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Mizzou wrestling great J'den Cox fails to make weight at US Olympic trials

Before the U.S. Olympic Trials even started Friday morning, USA Wrestling announced that J'den Cox would not be competing because he failed to make weight.

Cox, a two-time world champ and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, was entered at 97 kilograms (213 pounds) and primed to compete in the semifinals by virtue of winning a 2019 world championship at a non-Olympic weight, 92 kilos (202 pounds).

The former three-time national champion at Missouri and four-time state champion at Hickman was removed from the bracket before he got that opportunity.

Had Cox won Friday's challenge tournament, he would've faced Kyle Snyder, a two-time world champ and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, in Saturday's best-of-three finals for the right to go to Tokyo this summer.