Chun and Byers Qualify Olympic Weights for U.S.A.

Clarissa Chun and Dremiel Byers wrestled this past weekend at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier in Florida. Chun took first which allows the United States to take a wrestler at the weight of 48 kilograms or 105.5 pounds to the London Olympics this August.Byers also took gold qualifying the 120 kilograms or 264.5 pound weight class. In order for a country to send athletes to the Olympic Games in wrestling, that country must send any athlete to a qualifying tournament, must be international. That athlete must win that tournament to claim a spot at all for that country at any weight. Chun needed to qualify the United States 48 kilogram spot that she held in the 2008 Olympics. We now have all the weights qualified to go to the Olympic Games in London for men and women wrestlers.