After failing to qualify for the 2021 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualifier last month, the wrestler will join Tennessee on the offensive line.
As such, the United States won t have a representative in the 130-kg greco competition in Tokyo. Team USA qualified five of six men s freestyle weights, all six in women s freestyle and four of the six in Greco-Roman.
Coon was tasked with earning the Olympic bid after winning the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last month in Texas. The Fowlerville native ended up 1-1 overall in Bulgaria. He recorded a 57-second pin over Kyrgyzstan s Murat Ramonov before losing to Kuchmii.
Ultimately, all three of the U.S. wrestlers that competed in Bulgaria failed to qualify for the Olympics. In addition to Coon, Jesse Porter also went 1-1 in the greco competition at 77 kilos (169), and Jordan Oliver went 3-1 in men s freestyle at 65 kilos (143).