“The time for waiting — and talk — is finally over for Nick Gwiazdowski.
The two-time NCAA national champion from Duanesburg is the No. 1 seed at 125kg heading into the freestyle wrestling U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday and Saturday.
It’s been over a year since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed, and now Gwiazdowski will get to see what that extra time preparing while working around COVID-19 restrictions can produce. Only one wrestler from each weight class in each discipline (men’s and women’s freestyle, men’s Greco Roman) will make the Olympic team, so there’s no room for error.
“I’m ready though, preparation has been great, looking forward to the opportunity ahead of me,” Gwiazdowski texted Thursday morning.”
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MacAdam, Mike. Schenectady Gazette 1 April 2021.