Uniform flap causes Buffalo wrestler to miss chance for Olympic spot
SOURCE: buffalonews.com
April 29, 2024

 


Jamilah McBryde earned a shot at the 2024 Olympics in women's wrestling, but her efforts were pinned by the same uniform rule that took down her sister's quest in 2022 to compete at the Pan-American Championships in Mexico.

USA Wrestling and United World Wrestling refused to allow McBryde, 21, of Buffalo, to wrestle in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials April 19-20 at Penn State, after McBryde informed officials she would compete in the uniform she regularly wears, not the required form-fitting singlet that she said violates her religious beliefs about dressing modestly.


Continue to buffalonews.com



Comments