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USA Takes World Team Title In Paris
August 28, 2017 | Wrestling
North Carolina head wrestling coach Coleman Scott and the United States won the freestyle team title at the World Wrestling Championships in Paris on Saturday. Scott, who was coaching at the World Championships for the first time, helped guide the Americans to their first team title since 1995.
"Being a part of the best team in the world is something you dream about as a kid," Scott said upon returning to Chapel Hill. "Watching history be made and being part of it was surreal. I am very grateful to USA Wrestling and UNC Wrestling for allowing me to be a part of this special journey."
The men's freestyle team race between the United States and Russia went down to the final match of the entire World Wrestling Championships at the AccorHotels Arena on Saturday night.
The United States and Russia were tied with 53 points. The last match was the finals at 97 kg/213 lbs., where 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) and 2016 Olympic champion and two-time World champion Abdusalim Sadulaev of Russia met for the first time.
Sadulaev who moved up a weight class this year to challenge Snyder. It is a matchup the wrestling world has dreamed about all year. United World Wrestling dubbed it the match of the century. In this case, it not only determined the king of the sport, but also which country would become World Team Champions.
The match met all expectations and more. Sadulaev scored first with a takedown but Snyder responded with a stepout point. Sadulaev got a step out point, but Snyder scored a takedown late in the first period to tie it up at 3-3.
To read more about the United States' historic world team title from Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling, click here.
"Being a part of the best team in the world is something you dream about as a kid," Scott said upon returning to Chapel Hill. "Watching history be made and being part of it was surreal. I am very grateful to USA Wrestling and UNC Wrestling for allowing me to be a part of this special journey."
The men's freestyle team race between the United States and Russia went down to the final match of the entire World Wrestling Championships at the AccorHotels Arena on Saturday night.
The United States and Russia were tied with 53 points. The last match was the finals at 97 kg/213 lbs., where 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) and 2016 Olympic champion and two-time World champion Abdusalim Sadulaev of Russia met for the first time.
Sadulaev who moved up a weight class this year to challenge Snyder. It is a matchup the wrestling world has dreamed about all year. United World Wrestling dubbed it the match of the century. In this case, it not only determined the king of the sport, but also which country would become World Team Champions.
The match met all expectations and more. Sadulaev scored first with a takedown but Snyder responded with a stepout point. Sadulaev got a step out point, but Snyder scored a takedown late in the first period to tie it up at 3-3.
To read more about the United States' historic world team title from Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling, click here.
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