Match of the Day: Becka Leathers and Jenna Burkert battle in the 2019 U.S. Open finals
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by USA Wrestling
With a spot at Final X: Rutgers on the line, the stakes were raised even higher than usual in the 2019 U.S. Open women’s freestyle final at 57 kg. Spectators were treated to a back-and-forth contest between 2017 World bronze medalist Becka Leathers and two-time (at the time) Senior World Team member Jenna Burkert.
The pair would meet again several months later at Final X with a World Team spot up for grabs.
Watch Leathers and Burkert wrestle in the U.S. Open finals below:
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