Dan Dennis receives Olympic draw

Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Daniel Dennis is down in Rio competing for Team USA at the Olympics. The former University of Iowa wrestler will compete at 57 kilograms is currently ranked #15 in the world at the weight class.

Dennis will have Bulgaria’s Vladimir Dubov in the first round.

This is considered a great draw for Dennis, as Iran’s #2 Hassan Rahimi, Cuba’s #3 Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez, Mongolia’s #4 Bekhbayar Erdenebat, and Russia’s #7 Victor Lebedev are all on the opposite side of Dennis.

Brackets can be viewed on United World Wrestling here.

SOURCE: USA Wrestling Twitter