University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Alirez Continues Pursuit of His Olympic Dream
4/18/2024 5:01:00 PM | Wrestling
GREELEY, Colo. – Andrew Alirez's road to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, continues Friday and Saturday at the Olympic Team Trials – hosted by Penn State – at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Alirez will compete in the men's freestyle at 65kg. He is seeded fourth in the 13-man bracket and will receive a first-round bye. The bracket includes World Team member Nick Lee, both the 2024 NCAA 141-pound champion Jesse Mendez and runner-up Beau Bartlett, 2022 World silver medalist Yianni Diakomihalis and Zain Retherford, who earned a berth directly to the semi-finals by winning gold at the 2023 World Team event at 70kg.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, April 19
8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Mountain – Session I – Challenge Tournament Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation for all styles and weight classes. (Note: All Championship Matches will be held before the consolation rounds.)
4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mountain – Session II – Challenge Tournament Semifinals and Finals, all styles and weight classes.
Saturday, April 20
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Mountain – Session III – Round One of the Best-of-Three Championship Series, all styles and weight classes, plus Round Two of Best-of-Three Championship Series in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Also, the completion of the Challenge Tournament consolation semifinals, consolation finals, third-place bouts and True third (if necessary).
4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mountain – Session IV – Round Three of the Best-of-the-Three Championship Series (if necessary) in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics.
Round Two and Round Three follow (if necessary) in the 13 weight classes qualified for the Olympics. The session concludes with the presentation of the U.S. Olympic Team.
How to Watch
The entirety of the event is available by streaming on Peacock, with the finals broadcast on the USA Network. Watch Day One | Watch Day Two | Watch Finals
Friday's first session will feature mat-by-mat streams (four-mat setup) and a quad box on Peacock.
The second session features mat-by-mat streaming on Peacock with the Challenge bracket semifinals and finals broadcast on USA Network and Peacock.
Saturday's third session will follow the same format as session one on Friday. The session will feature mat-by-mat streams (four-mat setup) and a quad box on Peacock.
Session four, featuring the U.S. Olympic Finals will air nationally on USA Network and Peacock.
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin on July 26. The wrestling portion of the games runs from August 5 through August 11.
Alirez will compete in the men's freestyle at 65kg. He is seeded fourth in the 13-man bracket and will receive a first-round bye. The bracket includes World Team member Nick Lee, both the 2024 NCAA 141-pound champion Jesse Mendez and runner-up Beau Bartlett, 2022 World silver medalist Yianni Diakomihalis and Zain Retherford, who earned a berth directly to the semi-finals by winning gold at the 2023 World Team event at 70kg.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, April 19
8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Mountain – Session I – Challenge Tournament Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation for all styles and weight classes. (Note: All Championship Matches will be held before the consolation rounds.)
4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mountain – Session II – Challenge Tournament Semifinals and Finals, all styles and weight classes.
Saturday, April 20
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Mountain – Session III – Round One of the Best-of-Three Championship Series, all styles and weight classes, plus Round Two of Best-of-Three Championship Series in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Also, the completion of the Challenge Tournament consolation semifinals, consolation finals, third-place bouts and True third (if necessary).
4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mountain – Session IV – Round Three of the Best-of-the-Three Championship Series (if necessary) in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics.
Round Two and Round Three follow (if necessary) in the 13 weight classes qualified for the Olympics. The session concludes with the presentation of the U.S. Olympic Team.
How to Watch
The entirety of the event is available by streaming on Peacock, with the finals broadcast on the USA Network. Watch Day One | Watch Day Two | Watch Finals
Friday's first session will feature mat-by-mat streams (four-mat setup) and a quad box on Peacock.
The second session features mat-by-mat streaming on Peacock with the Challenge bracket semifinals and finals broadcast on USA Network and Peacock.
Saturday's third session will follow the same format as session one on Friday. The session will feature mat-by-mat streams (four-mat setup) and a quad box on Peacock.
Session four, featuring the U.S. Olympic Finals will air nationally on USA Network and Peacock.
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin on July 26. The wrestling portion of the games runs from August 5 through August 11.
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