World champion, former NJRTC athlete J’den Cox retires at U.S. Olympic Trials
by NJ.com
NJ.com— The 2016 bronze medalist left his shoes in the middle of the mat after a loss on Friday.
ESPN—J'den Cox retires at U.S. Olympic wrestling trials after loss. J'den Cox walked off the mat after dropping a 2-2 decision to Kollin Moore at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials on Friday night, leaving his shoes behind to a standing ovation.
DVIDS—Three WCAP Soldier-Athletes win U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials, try to qualify for Paris Olympics. Spc. Kamal Bey, Sgt. Ellis Coleman, and Spc. Dalton Roberts fulfilled one part of their Olympic dreams by winning the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials on April 19-20 at Penn State.
CNN—Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record. It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...