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Five former Penn State wrestlers selected for Olympic Wrestling

The wrestling seeds for the Paris Olympics are set, and there’s several names hailing from Penn State on the list.

Five former Nittany Lions were selected to the Olympic Men's Freestyle wrestling tournament from July 26 through August 11.

Eack bracket was ruled by points collected from prior United World Wrestling events throughout the season, and holds eight seeded wrestlers along with eight unseeded at each class.

Penn State’s two ranked wrestlers within the event are Kyle Dake, and Kyle Snyder who will each wrestle for Team USA.

Dake holds the No. 1 spot in the 74 kilogram class, while Snyder sits at No.