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.

Aaron Brooks defeated reigning 86-kilogram gold medalist David Taylor in consecutive matches Saturday night at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, claiming a roster spot at the Paris Olympics ...

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 ...

After rallying to win the U.S. Open title, Aaron Brooks will face Olympic gold medalist David Taylor for a spot in the 2023 world championships.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Aaron Brooks and David Taylor were on their knees at the center of the wrestling mat. The crowd inside the Bryce Jordan Center looked on at a moment in the Olympic Trials ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brooks — who recently became a four-time NCAA champion for Penn State and won the Hodge Trophy as the nation's top college wrestler — is set to compete in the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials on ...

Brooks' Olympic run completed a spectacular 12 months of wrestling in which he won a U23 world title, his fourth NCAA championship and the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. Brooks went 22-0 on the ...

After rallying to win the U.S. Open title, Aaron Brooks will face Olympic gold medalist David Taylor for a spot in the 2023 world championships.