Jordan Burroughs will miss the Olympics, and any global championship, for the first time in his decade-long senior career.
Kyle Dake swept the 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion 3-0, 3-2 in their best-of-three finals series to earn the U.S. spot in Tokyo in the 74kg freestyle division.
In all, 15 wrestlers will qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday across men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. Three more can earn their spots at a global qualifier in May.
Dake and fellow reigning world champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock were among the early Olympic qualifiers.