CHAPEL HILL
The 60 kilogram semifinal wrestling match in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London still weighs on Coleman Scott. More than 90 members of his family there, cheering him on, expecting him to win.
But that win didn’t happen. The USA Olympic wrestler lost in a narrow decision to the eventual champion Toghrul Asgarov from Azerbaijan and missed out on a chance to fulfill a dream he’s had since he was 10: to win gold.
Scott left those Olympic games with a bronze instead, but that wasn’t enough for him.
Almost four years later, Scott, the 125-pound, first-year wrestling coach at North Carolina, says that match still lingers in his mind.