Olympic champion Jake Varner is one step from returning to the Games. Four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake is that close to his first Olympics.
Varner and Dake each won their three U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying matches to move into Sunday night’s best-of-three finals in Iowa City (7 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Live Extra).
Varner will face Kyle Snyder in the freestyle 97kg finals in the first matchup of reigning Olympic and World champions at a U.S. Olympic Trials since 1988.
Dake will face University of Missouri rising senior J’Den Cox in the freestyle 86kg finals.