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Follow on Google News | Maroulis Accepts Final X Berth, And Will Compete For U.S. World Team Spot In New York On June 82016 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Helen Maroulis will compete at the Beat the Streets/Final X event in NYC on June 8
By: Beat the Streets Maroulis will battle for a spot on the 2022 U.S. World Team in Final X New York. presented by Tezos, on Wednesday, June 8 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Maroulis is a history-maker for Team USA in women's wrestling. She became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling with her victory at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She became the first U.S. women's wrestler to win two Olympic medals with her bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Maroulis has won three World gold medals (2015, 2017, 2021) and boasts five Senior World medals. Maroulis also won three Junior World medals. She was a four-time WCWA college national champion, winning three titles for Simon Fraser and one for Missouri Baptist. Maroulis is a native of Rockville, Md. This will serve as the 12th Beat the Streets Annual Benefit. These unique and electrifying annual events help Beat the Streets New York raise millions of dollars to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. There are a variety of ticket options for Final X New York, with prices beginning at $65. Purchase your wrestling-only event tickets or Benefit tickets with access to Final X New York and the Benefit celebration (after party) tickets at btsny.org (https://give.btsny.org/ The Final X series will determine the 2022 U.S. Senior World Teams in men's freestyle, women's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling which will compete in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 10-18. The Team Selection procedures for the U.S. World Teams in each style allows for 2021 Senior World medalists and 2020 Olympic medalists to advance directly to Final X at a specified weight class. Maroulis has met this requirement and accepted her qualification. There are 15 weight classes contested in Final X New York, five in each discipline. The Final X opponent for Maroulis will be determined at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, May 20-22. http://www.btsny.org End
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