NBCSN to air 90-minute World Team Trials show, Sunday, June 14 LIVE at 6:30 p.m. ET
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
NBCSN is going live with a 90-minute broadcast of the U.S. World Team Trials in Madison, Wis. on Sunday, June 14 from 6:30 p.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET.
Veteran play-by-play announcer Jason Knapp will work with color commentator and Olympic champion Rulon Gardner on both of the television shows.
The weight classes being contested on Sunday are:
Men's Freestyle: 61 KG, 65 KG, 74 KG, and 97 KG
Women's Freestyle: 48 KG, 55 KG, 60 KG, and 69 KG
Already qualified for the championship finals in these weight classes include Olympic champion and two-time World champion Jordan Burroughs (FS-74 kg), three-time World Team member Brent Metcalf (FS-66 kg), U.S. Open champion and Junior World champion Kyle Snyder (FS-96 kg), two-time World Team member Reece Humphrey (FS-61 kg), World champion and four-time World medalist Elena Pirozhkova (W-69 kg), two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony (W – 48 kg), two-time World Team member Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (W-60 kg) and two-time U.S. Open champion Sharon Jacobson (W-55 kg).
Others who are potential competitiors, if they win the morning challenge tournament, include Olympic champion Jake Varner (FS-96 kg), four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake (FS-74 kg), two-time Hodge Trophy winner David Taylor (FS-74 kg), two-time World medalist Alyssa Lampe (W-48 kg), World champion and Olympic medalist Clarissa Chun (W-48 kg), two-time World medalist Helen Maroulis (W-55 kg), Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott (FS-61 kg), Olympic bronze medalist Randi Miller (W-69 kg), NCAA champion Jordan Oliver (FS-65 kg) and others.
The U.S. World Team Trials determines the men’s and women’s freestyle wrestlers who will represent the USA at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 7-12. There will be eight weight classes contested in each of these Olympic styles. In addition, this event will determine the USA National Team in both styles for the 2015-16 year.
In addition to the NBCSN show, Universal Sports Network is doing a taped-delayed show from Madison on Sunday, June 21 from 4:30 p.m. ET – 6 p.m. ET with a 90-minute show. It will feature matches from Sunday’s finals rounds.
Veteran play-by-play announcer Jason Knapp will work with color commentator and Olympic champion Rulon Gardner on both of the television shows.
The weight classes being contested on Sunday are:
Men's Freestyle: 61 KG, 65 KG, 74 KG, and 97 KG
Women's Freestyle: 48 KG, 55 KG, 60 KG, and 69 KG
Already qualified for the championship finals in these weight classes include Olympic champion and two-time World champion Jordan Burroughs (FS-74 kg), three-time World Team member Brent Metcalf (FS-66 kg), U.S. Open champion and Junior World champion Kyle Snyder (FS-96 kg), two-time World Team member Reece Humphrey (FS-61 kg), World champion and four-time World medalist Elena Pirozhkova (W-69 kg), two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony (W – 48 kg), two-time World Team member Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (W-60 kg) and two-time U.S. Open champion Sharon Jacobson (W-55 kg).
Others who are potential competitiors, if they win the morning challenge tournament, include Olympic champion Jake Varner (FS-96 kg), four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake (FS-74 kg), two-time Hodge Trophy winner David Taylor (FS-74 kg), two-time World medalist Alyssa Lampe (W-48 kg), World champion and Olympic medalist Clarissa Chun (W-48 kg), two-time World medalist Helen Maroulis (W-55 kg), Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott (FS-61 kg), Olympic bronze medalist Randi Miller (W-69 kg), NCAA champion Jordan Oliver (FS-65 kg) and others.
The U.S. World Team Trials determines the men’s and women’s freestyle wrestlers who will represent the USA at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 7-12. There will be eight weight classes contested in each of these Olympic styles. In addition, this event will determine the USA National Team in both styles for the 2015-16 year.
In addition to the NBCSN show, Universal Sports Network is doing a taped-delayed show from Madison on Sunday, June 21 from 4:30 p.m. ET – 6 p.m. ET with a 90-minute show. It will feature matches from Sunday’s finals rounds.
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