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This past weekend, many of the best wrestlers in the country traveled to the South Point Hotel & Casino to compete in the US Open for their chance to qualify for Final X and make the world team. Six signature Chain Wrestling athletes took to the mats in hopes of taking the first steps towards solidifying their spot as the top contender for the United States at their respective weights in the senior freestyle division. Here's the full recap by Chain Wrestling Contributor Brogan Louden. 
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Q&A Athlete Spotlight: Adaugo Nwachukwu

On her quick rise to becoming one of the most dominant wrestlers in the nation:

"I think I have come this far with perseverance and hard work. While Covid hit in 2020, it was just my second year as a wrestler and if I had stopped wrestling during that tough year, I wouldn’t have come this far. I started wrestling at least four to five days a week with my high school coach. He set up a wrestling mat in his backyard and it was the best thing to look forward to. I think I also excelled in this sport because I started freestyle right after the folkstyle season of my sophomore year ended. I wrestled every Greco and freestyle tournament there was in my state."

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