In addition to the USA Wrestling Last Chance Qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Trials this past weekend, the 2024 European Olympic Games Qualifier also took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Two wrestlers at each weight, in all three disciplines, punched their tickets to the Olympic Games in Paris, later t.
Shenendehowa grad Jesse Porter comes up short of Olympic qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling | The Daily Gazette
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May 8, 2021
Shenendehowa High grad Jesse Porter fell three wins shy of qualifying for the Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling during competition at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Jesse Porter GoFundMe)
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Jesse Porter’s dreams of reaching this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo fell three wins shy of becoming reality.
Porter, a 2015 Shenendehowa High School graduate and winner of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman wrestling’s 77-kilogram weight class, needed to reach the finals Saturday at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria in order to lock up his spot in Tokyo.
Shenendehowa grad Porter on Olympic Games wrestling doorstep | The Daily Gazette
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April 14, 2021
Shenendehowa High School graduate Jesse Porter, bottom, is attempting to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Porter will compete in the World Olympic Games Qualifier May 6-9 in Sofia, Bulgaria. - Credit: Jesse Porter gofundme page photo
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Shenendehowa High School graduate Jesse Porter is one step away from making his Olympic dream come true.
It’s another big step for Porter, who, with a triumphant effort earlier this month, earned the No. 1 rank in his division on USA Wrestling’s National Team.
Porter will next be competing at the May 6-9 World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria, needing a top-two finish in the 77kg Greco-Roman weight class to advance to Tokyo in the summer.