U.S. wrestler gets Olympic berth after others fail meldonium tests

The United States will take a full men's freestyle wrestling team to the Rio Olympics, thanks to doping violations by two European wrestlers.

Frank Molinaro received the final spot on the U.S. team Wednesday after wrestling's world governing body announced several wrestlers tested positive for meldonium at recent European and Asian Olympic qualifying events. Two of them — Magomedmurad Gadzhiev of Poland and Andriy Kvyatkovskyy of Ukraine — were Olympic qualifiers in the 65 kg (143-pound) class.

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Those results created a domino effect that netted the U.S. a quota spot at 65 kg. It will be filled by Molinaro, who won the U.S. Olympic…