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THE WORLD TEAM TRIALS SATURDAY PREVIEW + OPEN THREAD

One of the biggest freestyle wrestling events of the year, the 2015 World Team Trials, gets underway this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, with a bevy of the nation's most talented wrestlers facing off to earn spots on the U.S. team heading to the World Championships this fall in Las Vegas. Well, actually, the Junior World Team Trials are going on today, with wrestlers competing to earn spots on the U.S. team going to the Junior World Championships later this summer in Brazil. Iowa has been well-represented at the junior level in the past -- Thomas Gilman won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships last year, but unfortunately he's aged out of the competition and can't compete this year.