Ames Tribune · Apr 9, 2016
Wrestling: Former Cyclone Varner out to make second Olympic team
Wrestling: Former Cyclone Varner out to make second Olympic team
Buy PhotoFormer Iowa State's wrestler Jake Varner shows off his Olympic gold medal at Hilton Coliseum in 2013. He is wrestling to make his second Olympic team at the Olympic Trials this weekend. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames TribuneThere’s a red mural outside the Harold Nichols Wrestling Room displaying former Iowa State wrestlers went on to become Olympic gold-medal winners. There are six. The most recent belongs to Jake Varner.
The picture of Varner shows him reveling in the moment shortly after he clinched the gold in 2012. He is on his knees, the American flag in his grasp, a slight grin on his face.