Back to the Penn State Nittany Lions Newsfeed

Penn State Wrestling Weekly: Istanbul Ending

Greetings, wrestling fan. We'll start this week's recap with Frank Molinaro's bid to make the Olympics.

Istanbul, Not Constantinople

Frank Molinaro DEC 3-2 Devid Safaryan (Armenia)

Frank Molinaro DEC 7-6 Yuhi Fukinami (Japan)

Boris Novachkov (Bulgaria) DEC 5-2 Frank Molinaro

Frank Molinaro DEC 4-1 Dauren Zhumagaziev (Kazakstan)

BRONZE: Frank Molinaro DEC 5-2 Azamat Nurikov (Belorus)

Gorilla Hulk came up short Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey, in his bid to make the Rio Olympics. As previously noted, only the two finalists at this tournament would qualify - and there would be no wrestle-off to determine a true 2nd place.