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    Medbery, Thielke to take Olympic redshirt seasons

    This coming season Wisconsin will be without the services of two of its most accomplished wrestlers, Connor Medbery and Jesse Thielke, according to Badger coach Barry Davis, who shared the news in a Takedown interview.

    Connor Medbery wrestles Mike McMullan for third place at the NCAAs at heavyweight (Photo/Rob Preston)
    Medbery will be taking an Olympic redshirt as he prepares for medical school and focuses on freestyle. The Badger heavyweight earned All-American honors this past season with a fourth-place finish at the NCAAs. Medbery has one season of eligibility remaining.

    "It's going to maybe hurt our team a little bit, but we're doing it for him because we want him to be successful academically as far as getting into med school," said Davis.

    Thielke is taking an Olympic redshirt in his attempt to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Greco-Roman. In 2013 he was a U.S. World Team member in Greco-Roman at 60 kilos. This year he finished runner-up to Spenser Mango at the U.S. World Team Trials at 59 kilos. He was an NCAA qualifier this past season for the Badgers at 141 pounds.

    "Jesse Thielke is very good at Greco-Roman," said Davis. "He picks up things up very quickly. But it's your day-to-day routine and consistency that's going to help him make the team."
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