“The crowd wanted the backflip.
Nick Gwiazdowski and Gable Steveson just wanted to go to the Olympics.
Steveson, and the crowd, got what they wanted.
The 20-year-old from the University of Minnesota dominated Gwiazdowski, the two-time NCAA champion and two-time World bronze medalist from Duanesburg, in the freestyle heavyweight finals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.
Gwiazdowski, the No. 1 seed, couldn’t keep Steveson off his legs in the best-of-three Championship Series, losing by technical superiority 10-0 in Round 1 and 10-1 in Round 2.”
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MacAdam, Mike. Schenectady Gazette 3 April 2021.
Albany Times Union 3 April 2021.