SOURCE: www.teamusa.org

October 12, 2022

With his silver medal at the recently completed world championships, @yiannidiako_LGR became the first American freestyle wrestler at 65 kg to stand on the podium in 16 years.

This is just the start of more great things to come.

cc: @USAWrestling

— Team USA (@TeamUSA) October 12, 2022

With his silver medal at the recently completed United World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Yianni Diakomihalis became the first American freestyle wrestler at 65 kg. to stand on a podium at the event in 16 years.

The last U.S. wrestler to bring home hardware at that weight was Bill Zadick, who claimed the gold medal in 2006.

"I feel like it's a great accomplishment and something you should be happy about," said Diakomihalis, "but I don?t think you should be celebrating or things like that in the middle of your career."