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Nick Gwiazdowski - Armed Escorts and World Medals :: Ep 36
Two-time NCAA champion and two-time world bronze medalist Nick "Gwiz" Gwiazdowski talks about the road from a small Upstate New York town to the world podium. He covers rebuilding NC State with Pat Popolizio, upsetting Tony Nelson for the 2014 title and how front headlock defense opened up his freestyle career.
He also explains why great coaches sometimes let their wrestlers win. Then come the stories: armed escorts in Dagestan, crowds in Iran with Jordan Burroughs, and the brutal cold of Krasnoyarsk.
Timed highlights:
00:00 Cold open: dinner with a machine gun in the doorway
09:38 Small-town…
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