On Wednesday, May 7, New York City will host some of the best freestyle wrestlers throughout the world. The USA team will hold their best 11 wrestlers to go up against the World at 10:30 PM on NBC Sports.
At 57 kg/125.5 lbs., 2X NCAA All-American Nashson Garret from Cornell, who was also a 2014 NCAA runner-up, will go up against Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria.
At 61 kg/134 lbs., 3X NCAA All-American Jimmy Kennedy from New York AC will battle with Aleksandr Bogomoev of Russia.
At 65 kg/143 lbs., there will be three matches. The first match will be 2X NCAA Champion Brent Metcalf from New York AC and Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia. In the second match, 2X NCAA Champion Jordan Oliver from Titan Mercury WC will go up against Boris Novachov of Bulgaria. The final match at 65 kg. will feature 3X NCAA Champion Logan Steiber from New York AC and Haislan Garcia from Canada.
At 74 kg/163 lbs., World Champion and Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs will go up against Atsamaz Sanakoev of Russia.
Also at 74 kg, 2X NCAA Champion David Taylor from Nittany Lion WC will wrestle Yabrail Hasanov from Azerbaijan.
At 86 kg/ 189 lbs., 3X NCAA Champion Ed Ruth from Nittany Lion WC will go against Taymuraz Friev from Spain.
The Final match will be at 97 kg/ 213 lbs. with 3X Maryland State Champion and FILA Junior World Champion Kyle Snyder from Sunkist Kids, and he will be facing Khadjimurat Gatsalov from Russia.
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