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So in case you haven’t noticed: the FILA Worlds are under way. And the U.S. already has some metal. Jake Herbert pulled off a Silver Medal after coming up short against Zaurbek Sokhiev of Uzbekistan on Tuesday in the 84 kg/185 lbs. It was close, but not close enough. He lost the match 1-0, 1-0.
Jake Herbert was the first U.S. wrestler to advance to a gold medal match at the world championships, where he took a silver.
“It stinks, having to stand on the podium with a silver medal. I came in here to win a gold medal and I believed I could do it,” Herbert said. “Seeing that other guy’s flag go up and hearing that other guy’s anthem being played, and then seeing him get a World Championships belt, that gives me something to shoot for next year. I didn’t know the champion got a belt. I want that belt.” Herbert also said that he had one thing on his mind going into the MesseCenter: walking out of the MesseCenter with a gold medal draping his neck. Next year he’ll have the belt as well as the gold medal.
Heavyweight Tervel Dlagnev capped an amazing tournament by defeating Georiga’s Alex Mobedadze 2-0, 2-0 in their bronze medal match at 120 kilos.
Talking about how he has come from a sixth place finish in the NCAA tourney four years ago, he said “I’ve definitely come a long way. I still have a long way to go. I obviously didn’t get the color I wanted. It definitely was nice to get on the podium though.”
Russia has clinched the team title with 53 points. Azerbaijan is second with 39. The U.S. has jumped up to sixth place with 19 points.
Herbert will receive a $25,000 bonus from the Living the Dream Medal Fund for winning a silver medal while Dlagnev earns $15,000 for capturing a bronze medal.
Day 3 of the seven-day tournament will see three more U.S. wrestlers take the mat. Dustin Schlatter (74 kg/163 lbs.) will compete in freestyle while the women’s freestyle tournament starts with Clarissa Chun (48 kg/105.5 lbs.) and Jessica Medina (51 kg/112.25 lbs.) ready to go. Chun won a World title in 2008.
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Albert Gleichauf in the Spartans vs Bulldogs dual meet. He later took 4th place Metro Conferences in 2009.
Penn State’s first dual is coming up against Lehigh. The man who defeated Lehigh’s Jon Trenge to win that fourth NCAA title will bring his Nittany Lions to Stabler Arena on Friday, Nov. 13.
Sanderson left his alma mater Iowa State to coach Penn State in the biggest wrestling states of the nation – second to Utah, according to Sanderson. The only undefeated four-time champion in NCAA history, and who went on to win an Olympic gold medal in 2004, took over the reins of the Nittany Lions just two months ago.
”With Cael being such a great competitor, it’s going to be a great draw,” Lehigh second-year head coach Pat Santoro said. ”He’s a big name, one of the biggest college wrestling has ever had and there’s always excitement around his name.”
This match is bound to be exciting; it’s the 98th meeting between two old rivalries. Lehigh will look to build on last year’s 17-16 win at Rec Hall, which stopped a four dual Nittany Lion winning streak in the series. Penn State finished ranking 15th last season while the Mountain Hawks finished 20th with 25 points. Who do you say will win the match-up?