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Fix Sets Sights on U23 World Championship
November 24, 2017 | Cowboy Wrestling
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BYDGOSZCZ, Poland – Oklahoma State wrestling freshman Daton Fix will try for his second World title this year as he heads across the pond for the U23 Freestyle World Championships, set to begin Saturday morning. The Cowboy will take on Parviz Ibrahimov of Azerbaijan in his first match at 57 kg/125 lbs.
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Fix is coming off claiming his first Junior World title last summer, as he dominated the field for gold at the Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland, in August. The Sand Springs native outscored his five opponents by a combined score of 53-1 to help lead the United States to its first team title since 1984. With the win, Fix became the first Cowboy wrestler to take gold at the event since Alan Fried in 1991.
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Fix opened his day at the U23 World Team Trials with a pair of 10-0 tech falls over Alexander Mackall and Liam Cronin to advance to the semis, where he edged Joshua Rodriguez, 8-3. In the finals, he faced his toughest test of the event, squaring off with 2015 NCAA Champion and three-time All-American Nathan Tomasello in a best-of-three series. After outlasting Tomasello, 8-7, in the first match, Fix pulled away late in the second to win, 7-4, and claim his World team spot.
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The preliminary rounds begin at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. CT), with the medal matches beginning at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. CT). Bydgoszcz is seven hours ahead of the U.S. Central time zone.
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Fans can find live streams and brackets on Trackwrestling.com.
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BYDGOSZCZ, Poland – Oklahoma State wrestling freshman Daton Fix will try for his second World title this year as he heads across the pond for the U23 Freestyle World Championships, set to begin Saturday morning. The Cowboy will take on Parviz Ibrahimov of Azerbaijan in his first match at 57 kg/125 lbs.
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Fix is coming off claiming his first Junior World title last summer, as he dominated the field for gold at the Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland, in August. The Sand Springs native outscored his five opponents by a combined score of 53-1 to help lead the United States to its first team title since 1984. With the win, Fix became the first Cowboy wrestler to take gold at the event since Alan Fried in 1991.
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Fix opened his day at the U23 World Team Trials with a pair of 10-0 tech falls over Alexander Mackall and Liam Cronin to advance to the semis, where he edged Joshua Rodriguez, 8-3. In the finals, he faced his toughest test of the event, squaring off with 2015 NCAA Champion and three-time All-American Nathan Tomasello in a best-of-three series. After outlasting Tomasello, 8-7, in the first match, Fix pulled away late in the second to win, 7-4, and claim his World team spot.
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The preliminary rounds begin at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. CT), with the medal matches beginning at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. CT). Bydgoszcz is seven hours ahead of the U.S. Central time zone.
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Fans can find live streams and brackets on Trackwrestling.com.
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