U.S. qualifies fewest Olympic wrestlers since 1952 SOURCE: olympics.nbcsports.com May 08, 2016
The U.S. has failed to qualify wrestlers in four classes for Rio, ensuring it will send its smallest wrestling team to the Olympics since 1952.
The U.S. has qualified in 13 of 18 classes across men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman with a chance Sunday to earn one more place at the final Olympic qualifying tournament. The U.S. has not sent fewer than 16 wrestlers to the Olympics since 1952, when it didn't send a Greco-Roman team to the Helsinki Games. In that span, the U.S. had never failed to qualify more than two classes at one Olympics. Comments |