Cox Makes Debut in UWW Wrestling Freestyle Rankings
7/6/2016 11:31:00 AM | Wrestling
Cox checks in at No. 10 in the world at 86 kg
United World Wrestling Release
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling senior and Team USA 86-kg freestyle wrestler J'den Cox (Columbia, Mo.) entered the United World Wrestling Freestyle Wrestling Rankings on Tuesday, debuting at No. 10 in the world at 86 kg. In international competitions over the last month, Cox owns wins over two wrestlers currently ranked in the top-20 at 86-kg.
After securing a spot on Team USA at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on April 10 in Iowa City, Iowa, Cox has gone 12-2 in four international competitions.
Cox officially earned his spot in Rio with a championship at the World Games Qualifying Tournament on April 24 in Mongolia following a 5-0 performance where the hometown Tiger outscored his opponents, 36-3. Cox then defeated then-No. 10-ranked Meisam Mostafa Joukar (Iran), 10-5, on May 18 at Beat the Streets in New York City, N.Y.
At the UWW Men's Freestyle World Cup in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 11-12, Cox went 3-1 while helping Team USA finish fourth. At the event, Cox defeated No. 5-ranked Alexander Gostiev (Azerbaijan) and No. 12-ranked Alireza Karimimachiani (Iran).
In his final tune-up before Rio, the soon-to-be Tiger senior captured bronze at the Grand Prix of Germany on July 2 in Dortmund, Germany. After defeating Kanat Berdiev (Kazakhstan), 10-0, in the first round, Cox fell to 2012 Olympic champion Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan) in the second round. Cox would come back and defeat Konstantin Volek (Germany) and Adilet Davlumbaev (Kazakhstan) to earn the bronze medal.
Cox will take off to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 2 and his competition day at 86 kg/189 lbs. is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 20.
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