Zain Retherford, a three-time NCAA wrestling champion at Penn State, placed third at the World Olympics Games Qualifier in Turkey to earn a trip to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Zain Retherford, Penn State's three-time NCAA wrestling champ who nearly retired from the sport last winter, is going to the 2024 Summer Olympics. And he qualified in about the most dramatic way possible.
Retherford, 28, confronted a long and grueling road to the Olympics, one he initially didn't plan on taking. Last winter, Retherford considered retiring from wrestling. He won a 2023 world freestyle title at 70 kg but faced dropping to 65 kg for the Olympics, which sponsors four fewer freestyle weight classes than international competition.
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