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Writer's pictureChris Maloney

Kiniski's aid helped Molle grapple to '84 Olympic medal


Gene Kiniski had a long association with amateur wrestling dating back to his teenage years in Edmonton. But while a young Kiniski captured amateur provincial and state heavyweight championships in Alberta and in Arizona and, a generation later, took things a step further by fathering a national champion amateur wrestler, it is entirely possible that Kiniski's greatest contribution to amateur wrestling was in helping multi-time Canadian amateur champion and Olympic hopeful Bob Molle bounce back from a serious back injury and surgery after barely two weeks -- just in time to compete as a freestyle wrestling super heavyweight and to win a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...


You can check out the full article @ http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2018/07/24/22781935.html

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