SOURCE: olympics.com

March 01, 2024

At the final day of the Pan American Olympic Games Qualifying tournament, the U.S. couldn't get wins to add to their quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

3 years after retiring from the sport of wrestling, Michigan's @agomez65mx has qualified for the 2024 Olympics.

Gomez beat Nick Lee in the quarters, so we will have to send the Olympic Trials winner at 65kg to the Last Chance in Turkey in May to try & qualify the USA for the? pic.twitter.com/ByOYpkasNt

— Justin Basch (@JustinJBasch) March 1, 2024

The United States' wrestling team's trip to Acapulco, Mexico, ended in disappointment, as neither men's freestyle wrestler won enough matches to secure a quota for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday (1 March.) At the Pan American Olympic Games Qualifying tournament, Zane Richards lost in his semifinal match, while Nick Lee was defeated in his quarterfinal.

Darian Cruz takes out Zane Richards 2-2 in the semis and will win the Olympic quota up for grabs. The winner of the Olympic Trials will have to go try and qualify at the Last Chance in May. pic.twitter.com/DHnX7mc36b

— Justin Basch (@JustinJBasch) March 1, 2024

Richards dropped his match to Darian Cruz from Puerto Rico, a familiar face to American wrestling fans as he won an NCAA title for Lehigh University in 2017.