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US Olympic wrestling trials headed back to Iowa City

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April 23rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -The U.S. Olympic Team Trials are returning to Iowa City in 2016. USA Wrestling spokesman Gary Abbott told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the meet staged to set the American team headed to the 2016 Rio Games will be held at the University of Iowa next April. The U.S. staged the trials in Iowa City, home of the nationally prominent Iowa Hawkeyes, to sellout crowds back in 2012.

The Americans won a pair of gold medals in London later that year, including a dominant showing by star Jordan Burroughs. Burroughs is expected to headline the latest crop of wrestlers competing for a spot on the team for Rio.