Wrestling Links (3-21-11)

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Sumo Wrestler Breaks Marathon Record
Cleveland Leader
Published on 03/21/2011 – 8:48am Kelly Gneiting, a 400-lb. former sumo wrestlingchamp from Arizona, now holds the Guinness World Record for “Heaviest Person to Complete a Marathon”. He finished the Los Angeles Marathon over the weekend in 9 hours 48 …
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Cleveland Leader

OSU’s Jordan Oliver wins NCAA wrestling title
Tulsa World
OSU’s Jordan Oliver (top) defeated Boise State’s Andrew Hochstrasser to win the 133-pound national title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia. MATT SLOCUM/Associated Press By J. CARL GUYMON World Correspondent PHILADELPHIA – Attacking …
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Sanderson resurrecting wrestling program
The Daily Collegian Online
By Brandt Gelman The four-time national champion and only undefeated collegiate wrestler in Division I history has seen it all in the sport of wrestling. But on Saturday night, he achieved a first in his career. In just his second year as head coach at …
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McDonough falls in title match, Iowa wrestling finishes third at NCAAs
UI The Daily Iowan
But his story of incredible early career success was overshadowed by the one wrestler who used crutches to get to the mat — Arizona State’s Anthony Robles. Robles was born without a right leg and didn’t take up wrestling until his freshman year in …
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Philadelphia plans to bid on hosting the 2015 NCAA wrestling championships …
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Frank Fitzpatrick By Frank Fitzpatrick The 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships that concluded Saturday night turned out to be a tale of one city and two perceptions. Philadelphia, by practically any standard, hosted the most successful wrestling …
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We’re not a wrestling firm
The Sun
By JEFF ROWE WWE have insisted they are NOT a wrestling company and tried to stop the media from using the term in association with them. According to leaked emails, Vince McMahon views the WWE as a “global media company” employing “superstars” rather …
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Man born without right leg wins NCAA wrestling championship
msnbc.com
Arizona State’s Anthony Robles took the Division I wrestling crown for his weight class Saturday night with a 7-1 decision over Matt McDonough of Iowa, capping a perfect 36-0 season. The caveat? Robles was born without a right leg, making any excuse …
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Former Kenyon wrestlers in vehicle crash; 1 is killed, other badly hurt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune One of two former wrestlers from southeastern Minnesota injured in a single-vehicle crash has died, officials said. Jake Baalson, 19, of Kenyon, Minn., was killed in the wreck on County Road 30 in Holden Township, …
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Pro wrestling world loses Humperdink
Charleston Post Courier
He worked as a wrestler and a referee, but was best known as a colorful and eccentric manager whose “House of Humperdink” stable included some of the most notorious heels in the business. Among those he managed included The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry …
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Taylor, Molinaro lose in championship bouts
The Daily Collegian Online
“Wrestling’s kind of a strange sport in that way just because, yeah, we’re a team, but we compete as individuals; and it’s that collection of those individual performances,” he said. “So when those individuals don’t have the success, and then we can …
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Blogs

NCAA 2011 Wrestling Champion Anthony Robles Takes the Path of …
By KJ Gould
A look at Arizona State’s Anthony Robles and his road to a national championship .
Bloody Elbow – http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

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Web

WWE: TV Shows > Raw > Videos > 03/14/2011
Wrestling News, Results, Photos, Videos. … All WWE programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks, …
www.wwe.com/shows/raw/videos/17193220/

Snooki Wrestling-Snooki Guest Stars On WWE RAW
Snooki guest starred on WWE RAW and naturally ended up in the ring, wrestling.
www.refinery29.com/snooki-wrestler