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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Daniel Dennis of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club has earned the opportunity to represent Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the free style 57 kg event. Matched with fellow Iowa wrestling All-American Tony Ramos, Dennis prevailed with consecutive victories in the Sunday night finals of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena to secure the berth.
“It sucks, but it is great,” Dennis said. “It sucks that in someone who has helped me so much and I have looked up to isn’t here.