entered Trials as the gold medal favorite for the Paris Olympics but was stunned by 23-year-old Aaron Brooks, a fellow Penn State alumnus. Brooks, who recently won his fourth straight NCAA ...

These Penn State Olympic Wrestling Trials ended with a dramatic upset, a comeback and a win for a lost father. Search query. ... 2024, in State College. Brooks won the series, 2-0.

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.

Only a few weeks after winning the NCAA title, Brooks swept Taylor in a best-of-three final to win the 86 kg freestyle weight class at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in State College.

Reigning Olympic gold medalist David Taylor had an automatic bye at 86 kg but was upset by fellow Penn State wrestler Aaron Brooks at trials. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀 ...

Brooks joins David Taylor, who won gold at 86kg in the 2020 games and who Brooks defeated at the Olympic Trials in April to earn his spot on the U.S. team, and Katsutoshi Naito, who won bronze for ...

It’s been a big year for Brooks — he won his fourth NCAA national title for Penn State, then defeated 2021 Olympic gold medalist and fellow Nittany Lion David Taylor at Olympic trials.

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Brooks, competing in the 86 kg men's freestyle class, became just the second Penn State wrestler to win an Olympic medal for Team USA. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.