NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion wrestling assistant coach, Alex Dolly, will compete in the FILA Senior World Freestyle Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dolly will weigh in on Sunday, Sept. 7 and will wrestle at 1:00 a.m. eastern time (10:00 a.m. UZT) on Monday, Sept. 8.
He qualified for the tournament after earning a 5th-place finish at the European Championships in Finland in April, which is the highest placing ever for an Irish wrestler. After dropping his opening bout, Dolly battled all the way back to reach the bronze medal match where he squared off against 2012 silver medalist Musa Murtazaliev of Armenia. Despite holding a lead for much of the match, Dolly suffered a heartbreaking loss.
After his impressive showing at the European Championships, Dolly became Ireland’s first wrestler to surface in the world rankings. He currently sits in 17th place in the latest FILA Official World Rankings.
Dolly will look to surpass his finish at the World Championships in 2011 where he finished 9th out of 45 wrestlers in Istanbul. He won two matches at 84kg before eventually falling to Shinya Matsumoto of Japan.
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