nflnetwork
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Congrats to Coach
@WhoIsJamesG
for leading the Under 17 World Team to a Team World Title!
@USAWrestling
@TeamUSA
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To be clear,
@USAWrestling
can host wrestling tournaments in Texas anytime they want. I’m in!
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The most important technique I ever learned from Dave Schultz.
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If you are close enough to your opponent, you can outside step to your double leg. Great memories in Texas!
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After having 3 beautiful girls, I’m still in awe that I actually have been blessed with a boy! So thankful!
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Wrestlers who want to be the best on the planet, takedown to leg lace is the most dangerous move in wrestling!
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I’m from Texas and dig big trucks, like to catch large mouth bass, grow a beard in the winter, and was born to bench, BUT real men stick to their word & lay down their lives for others (sacrificial love). America needs more real men!
If you want to act like man, don’t buy a big truck, shoot a deer, get a tattoo, grow a beard, or bench press in a tank top. To act like a man, be loving to your wife, kids, and everyone else for that matter.
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Update on Matt Dernlan. His feeding tube is removed, and he is finally eating solid food. Praise The Lord! Let’s keep praying.
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Athletes who sleep 8+ hrs are 68% less likely to be injured than athletes who sleep less. So get to bed early!
http://t.co/hKKReOhFR5
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This is a very thought provoking cartoon.
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In combat sports, to be the best, you must get beat up by the best.
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Well, now we know Mongolians choose briefs over boxers or tighty whiteys.
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In 2008/2009
@ZekeJones
had the vision to go all in with RTC's, & 2 quads later, it has really paid off. Having quality RTC coaches is key!
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Houston guard Jamal Shead stayed to clean up after his team following a tough loss to Alabama.
Leading by example 🙌 (via
@AustinRader24
)
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Casey Cunningham is a great wrestling coach and an even greater leader of men.
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This is a fantastic article on
@Snyder_man45
-- I strongly encourage you to read it, learn from it, and share it with everyone you know. It's that good.
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10 years of marriage to this amazing woman! 40+ years to go.
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2019 Cadet World Team 🇺🇸 - we are en route to Sofia, Bulgaria for the World Championships July 29-31. It’s an honor to lead these young men into battle alongside
@CoachKJ__
@USAWrestling
@TeamUSA
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Almost GO TIME! We are cheering for you in Philly
@that_dude_JO
World Olympic Qualifier 65 kg FS Preview –
@that_dude_JO
takes on tough field with
@wrestling
Olympic berth on the line
📝:
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This dude has friends in high places!
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." Proverbs 17:17
Everybody needs at least one good friend who’s willing to jump on a crocodile when you need it most...
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THIS IS WRONG.
Where are all the proponents of Title IX who fought against adversities faced by women? Where are all the women who have fought for an equal playing field for other women? I see the courage of
@Riley_Gaines_
and
@PaulaYScanlan
- who else thinks this is WRONG?
Boy Dominates Girls' High School Conference in California
Male runner, Athena Ryan from
@sonomaacademy
finished 1st in a field of 55 girls at the Coastal Mountain Conference Championships in Santa Rosa, CA this month.
@_TechnologyHS
freshman Josie Hill was cheated out of her…
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She did it!
@MensahTamStock
= OLYMPIC CHAMPION 🥇
I am so proud of this Pioneer!
@wbuwrestling
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Amen!
True sportsmanship. ❤️
After their match, Helen Maroulis embraced and gave support to her opponent Jenna Burkert who lost her mother last week.
This is what sports are all about.
#WrestlingTrials21
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My daughter Charlotte has her 7th birthday on July 18. She has asked to be able to simply pet a puppy, and we are struggling to make this happen. Does anyone know someone near Philly who can help us make this happen please? We can drive a little ways if need be. Thank you!
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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
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In a culture where bad role models are promoted to create more drama, Steve Neal is one of the best wrestling role models our sport has to offer. He is a legend on and off the mat!
“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. It’s a journey and a process.” - Stephen Neal
#Wrestling
#Legend
#awayoflife
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This is the answer to the "why?"
@Snyder_man45
is 2015 World Champion at 97K.
@USAWrestling
@Team_OTC
@TeamUSA
http://t.co/aNnsfSFo9E
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How the devil destroys men:
1. Pride - very few admit it
2. Worry - about work & money
3. Laziness - on rear drinking beer
4. Isolation - don’t be a lone ranger
5. Lust - FLEE sexual immorality
Repent. Change. Be strong in The Lord.
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"Be consistent, train hard, & do what you love to do and success takes care of itself." -
@Snyder_man45
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If u claim to be a wrestling fan & your not watching
@ncaawrestling
#d1wrestling
in person or on
@espn
- shame on u!!
http://t.co/FbIE7cnI1J
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Thank you wrestling!
What a moment ❤️
Lucas Lacina, a high school wrestler with cerebral palsy, pinned his opponent for the win!
(via JillWinger-Lacina/Facebook)
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Instead of sharing that other video of Spencer Lee’s mom, might I suggest this one
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@Reneboyd18
who is they? Most of Iran doesn't hate us. I've been there. Sports build bridges, especially wrestling in Iran.
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At the Sydney Olympics
@Coach_Manning
was one of my training partners. He coached my best friend from Texas at OU prior to Nebraska. I have known Manning for almost 25 years. His development of JB into one of the best wrestlers in 🇺🇸 history is a testament to his leadership.
A story built on trust, dedication, and hard work... with one more chapter to write. All eyes on Tokyo.
@alliseeisgold
+
@Coach_Manning
reflect:
🎥 »
#ToughTogether
#GBR
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I’m not yet where I’m going, but I’m a long way from where I was.
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"If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity." - Marina Abramović
@RyanHoliday
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