From: James Hajek
[email protected] Subject: NEB WRES (Two Releases): Burroughs Accepts Final X Bid/Green to Compete at Pan American Championships, Manning on Coaching Staff Date: April 25, 2018 at 2:53 PM To: James Hajek
[email protected] Sent on behalf of USA Wrestling. The attached release announces one other wrestler who has accepted a berth to compete at Final X in Lincoln on June 9: Thomas Gilman (57 kg). Link to USA Wrestling Release (Burroughs): https://www.teamusa.org/USA- Wrestling/Features/2018/April/25/Burroughs-accepts-Final-X-berth-and-will-compete-in- Lincoln Link to USA Wrestling Release (Pan American Championships): https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/April/25/US-mens-freestyle-Pan- Am-team-announced For immediate release, April 25, 2018 Burroughs accepts Final X berth, and will compete for U.S. World Team spot in Lincoln, Neb. on June 9 2012 Olympic champion and four-time World champion Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC) has officially accepted his berth in Final X, and will battle for a spot on the 2018 U.S. World Team in men’s freestyle in Final X in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, June 9. The event will be hosted at the Bob Devaney Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, starting at 6 p.m. CST, with exclusive live and on-demand coverage on FloWrestling, as well as on the FloSports apps on iOS, Roku and Apple TV 4. Burroughs boasts an Olympic gold medal from the 2012 Olympics in London, England.