Olympic Dreams Fade for Apple Valley Wrestler
The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday it will cut wrestling from the Olympic games, beginning in 2020.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog A strong tradition in many Dakota County communities was wrestled down Tuesday, when the International Olympic Committee announced it will cut wrestling from the Olympic games, beginning in 2020. Mark Hall II, a nationally ranked freshman at Apple Valley High School, has already won two Minnesota championships and spent half of last year training at the U.S. Olympic wrestling facility in Colorado. "I've dreamed about it ever since I was a kid, then in 2020 they take it away," he told the Pioneer Press. "It's one of the very first Olympic sports. How can they just drop it?" His father, Mark Hall, told the paper that his son would aim to wrestle on the Olympic …
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