The biggest domestic freestyle wrestling story line of the year has reached a dramatic conclusion.
Rising Cornell junior and two-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis disrupted the 65 kg landscape when he ran through the 2019 US Open, and followed up with a thrilling exhibition win over India’s Bajrang Punia, ranked #1 in the world by United World Wrestling.
After being upset by Diakomihalis at the Open, Penn State’s two-time Hodge Trophy winner Zain Retherford put on a career-best performance at the 2019 World Team Trials, defeating longstanding rival Jordan Oliver in the finals.