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ESPN will feature nearly 150 collegiate wrestling events from some of the top conferences in the country throughout the 2025-26 NCAA season, including more than 110 events exclusively on ESPN+. All events will also stream on the ESPN App via DTC or Pay TV authentication.
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ESPN has promoted Nick Rud to the newly created role of Vice President, Sports Production for Diamond and College Olympic Sports. Rud will be responsible for the creative development and production oversight of multiple sports categories, including Diamond Sports (college softball, college baseball, girls’ little league softball and boys’ little league baseball) and College Olympic Sports (field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and wrestling).
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The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships return to ESPN platforms with 19 hours of live action featuring all 640 matches from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia this weekend, March 20-22. Every mat and every single match will once again be covered from start to finish, including three nights of primetime wrestling action on ESPN (Thursday, Saturday) and ESPN2 (Friday). ESPN+ coverage will feature a live MatCast viewing option, as well as simulcasts of all televised windows.
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As part of ESPN and the NCAA’s expanded rights agreement, ESPN platforms will present more than 625 hours of live programming surrounding 20 NCAA Winter Championships this March and April, including men’s & women’s indoor track & field, men’s & women’s swimming & diving, wrestling, men’s & women’s basketball across all divisions, fencing, men’s & women’s ice hockey, bowling, and men’s & women’s gymnastics. Various rounds of these championships are set for ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS and ESPN+, with select NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament games and the National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championship streaming live on Disney+.
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ESPN platforms will feature nearly 150 collegiate wrestling events from some of the top conferences in the country throughout the 2024-25 NCAA season, including more than 110 events exclusively on ESPN+
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Wrestling Olympic Trials from Penn State University in State College, Pa., Begin This Friday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock
Commentators: Jason Knapp, Jim Scherr, and Zora Stephenson
Wrestling Coverage Continues NBC Sports’ Record Coverage of U.S. Olympic Team Trials Ahead of Paris Olympics
All Events Stream Live on Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 16, 2024 – NBC Sports presents live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling with over 60 hours of live coverage across Peacock and USA Network over two days from the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University in State College, Pa., beginning on Peacock this Friday, April 19, with all four mats from Session 1 at 10 a.m. ET. Live coverage of the Wrestling Trials concludes on Saturday, April 20, with the finals at 6:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.
Throughout Friday and Saturday, Peacock will individually stream all four mats for both morning sessions, as well as a quad box option for each. Additionally, the Challenge Tournament will be presented on USA Network and Peacock on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Finals on Saturday also on USA Network and Peacock on 6:30 p.m. ET. All Olympic Trials coverage this weekend will also stream via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.
Wrestling is one of the oldest known Olympic sports and was first introduced at the Ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC. At the time, wrestling was one of the most widely-practiced and popular sports in the region, with athletes such as six-time champion Milo of Croton and five-time champion Hipposthenes of Sparta’s achievements becoming the feats of legend. Greco-Roman wrestling first appeared on the Olympic program in 1896 at the first modern Olympic Games, but only one bout was held. Freestyle wrestling debuted a few years later at the 1904 St. Louis Games, and both forms of wrestling have been featured on every Olympic program since 1920. Women’s wrestling was introduced at the 2004 Athens Games.
The U.S. topped the wrestling medal standings at the Tokyo Games (nine) and is poised to continue its success in Paris. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling are expected to feature four individual reigning world champions, including Tokyo Olympic men’s 86 kg gold medalist David Taylor as well as hopeful first-time Olympians Amit Elor (competing at Trials in the women’s freestyle 68 kg), and Zain Retherford (competing in men’s freestyle 65 kg). Additionally on the men’s side, Tokyo Olympic men’s freestyle 74 kg bronze medalist and four-time world champion Kyle Dake aims to make his second Olympic team, while Rio Olympic 97 kg gold medalist and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Kyle Snyder – who, in 2016, became the youngest American wrestler ever to win Olympic gold at age 20 – aims to qualify for his third Olympic team. Jordan Burroughs, 2012 London Olympic gold medalist at 74 kg, also looked to make his third Olympic team and first since Rio 2016.
On the women’s side, Rio Olympic 53 kg gold medalist and Tokyo Olympic 57 kg bronze medalist Helen Maroulis, Tokyo Olympic 76 kg silver medalist Adeline Gray, and Tokyo Olympic 50 kg bronze medalist Sarah Hildebrandt are some of the top names who will be competing to qualify for Paris. Tokyo Olympians Jacarra Winchester and Kayla Miracle are also expected to be in the mix for spots in their respective weight classes.
NBC Sports’ Jason Knapp will call the event, joined by analyst and 1988 U.S. Olympic wrestler Jim Scherr, a former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO, and reporter Zora Stephenson.
For more information on NBC Sports’ U.S. Olympic Team Trials coverage, click here.
Broadcast Team
How To Watch – Friday, April 19 – Saturday, April 20 (all times ET)
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time |
| Fri., April 19 | Session 1 (Mat 1) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. |
| Session 1 (Mat 2) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | |
| Session 1 (Mat 3) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | |
| Session 1 (Mat 4) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | |
| Session 1 (Quad Box) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | |
| Challenge Tournament | USA Network, Peacock | 6:30-10 p.m. | |
| Session 2 (Mat 1) | Peacock | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | |
| Session 2 (Mat 2) | Peacock | 6:30-10 p.m. | |
| Session 2 (Mat 3) | Peacock | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., April 20 | Session 3 (Mat 1) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
| Session 3 (Mat 2) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | |
| Session 3 (Mat 3) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | |
| Session 3 (Mat 4) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | |
| Session 3 (Quad Box) | Peacock | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | USA Network, Peacock | 6:30-10 p.m. |
–U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS–