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2024 Olympic Wrestling Trials Preview: Women's Freestyle 76 kg

2024 Olympic Wrestling Trials Preview: Women's Freestyle 76 kg

The domestic 76-kilogram weight class keeps us guessing, which only adds intrigue heading into the 2024 Olympic Trials on April 19-20.

Apr 16, 2024
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What: U.S. Olympic Trials
Weight: 76 kg (women’s freestyle)
When: April 19-20
Where: State College, Pennsylvania (Bryce Jordan Center)
How to watch: Peacock 

Welcome to the wild, wacky, crazy, domestic 76-kilogram women’s freestyle weight class. This deep field keeps everyone guessing — and you never know when a marquee match might materialize.

It could be the US Open.

It could be the World Team Trials.

It could be a college tournament. 

It could be a college dual. 

It could be a tournament overseas. 

Seven U.S. wrestlers in the field have reached Final X or the final Olympic Trials, led by six-time World champion Adeline Gray who turned 33 on January 15 and has 10 World/Olympic medals. 

Gray has been a force of nature at this weight and is still the wrestler everyone looks up to. Her bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships earned her a spot in the Olympic Trials finals, and she is two wins away from making her third Olympic team. 

Adeline Gray at the Worlds and Olympics

YearCompetitionWeightResult
2009Worlds67 kg5th
2011Worlds67 kgBronze
2012Worlds67 kgGold
2013Worlds72 kgBronze
2014Worlds75 kgGold
2015Worlds75 kgGold
2016Olympics76 kg7th
2018Worlds76 kgGold
2019Worlds76 kgGold
2020Olympics76 kgSilver
2021Worlds76 kgGold
2023Worlds76 kgBronze


Here's an example of how results are often unpredictable. 

Dymond Guilford pinned Kylie Welker in the semifinals at the US Open but Welker was leading 8-2. Welker beat Guilford, 9-6, to make the national team but lost to Guilford 4-2 during the Missouri Valley Open finals (a college tournament) in November.

Welker lost to Yelena Makoyed, 11-6, during the consolation semis at the US Open but defeated her 12-2 at the World Team Trials in May and, most recently, 11-3, at the NWCA National Duals and 11-0 in the finals of the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships. 

To add another twist, Makoyed defeated Guilford, 7-4, at the 2024 Henri Deglane tournament in France. That’s after Guilford defeated Makoyed 9-6 at the World Team Trials but lost to her, 12-2, at the 2023 Henri Deglane tournament last February. 

This is all building to the April 19-20 Olympic Trials in State College, Pennsylvania. Who will face Adeline Gray in the best-of-three finals is anyone’s guess.

Below is a breakdown of how the seven Final Xers have fared against each other since February 4, 2023. 

Adeline Gray (10x World/Olympic medalist, 6x World champion, 2x Olympian)
WON — Dymond Guilford, 3 cautions (US Open on April 29, 2023)
LOST — Kennedy Blades, 12-2 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
WON — Skylar Grote, Fall 4:43 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, 14-3 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Dymond Guilford, 12-1 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Kennedy Blades, 7-5 (Final X on June 10, 2023)
WON — Kennedy Blades, Fall 4:38 (Final X on June 10, 2023)

Kennedy Blades (2020 Olympic Trials, 2023 Final X)
WON — Kylie Welker, 8-6 (U20 WTT on April 18, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, Fall 2:22 (U20 WTT on April 18, 2023)
WON — Yelena Makoyed, Fall 3:57 (US Open on April 29, 2023)
WON — Adeline Gray, 12-2 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, 7-5 (Final X on June 10, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, Fall 4:38 (Final X on June 10, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, Fall 4:26 (Zagreb Open on Jan. 13, 2024)

Dymond Guilford (2022 World team)
WON — Precious Wieser, 13-0 (Henri Deglane on Feb. 4, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 12-2 (Henri Deglane on Feb. 4, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, Fall 2:32 (US Open on April 29, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, 3 cautions (US Open on April 29, 2023)
WON — Precious Wieser, 3-1 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Yelena Makoyed, 9-6 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, 12-1 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Kylie Welker, 8-5 (Final X on June 10, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, 4-2 (Missouri Valley Open on Nov. 18, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 7-4 (Henri Deglane on Jan. 19, 2024)

Kylie Welker (2020 Olympic Trials)
LOST — Kennedy Blades, 8-6 (U20 WTT on April 18, 2023)
LOST — Kennedy Blades, Fall 2:22 (U20 WTT on April 18, 2023)
LOST — Dymond Guilford, Fall 2:32 (US Open on April 29, 2023)
WON — Skylar Grote, 10-0 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 11-6 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, 14-3 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Precious Wieser, Fall 1:43 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Yelena Makoyed, 12-2 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Dymond Guilford, 8-5 (Final X on June 10, 2023)
LOST — Dymond Guilford, 4-2 (Missouri Valley Open on Nov. 18, 2023)
WON — Yelena Makoyed, 11-3 (NWCA National Duals on Jan. 6, 2024)
LOST — Kennedy Blades, Fall 4:26 (Zagreb Open on Jan. 13, 2024)
WON — Yelena Makoyed, 11-0 (National Collegiate Championships on March 9, 2024)

Yelena Makoyed (2022 Final X)
WON — Precious Wieser, 12-2 (Henri Deglane on Feb. 4, 2023)
WON — Dymond Guilford, 12-2 (Henri Deglane on Feb. 4, 2023)
WON — Precious Wieser, Fall 1:25 (US Open on April 29, 2023)
LOST — Kennedy Blades, Fall 3:57 (US Open April 29, 2023)
WON — Kylie Welker, 11-6 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
LOST — Dymond Guilford 9-6 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Kylie Welker, 12-2 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
WON — Precious Wieser, 11-7 (Bill Farrell International on Nov. 17, 2023)
WON — Skylar Grote, 9-5 (Bill Farrell International on Nov. 17, 2023)
LOST — Kylie Welker, 11-3 (NWCA National Duals on Jan. 6, 2024)
WON — Dymond Guilford, 7-4 (Henri Deglane on Jan. 19, 2024)
WON — Skylar Grote, 11-1 (Henri Deglane on Jan. 19, 2024)
LOST — Kylie Welker, 11-0 (National Collegiate Championships on March 9, 2024)

Precious Wieser (2019 Final X)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, Fall 1:25 (US Open on April 29, 2023)
LOST — Dymond Guilford, 3-1 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Kylie Welker, Fall 1:43 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 11-7 (Bill Farrell International on Nov. 17, 2023)

Skylar Grote (2022 Final X)
LOST — Kylie Welker, 10-0 (US Open on April 30, 2023)
LOST — Adeline Gray, Fall 4:43 (WTT on May 21, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 9-5 (Bill Farrell International on Nov. 17, 2023)
LOST — Yelena Makoyed, 11-1 (Henri Deglane on Jan. 19, 2024)

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How To Watch the 2024 Olympic Wrestling Trials

Live coverage of all four mats at the U.S Olympic Team Trials will be streamed on Peacock from April 19-20. 

Streaming will begin on Friday, April 19 with Session 1 at 10 a.m. ET

When are the US Olympic Trials?

The U.S Olympic Trials will be held over two days from April 19-20 in State College, Pennsylvania.

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