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Dlagnev, Provisor earn Olympic wrestling berths

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April 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Wrestlers Tervel Dlagnev, Ben Provisor and Elena Pirozhkova secured trips to the Rio Olympics with wins Saturday at the U.S. Team Trials. Dlagnev beat Zach Rey twice in a best-of-three finals series at freestyle heavyweight to earn his second trip to the Olympics.

Provisor pinned Jacob Clark in the finals to earn the U.S. spot at 85 kilograms in the Greco-Roman discipline. Pirozhkova, who represented the U.S. at the London Games in 2012, pinned Erin Clodgo in the second match of the finals to earn her second straight Olympic berth at women’s 63 kilograms.