“Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?” -2 Samuel 7:18 🙌🏼
Can’t believe I get to go on this Olympic journey... AGAIN!!!! 🇺🇸
#2xolympian
#glorytoGod
And Jesus said to him “anything is possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23)
Never lose faith, never give up.
2x Olympic medalist!!! Pinching myself!! What a gift to be able to do this on the biggest stage again. My heart is full 💝 thank you everyone!!
Conversation with my uber driver this morning when I got picked up at rental car place and not the OTC:
Him: “so what brought you to CO”
Me: “I was out here for rehab”
Him: “oh what was the addiction?”
Me: “....um.... wrestling”
🤷🏼♀️
#sportsrehab
#ishouldaclarified
Some thoughts after reflecting on the weekend... Olympic trials is just a different animal. It’s not USA against the World in that moment. It’s you verses your brothers/sisters
📸:
@Tony_Rotundo
To answer this question I keep getting... I am not retired or retiring. I just had major shoulder surgery after the 2018 World Championships in November. Haven’t been cleared yet, but see you on the mat soon 🤼♀️
✌🏼 days until I wrestle off for a spot on the World Team. Finally, after waiting months to heal from a traumatic brain injury, I get to step back on the mat again. God is good 🙏🏼
I’m so proud of
@helen_maroulis
She’s certified. Her battle over the last five years just to get back here tells you all you need to know about her. She’s got work still to do, but she’s a living testament that the color of your medal doesn’t determine the size of your heart.❤️🇺🇸
@FloWrestling
@USAWrestling
it’s not about the # it’s about equality. You counted Olympic years for the male athletes but for the female athlete you say “if you count olympic year” why would my olympic year not count? I worked hard & earned it just like the guys. Please respect
Hindsight is always 20/20 but no regrets. I learned so much from this year and this journey. Hope is an anchor for the soul. I’m believing and when the time is right will work for better things in the future
"I maybe should have waited the year to come back."
Helen Maroulis opens up about overcoming her severe injury and if she ever considered walking away from the sport.
It may only seat 2,000 but it raises over a million dollars every year for charity. Let’s not forget that. & value can be measured in more than just dollars. You’re a great promoter
@ChaelSonnen
would love to see you use your words more to promote
@BeattheStreets
& wrestling!👌🏼
Congrats to all the NCAA participants this past weekend, because really, whether you won or lost you completed a season of pursuing your goals and that’s an accomplishment. This is a tough sport, thanks for letting us all get to witness your heart and grind.
The main issue is not PD. It’s that
@FloWrestling
chose to cover someone with the “bad boy” persona in hopes that drama would bring more viewership. Well here is drama for you guys. You will find that money exists in women’s viewership.
Untrue. Was no transparency in pay.
So to talk business, as an athlete I have more accolades, 2x the social media following than you (& that’s including
@FloWrestling
building your brand) & was offered not even half of your pay when
@WrstleLikeAGirl
offered to pay womens purses
Hey
@helen_maroulis
would love to discuss/debate how to organize/run/monetize a professional wrestling league. Let me know if you are open to it and we can tape a podcast on it 👍🏻
Biggest shoutout and a million thanks to
@e_pirozhkova
for teaching me her foot sweep a few years ago.. it has come in handy on quite a few occasions and helped me win some big matches. 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Ive never understood this. I always do the” hands on knees” posture and I’ve never felt psychologically weak or that I gave my opponent any advantage. Whatever assumption they made about it ended up being wrong anyways 🤷🏼♀️
Tough loss but still a strong showing from
#TeamUSA
. 💪
Adam Coon (🥈) moves
@USAWrestling
's medal-count to 12, extending the record for a single year, and wins the first Greco-Roman medal for the U.S. since 2015.
#BudaWrestle2018
My mentor once asked me “if you physically sprained your ankle you’d take some time to heal that but what about when it’s a spiritual or mental sprain.. will you take the time to heal that?” Hit me hard. Proud of you
@Simone_Biles
sending ❤️🙏🏼
#mentalhealthfirst
We’re thinking of you, Simone. ❤️ Your strength and courage to focus on your wellbeing is something we can all learn from.
Thank you for being the leader you are.
It’s almost embarrassing how when my hands are full and having to choose between dropping my food or dropping my phone, I drop my phone
Every time.
both my front and back cameras are cracked at this point, but hey, my burger’s intact
#foodprobs
#newphoneforxmas
🤞🏼
I’m really so excited to compete in the Pro Wrestling League... my weight class is STACKED with World and Olympic Medalists.. couldn’t ask for a better tournament
It’s amazing to see our USA guys wrestling out here at the World Championships.. they all look like they’re on a mission and a whole other level. Def believe they’re getting team title again! 💪🏼 🇺🇸
#inspired
#BudaWrestle2018
Excited to continue evolving in my wrestling alongside coaches and people who see the value in women’s wrestling and as coaches. Grateful to be back home in the DMV where it all began!!
@jmo_133
@TerpsWrestling
Could have made more flodocs on any of our amazingly accomplished women by now. And it’s funny because it’s not like it even takes away from the men. No one is forcing the guys to watch women. But if you don’t cover any women you take away that choice from your audience.
So then your issue is with payment not being based on a popularity contest? .. which makes no sense. We get equal pay & it is right because it’s an equal job, and that job is earning a medal for our selves and our country. Whether your male or female the end result is a job done
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas, filled with love, laughter, food, family, friends and good times. 🎄🎁❤️Celebrating the birth of Jesus and thankful for the Father’s love in sending His own Son for us❤️
#myking
#christmas
#merrychristmas
#jesus
@LeviVentura_
I designed these myself and had them made… I’ve wanted to bring something fun and new to wrestling shoe game 😉 still not fully finished with them but this is the sample before Final X
Share with a parent or coach who doesn't want their athlete getting cauliflower ear!
@earsplintz
allows you to make a mold of your ears before you get cauliflower ear! Check them out today at
My dads the same but my dads name is John here in America but Yianni in Greece... I knew the whole time you were living life “untranslated” 😎😂🇺🇸🇬🇷
#greekpride
Ok to explain the John/Yianni thing
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My parents were going to name me Yianni after my papou (grandpa) but instead named me John (sounds more normal, & Yianni is John in Greek so it’s the same name kinda). But when I was born they called me Yianni my whole life so here we are now
Yaaay! This is a first for me since UWW started the ranking series. So grateful for this and a whole year of competing under my belt🤼♀️. Excited for more!
@kyledake444
When officials made, not a “bad judgment” or subjective” call but actually a decision that was contrary to the rules resulting in me winning match, I was called back 20mins later to rewrestle the match at Pan Am Games 2011. So they should own up & have them wrestle third match.
Wow congratulations
@TervelDlagnev
...you deserved the podium ceremony, celebrations, and so much more but happy that you are getting your hard earned medal now ❤️
Inside Helen Maroulis’s Grueling Struggle to Overcome Brain Trauma and Return for the Tokyo Olympics
Excited to see you back champ. The wrestling world is better because of you. Thanks for being transparent and sharing your story!
@helen_maroulis
The Guinness record for most pull-ups in a minute is 52 , my goal is to beat that soon😈 Currently I’m at 45 pull-ups in about about 42 seconds. Don’t ever be afraid to challenge yourself !
Facts 💯 ….the line I hate the most: “do you think you could take me in a match if we wrestled?” No bro, I don’t think about you at all, nor will I ever🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️. My response is always “I only like a challenge, so we’ll never end up wrestling..”
PSA to all the guys out there: messaging a female wrestler and asking if she “wants to scrap” is not the successful DM slide you think it’s going to be😂
YESSSS!!!! This is sooo exciting!!! Such a step in the right direction! I’m so excited for what’s to come for women’s wrestling and wrestling in general!
#bettertogether
It is with great pleasure to announce that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has recommended Emerging Sport Status to all three Divisions of the NCAA governance structure for women's wrestling.
Official Press Release
You ever buy a snack for the first time and try it and it’s like “ugh...it’s okay”... and the sad part is you know you’re still gonna eat it all because you bought it? ...or is that just me 😳
I wrestled on UWW regulation mats outdoors in Greece in 2013... when it was daytime and the sun was out mats were fine, after sunset the mats got really slippery too. I don’t think it’s a mat issue but simply factor of weather.