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Aaron Brooks upsets David Taylor, Amit Elor is set for an Olympic breakout, and other storylines from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials.
Brooks won the series, 2-0. It was a hometown Olympic Trials that started with about 20 wrestlers with strong Penn State ties.
Brooks went 2-2 at the Olympic Trials in 2021 at 86 kilograms as Taylor won the weight class. However, Brooks made the trip to the Tokyo Olympics that summer to serve as Taylor's training partner ...
Aaron Brooks defeated David Taylor in a battle of Penn State legends at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials to earn a bid to the Summer Olympics in Paris.
Penn State's Aaron Brooks defeated Zahid Valencia in a stunning comeback at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in State College.
By beating fellow Nittany Lion Wrestling Club wrestler David Taylor 3-1, Brooks has bested the reigning Olympic gold medalist and reigning two-time World Championship gold medalist at 86 kg.
These Penn State Olympic Wrestling Trials ended with a dramatic upset, a comeback and a win for a lost father.
Brooks, the 23-year-old who last month won his fourth individual NCAA championship at Penn State, had just swept 2020 Olympic gold medalist and reigning world champion David Taylor.
Taliyah Brooks, an elite heptathlete, was expected to make the USA Olympic team. Instead, she collapsed at the trials in 2021 amid intense heat.
Brooks, a four-time national champion at Penn State, pulled off the biggest upset of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. Will he stun the world in Paris?