Flowrestling to broadcast World Team Trials, June 9-10
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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
The 2017 Junior and Senior freestyle World Team Trials will take place this weekend, June 9-10, at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb., with every bout to be broadcast live on Flowrestling.org.
The Junior Trials are set for Friday with action beginning at 10 a.m. CT. The best-of-three finals series will start at 5 p.m. Saturday will feature the Senior World Team Trials. Preliminary rounds through true-third matches will take place in the morning session, followed by the best-of-three finals series at 6 p.m.
Winners of the Junior World Team Trials will earn a spot on Team USA and head to the UWW Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland, Aug. 1-6.
Several age-group World medalists are expected to compete such as two-time Cadet World champions Yianni Diakomihalis and Gable Steveson, 2015 Cadet World champion Jarod Verkleeren, 2016 Cadet World silver medalist Vito Arujau, 2016 Junior World bronze medalist Daton Fix and 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist David Carr.
The Senior World Team Trials champions will go to Paris, France, for the 2017 World Championships on Aug. 21-26.
Highlighting the field is 2012 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Jordan Burroughs, 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder, 2016 World champion Logan Stieber and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox. All four have received byes to the best-of-three finals.
2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro is also expected to compete.
Every match from this weekend’s Trials will be live streamed and archived online at Flowrestling.com. Brackets for the event will also be provided by Flowrestling on its FloArena platform.
To view the live stream, one must be a member of Flowrestling’s FloPro premium service which prices out at $20 per month or $150 for an entire year subscription.
To join the wrestling conversation online this weekend, use the hashtag #WTT2017 on all social media platforms.
2017 FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM TRIALS
at Lincoln, Neb., June 9-10
Friday, June 9
10 a.m. – Junior freestyle Trials preliminaries
5 p.m. – Junior freestyle Trials finals (best-of-three series)
Saturday, June 10
10 a.m. – Senior freestyle Trials preliminaries
6 p.m. – Senior freestyle Trials finals (best-of-three series)
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