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22 de ago. de 2021 · David Taylor admitted he was too sleep deprived to climb into bed and pass out once he returned home from Japan. Plus, he was still filled with adrenaline from the excitement of the past few days. There was no way Taylor, a 2018 wrestling world champion, was going to fall asleep so soon after winning a gold medal in his Olympic debut in Tokyo.
Newly crowned David Taylor relishes stepping on the mat with the best in his sport, from Iran's Hassan Yazdani to Jordan Burroughs. The two-time world... champion explains why he sees every bout as an opportunity to gain knowledge for future encounters, and the origins of his nickname.
6 de ago. de 2021 · David Taylor says "instincts took over" when he needed a takedown in the final seconds to win a heart-stopping final and capture gold in the 86-kilogram freestyle. IE 11 is not supported.
17 de sept. de 2023 · Published September 17, 2023 04:51 PM. Getty Images. Olympic gold medalist David Taylor earned a third world wrestling title by pinning rival Hassan Yazdani of Iran as the U.S. won the first three gold medals of the championships in Belgrade. Taylor was up 9-3 when he pinned Yazdani with 2.6 seconds left in their six-minute 86kg freestyle final.
2 de abr. de 2021 · David Taylor advanced to Saturday's 86kg best-of-three final at US Olympic wrestling trials after an easy 4-0 win in his semifinal bout #NBCSports #DavidTayl...
David Taylor sent the freestyle wrestling community on Twitter, now known as X, into meltdown in April this year when he posted a montage of him training in mixed martial arts (MMA), captioned, “Always looking for a new challenge.”. The men's 86 kg Olympic champion and two-time reigning world champion then did it a second time in August, when he called out London 2012 Olympic gold ...
David Taylor on the podium after winning 86kg gold at the 2018 wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary. 3 - Taylor the visionary. As an 8-year-old in Wyoming, Taylor wrote down his life’s goals, one of which was to become an Olympic gold medallist in wrestling.
