Brooks won a U23 world title last year and will now try to join the likes of Kyle Snyder (Rio 2016) ... SEE MORE: Amit Elor wins Olympic Trials, makes U.S. wrestling history.

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STATE COLLEGE — Aaron Brooks pulled the stunner of these U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials finals, on what turned out to be one of the most emotional Penn State wrestling days possible.. There was ...

By beating fellow Nittany Lion Wrestling Club wrestler David Taylor 3-1, Brooks has bested the reigning Olympic gold medalist and reigning two-time World Championship gold medalist at 86 kg.

Penn State's Aaron Brooks continued his magical run Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials and will face the Magic Man for a trip to the Summer Olympics.

Only a few weeks after winning the NCAA title, Brooks swept Taylor in a best-of-three final to win the 86 kg freestyle weight class at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in State College.

Taylor, 33, got an automatic bye to the final at the Olympic trials by virtue of his past performances, needing only to win two of three bouts against Brooks to lock up his spot on Team USA.

Brooks went 2-2 at the Olympic Trials in 2021 at 86 kilograms as Taylor won the weight class. However, Brooks made the trip to the Tokyo Olympics that summer to serve as Taylor's training partner ...

Brooks joins David Taylor, who won gold at 86kg in the 2020 games and who Brooks defeated at the Olympic Trials in April to earn his spot on the U.S. team, and Katsutoshi Naito, who won bronze for ...

It’s been a big year for Brooks — he won his fourth NCAA national title for Penn State, then defeated 2021 Olympic gold medalist and fellow Nittany Lion David Taylor at Olympic trials.