I’m feeling pretty good, a lot of different battles went into it, and a little bit of a gut check to go get a medal.

Kyle Dake

Kyle Douglas Dake (born February 25, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 and 79 kilograms. The reigning Pan American champion, a two–time US National champion, 2018 World Cup champion and 2018 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix silver medalist, Dake won two back–to–back World Championships at 79 kilograms by defeating 2016 Olympic medalist Jabrayil Hasanov in the finals, in 2018 and 2019. During his first World Championship tournament, Dake outscored his opposition 37 points to zero, not surrendering a single point. Dake, the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials winner, won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.In college, he became the third four–time NCAA Division I National Champion in history, and the only one to ever do so in four different weight classes, and without a redshirt season. He was named the Dan Hodge Trophy winner as a senior and he also claimed three EIWA titles, competing out of Cornell University.

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