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Top three wrestlers at each weight are considered the "national team". Only the top wrestler in each weight is "Olympic team" or "world team".

 

You can see national team members here (at least the national team leading up to the trials).

https://www.themat.com/team-usa/national-team

I'm not sure exactly how they handle the non-Olympic weights. My guess is they stay as-is until the next world team trials.

 

 

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The national team is made up out of the top 4 at the OTT.  In non-olympic years it's only the top 3 at the WTT/Final X 
 
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If this is the case, the why did MM get a win on the bracket over JB? Unless it’s because JB chose not to weigh-in for day 2. Had he been there, they would not have wrestled a second time.


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1 minute ago, lu_alum said:


If this is the case, the why did MM get a win on the bracket over JB? Unless it’s because JB chose not to weigh-in for day 2. Had he been there, they would not have wrestled a second time.


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Not sure.  The lady on the PA said multiple times the top 4 are on the national team.  She started to expound on it at one point but was cut off by action on the mat.  

I think JB must not have weighed in day 2.  I guess because there is the possibility he'd have to wrestle 3rd place he is required to weigh in.  Top 4 - Dake, Nolf, Burroughs, Messenbrink should have been on the team is my understanding.  Not really sure.

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