Women's wrestling did not join the Olympic program until the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, where the women got four weight classes in freestyle wrestling − or four chances to win gold medals − ...

Women's wrestling has gained respect as the only new sport to be included in the 2004 summer Olympic Games in Greece. Jessie Graham visits the U.S. women's wrestling team as it was preparing for ...

PARIS — The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two ...

The present and future of Alaska’s women’s wrestling program mingled on the mat this week with Amit Elor, 21, the 2024 ...

India's Vinesh Vinesh (red) wrestles Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (blue) in their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling semifinal match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ...

Olympic disqualification of gold medal hopeful exposes 'dark side' of women's wrestling Vinesh Phogat of India, who was set to compete in gold-medal match, was disqualified after not making weight.

The problem is numbers: Women’s wrestling wasn’t added to the Olympics until 2004 and is still a relatively small sport in this country, with an estimated 11,500 participants at the high ...

May 1 -- After years of dreaming of the Olympic Games, women wrestlers are finally going to get their shot. Women's wrestling is the only sport being added to the Olympics this year, and Kristie ...

Maroulis was the 2016 Olympic champion in the 53-kilogram weight class, which made her the first US Olympic gold medalist in women's wrestling.At trials this year, the 29-year-old Rockville, MD ...

Women’s wrestling, which has been on the Olympic program since 2004, is set to become the NCAA’s 91st championship sport. The first National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship are slated for ...

The NCAA added women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport, ... “Women’s wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 2004 and is the fastest-growing sport for young women in our nation.