USA Wrestling star Kyle Dake rides 48-match win streak to Tokyo [37], In October, Dake competed at the World Championships for the first time in his career, at age 27. The Titan Mercury star demolished the highly credentialed Cuban Livan Lopez Azcuy at Rumble on the River, the 2018 edition of the annual Beat the Streets event. Apr 19, 2016. Of Dakes 16 career Senior-level losses, seven were to Burroughs, including twice each in the finals of the 13, 15, and 17 world team trials. Two of Cortes walks came in the first inning and they came around to score on Josh Jungs grand slam. We gotta prepare what we have right now.. [62], In his first competition of the year, Dake defended his Pan American Championship on May 8, beating Franklin Gmez. Since transferring, he's had limited and mixed results. The match is so compelling that for the first time ever, the NCAA has elected to change the order of Saturday night's finals to ensure they conclude with the 165-pound weight class. Among four-time champions, Dake is the first wrestler to win each title in four different weight classes, and the only one to not redshirt a season during his college career. In the semis, he won a tight one over current Wisconsin assistant Jon Reader, who won his 2011 national title at 174, the same year Dake won his title at 149 pounds. This 74kg Olympic preview will give an overview of Dakes senior level career and explore the careers of each of his potential competitors in Tokyo. Dakes dominance the past three years, and defeating Jordan Burroughs in 2 straight matches, proves Dake is more than capable of winning gold in Tokyo. UPDATE: Kyle Dake won a bronze medal Friday morning at the Olympics in Tokyo. Supporting their argument is that all six sessions of the championship are being shown on ESPN networks, starting with Thursday's early rounds on ESPN3, followed by Friday's semifinals on ESPNU and the Saturday night finals at 8 p.m. on ESPN. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Turan Bayramov is a late change at 74kg for Azerbaijan - he takes the place of the more experienced Khadzhimurad Gadzhiev. Zaurbek Sidakov, 3. Sidakov should be considered the main challenger to Kyle Dake in Tokyo based on those performances and his past results against the rest of the 74kg field. Also, Sidakov took his last loss 8 months ago and barely defeated countryman Razambek Zhamalov to make the team in March. 848), Starocci Plans On Being 2024 Olympic Champ Then Retiring From Wrestling, Why The GOAT Is Still A Big Debate | FloWrestling Radio Live (Ep. Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universals prior written consent is prohibited. Fans can expect an entirely fresh take on the The Sidakov-Dake match is one of the most anticipated matches of the Olympics. Their offensive woes were summed up in the fifth inning, when they faced four pitches, had two hits and did not score. "Lots of people like basketball and baseball," says Jernacke, who was in charge of the 2012 championships, "but wrestling fans are some of the most active and passionate online fans we've ever seen.". Kyle Dake went from disappointment to dominance at the Tokyo Olympics and is coming home with a bronze medal. WebThat year, Dake was named "Male Athlete of the Year" in Tompkins County where he lived. [38] He won every match via technical fall without giving up a point up until the finals, defeating Martin Obst, Davit Khutsishvili and avenging his only loss at the weight class to Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov. Cornell senior Kyle Dake became the first wrestler in NCAA history to win four national titles at four weights Saturday night, and Penn State won the national team title On top of that, he has never wrestled 74kg but only 65kg and 70kg. Check out our Olympian Rankings here to see every Olympian ranked in all 6 men's freestyle weights. Take a look at all of the contenders profiles to see past accomplishments and how theyve fared against one another: Frank Chamizo's Match Against Avtandil Kentchadze from 2021 Euros: Avtandil Kentchade's 12-12 win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov from 2018 Worlds: Daniyar Kaisanov's win over Franklin Gomez from the 2020 Matteo Pellicone: Hosseinkhani's win over Bekzod from the 2018 Asian Championships: Watch Kadimagomedov defeat Zaurbek Sidakov before he became a 2X World Champion: Vasly Mykhailov, Geandry Garzon, Keisuke Otoguro, and Franklin Gomez would all be surprise medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. Foley: Dake, Taylor take center stage at NCAA wrestling championships. Though he fell short of his goal of competing in the first World Championships, Dake nonetheless notched one of his most impressive wins later that year overseas when he beat three-time world champ and Olympic bronze medalist Denis Tsargush of Russia at the 2013 Golden Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan. [51] He then defeated Vincenzo Joseph and Jason Nolf. Sidakov is 11-1 against the 74kg Olympic field and has defeated eight of the competitors in this field dating back to 2015. Among all the NCAA's sports, wrestling's Facebook and Twitter feed are the second most trafficked, with more than 200,000 members. Dake finally scaled that He lost the 86 kg Trials final in 2016 to J'den Cox, who Dake and Taylor are fierce competitors on the mat but friends off it, having wrestled together in amateur tournaments throughout middle school and high school. Check out his draw in that article, and then dive into this preview for everything you need to know about the weight. The beatdown was a fitting end to a 2-5 road trip in which the Yankees lost Aaron Judge to a hip injury that forced the reigning AL MVP to miss the final three and a half games and possibly more to come, though that decision will not come until Monday. Because Dake competed primarily at 79kg since 2018, he hasnt been tested by most of the competitors in the 74kg Olympic field. The match was close early on. [4], 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. For his part, 30-year-old Dake a four-weight collegiate champion will finally get to experience an Olympics. Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (BLR) might be the most intriguing contender of the list based on his past win over 2-time world champion Zaurbek Sidakov. Will there ever be another 100-point scorer in college hockey? Were not producing and guys are banged up. Disqualification ends the match and is recorded as a loss on the disqualified wrestler's record. Kyle Dake won his opener in the 74kg class, beating Iran's Mostafa Hosseinkhani 4-0, but After winning or splitting each of their first six series of the season, the Yankees have dropped three straight series, going 3-7 in that stretch. He was a world champion in both cadets (2018) and the U23 division (2019). In that time, including his two wins over Dieringer, Dake has racked up five wins over wrestlers currently ranked in the top 20 in the world and holds the #3 spot at 74kg. In 2016, they were married at Cornells Sage Chapel, a 10-minute walk from Friedman, where they held [48] Due to the pandemic, Dake was only able to compete one more time in the year, defeating two-time World Champion (65kg and 70kg) from Italy Frank Chamizo while headlining FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo in July. Kyle Dake - Wikipedia Dake returned to 74kg this year and pushed Burroughs to a 2-2 affair at the U.S. Open in April, but lost on a tiebreaker. It was just the third time in history any wrestler had won four national The best case scenario for Kyle Dake is to draw one of these wrestlers in early rounds at the Olympics as they are a step behind the rest of the group at 74kg. [42] The wrestleoffs for the US World Team spot with Alex Dieringer took place in August, with Dake defeating Dieringer twice to defend the spot. At Final X: Stage College, he took two closer than expected matches against Zahid Valencia, by that time a three-time Junior world teamer, and two-time NCAA finalist. Dake posted 3-0 and 3-2 decisions over the 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion who became the face of the Junior year, Kyle Dake moved up to 130 pounds. Dake passed the Dieringer test not once, but twice, moving his record against Alex to 6-0. There he would once again fall just short of making the team, although he did rack up a few more bold-faced wins. Dake did not give up a single point in four matches in Budapest, punctuated by the 13-0 shellacking he laid on Russia's Akhmed Gadzhimagomedovin the semis. Dake would take the future world and Olympic bronze medalistJ'den Cox to the limit, winning one of the best two-out-of-three matches 5-3 but falling short in the series 2-1. Gable Steveson was terrific in the 125kg class, not conceding a point and scoring 18 between a Round of 16 win over Kyrgyzstan's Aiaal Lazarev and a quarterfinal defeat of Turkey's Taha Akgul. Dake was the defending world champion but was also coming off an injury that left many wondering how he would fare against three-time NCAA Champion Alex Dieringer, especially since Dieringer's success that season had many considering him the second best in the world. Dieringer continued to close the gap with Dake but lost 2-1 nonetheless. 13 on the IL. It's uncertain why Bayramov is the 74kg rep instead of Gadzhiev but a few points make his insertion to this bracket interesting. When Cornell's Kyle Dake won his third consecutive NCAA title in 2012, he smiled broadly to acknowledge the standing ovation, turned four times for the audience and was quickly ushered off the mat. See how Kyle Dake compares to the rest of the 74kg Olympic field. Moreover, the hunk won the 2013 Dan Hodge Trophy as well as was named Sports Illustrated's 2013 male College Athlete of the Year. Dake has one of the best defence/counterattacks in the world but went straight on the offence leaving himself open to attack from one of the best takedown artists in wrestling. The lone Olympian who holds a win over Sidakov is Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (BLR). Then it was another showdown withBurroughs. Steveson will tangle with Mongolia'sLkhagvagerelMunkthurin the semifinal. Tokyo 2020 Olympic wrestling results: David Taylor captures gold, Kyle Dake The left-hander struggled with his command from the get-go and threw only 55 of his 100 pitches for strikes. I dont know how close [he was to playing], coach Tom Thibodeau said after the loss. 2006 - Present FloSports, Inc. All rights reserved. Dake squeaked by Andrew Howe in OT and advanced to the best two-out-of-three wrestle-off with the eventual world champ Burroughs, their first of eight eventual meetings between the two. "I don't see myself as the underdog -- I believe I'm the best wrestler in the country," Taylor says. Jordan Burroughs suffers first U.S. loss since 2009 at world trials China'sPang Qianyuscored six points in the first few moments of their match, and the 28-year-old Winchester could only manage a pair of points scored the rest of the way. August 5, 2021 by Mark H. Anbinder in 14850 Sports Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake defeated Irans Mostafa Hosseinkhani on Wednesday night, then fell to Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau of Belarus in the quarterfinals of the 74-kilogram freestyle wrestling competition at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. College softball rankings: The top 25 teams in the NCAA this week, Quinnipiac stuns Minnesota to win first national title. [5] He was named the Dan Hodge Trophy winner and Schalles Award winner as a senior and he also claimed three EIWA titles, competing out of Cornell University. In Greco-Roman, he was a three-time FILA US National finalist, winning the championship in 2008, as well as the US World Team Trials. He also won a junior world bronze in 2019. 74kg Olympians - Record Against the Field (sorted by winning %). In fact, in 2017 Kadimagomedov won Russian Nationals and defeated Sidakov in the quarter-finals, 4-2. After the clear top 3 at the weight, a number of wrestlers are realistic threats for the final spot on the Olympic podium at 74kg. [33] Later in the month, Dake claimed his second US national title, defeating Alex Dieringer in the finale. Dake came away with a close, 4-3 decision victory against Chamizo in July 2020. And we will get through it. He placed fourteenth at the '08 Greco-Roman Junior World Championships. [1] Dake is a four-time and the reigning World Champion, winning back-to-back titles twice, at 79 kilos in 2018 and 2019 and 74 kilos in 2021 and 2022. But now, with legacies on the line, the pair will face each other in the most hyped amateur wrestling match ever. Whats also remarkable is this is Gomezs 3rd straight Olympic appearance and Garzon competed at the 2008 Olympics! 1 seed at the NCAA tournament in 2011, but Dake didnt need that seed to Dake would qualify for Final X by dint of his U.S. Open title, which he won by beating Josh Asper 10-0 and Dieringer in a 5-5 thriller. As if Dake's college competition hadn't been stiff enough, he moved up to 165 as a senior in order to take on the legendary David Taylor. Garzon and Gomez are seasoned vets who have medaled at worlds in the past - its been 10 years since Gomez medaled and 11 for Garzon. Knicks forward Julius Randle's Game 2 status unclear [46] In his first tournament of the year, Dake claimed the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series championship, defeating Soner Demirta in the finale to emerge in the rankings at 74kg. Foley is an ESPN Insider and former All-America wrestler at Virginia. But not before they endured an absolute shellacking to cap off a brutal road trip that left them tied for last place in the AL East as the calendar flipped to May. We're both going out there to win and put on a show. These 3 dont have any past wins over any of the other 13 wrestlers in the bracket. In the finals, Dake defeated Tajmuraz Salkazanov of Slovakia 3-2.[64][65]. He placed fourteenth at the '08 Greco-Roman Junior World Championships. But the junior wrestler he's expected to meet in the finals, defending national champ David Taylor of Penn State, is an impressive 96-2 in his career and last year was named the most outstanding wrestler in the country. The obvious question on everyones mind for 74kg is Who will win in a match between Kyle Dake and Zaurbek Sidakov? Whats remarkable with Dake being randomly drawn into the bracket is the match could happen in the first round! [57], On August 5, Dake competed at the first date of the men's freestyle 74 kg event of the 2020 Summer Olympics as one of the favorites to claim the gold medal, even though his signature weight was 79 kg. Dake returned to 74kg this Kyle Dakewon his opener in the 74kg class, beating Iran'sMostafa Hosseinkhani4-0, but 2020 European champion Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedovof Belarus was a much stiffer challenge and scored an 11-0 win over the American. In his second season, Dake bumped up to 149 where he beat Frank Molinaro for title number two. "We saw this as an opportunity to give the tournament another shot in the arm," says Dave Martin, chair of the NCAA wrestling committee and associate athletic director at Oklahoma State. On top of that, Chamizo also has wins over 8 of the other 74kg Olympians and only has losses to Sidakov and Dake. As a freshman, Dake's first NCAA tournament was no walk in the park. But I think its just something we gotta work through. Another byproduct of Dakes success at 79kg is he will not be seeded in Tokyo but randomly drawn into the Olympic bracket. Molinaro was a four-time All-American, a 2012 NCAA Champion, and finished fifth in the 2016 Olympics at 65kg. By submitting my information, I agree to the, 74 kg Bronze - Avtandil Kentchadze, GEO vs Hrayr Alikhanyan, ARM, 79 kg Gold - Vasyl Mykhailov, UKR vs Georgios Kougioumtsidis, GRE, 74 kg Semifinal - Tajmuraz Salkazanov, SVK vs Avtandil Kentchadze, GEO, 74 kg Semifinal - Frank Chamizo, ITA vs Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev, BUL, 79 kg Semifinal - Vasyl Mykhailov, UKR vs Sabuhi Amiraslanov, AZE, Frank Chamizo Stripped Of 2022 World Bronze Medal Due To Failed Drug Test, 79 kgs Bronze - Arman Avagyan (ARM) vs Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB), 79 kgs Semifinal - Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) vs Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO), 79 kg Quarterfinal - David McFadden, USA vs Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, UZB, Cookie Preferences / Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 4-3 win over Frank Chamizo (2020 FloWrestling 1), 2-2 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2018 Worlds), 6-0 win over Franklin Gomez (2018 Worlds), 11-2 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (U23 Euros), 9-7 win over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2017 Yarygin), 9-4 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2015 Jr Worlds), 6-2 loss to Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2017 Russian Nationals), 2-0 win over Daniyar Kaisanov (2021 Poland Open), 8-0 win over Augusto Midana (2020 World Cup), 5-0 pin over Daniyar Kaisanov (2019 Worlds), 9-4 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2018 Euros), 4-3 loss to Kyle Dake (2020 FloWrestling 1), 5-2 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2019 Worlds), 3-2 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2018 Worlds), 12-1 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2019 Euros), 7-3 win over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2018 Alans), 12-12 win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2018 Worlds), 12-5 win over Daniyar Kaisanov (2018 Poland Open), 2-2 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2018 Worlds), 9-4 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2015 Jr Worlds), 10-6 win over Geandry Garzon (2019 Worlds), 4-0 win over Franklin Gomez (2019 Worlds), 2-1 win over Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2019 Kolov), 10-0 win over Daniyar Kaisanov (2018 Tbilisi GP), 3-3 win over Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2014 Worlds), 12-12 loss to Avtandil Kentchadze (2018 Worlds), 3-2 loss to Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2018 Asians), 3-2 win over Franklin Gomez (2020 Matteo Pellicone), 2-0 loss to Frank Chamizo (2021 Poland Open), 10-0 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2018 Tbilisi GP), 12-5 loss to Avtandil Kentchadze (2018 Poland Open), 7-0 win over Kamil Rybicki (2021 Poland Open), 5-4 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2019 Kolov), 3-2 win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2018 Asians), 2-1 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2019 Kolov), 3-3 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2014 Worlds), 9-1 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2020 Euros), 6-2 win over Zaurbek Sidakov (2017 Russian Nationals), 7-3 loss to Avtandil Kentchadze (2018 Alans), 9-7 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2017 Yarygin), 12-1 loss to Avtandil Kentchadze (2019 Euros), 5-4 loss to Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2019 Kolov), 10-6 loss to Bekzod Abduakhmonov (2019 Worlds), 3-2 loss to Daniyar Kaisanov (2020 Matteo Pellicone), 4-0 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2019 Worlds), 6-0 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2018 Worlds), 7-0 loss to Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2021 Poland Open), 8-0 loss to Zaurbek Sidakov (2019 Worlds), 8-0 loss to Frank Chamizo (2020 World Cup), 8-0 pin over Augusto Midana (2021 Sassari), 5-3 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2019 Euro Games), 8-2 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2021 Euros), 6-0 win over Franklin Gomez (2021 Matteo Pellicone), 6-4 win over Daniyar Kaisanov (2019 Matteo Pellicone), 10-6 win over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2018 Kolov), 4-0 win over Franklin Gomez (2018 Ukrainian), 4-4 win over Avtandil Kentchadze (2015 Euro Games), Forfeit loss to Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2021 Poland Open), 4-4 loss to Frank Chamizo(2015 Euro Games), 6-2 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2021 Ukrainian), 9-1 win over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2019 Medved), 4-2 win over Mostafa Hosseinkhani (2018 Asian Games), 6-4 loss to Frank Chamizo (2019 Matteo Pellicone), 3-2 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2018 Asians), Forfeit win over Frank Chamizo (2021 Poland Open), 4-2 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2018 Asian Games), 6-2 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2021 World OG Qualifier), 4-2 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2018 German League), 8-1 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2018 German League), 6-3 win over Vasyl Mykhailov (2018 German League), 9-1 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2019 Medved), 2-2 win over Franklin Gomez (2019 Ukrainian), 6-2 loss to Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2021 World OG Qualifier), 6-2 loss to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (2021 Ukrainian), 4-2 loss to Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2018 German League), 8-1 loss to Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2018 German League), 6-3 loss to loss to Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (2018 German League), Forfeit win over Franklin Gomez (2020 Pan-Am OG Qualifier), 6-0 loss to Frank Chamizo (2021 Matteo Pellicone), Forfeit loss to Geandry Garzon (2020 Pan-Am OG Qualifier), 2-2 loss to Vasyl Mykhailov (2019 Ukrainian), 4-0 loss to Frank Chamizo (2018 Ukrainiain), 10-0 win over Augusto Midana (2021 African OG Qualifier), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 African Gold, 10-0 loss to Amr Reda (2021 African OG Qualifier).
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