Gable Steveson won't defend his Olympic gold medal in wrestling

One jumbo-sized persona will be missing from this weekend's U.S. Olympic wrestling trials at Penn State. Reigning gold medalist Gable Steveson, who won the men's freestyle heavyweight crown at the Tokyo Games in 2021, is not in the field and won't go to Paris to defend his title. The wrestler famous for his post-match backflips has flip-flopped on the subject of chasing a second Olympic berth. Steveson, a former Gopher from Apple Valley, retired from amateur wrestling in 2022 after winning a second NCAA championship. He began training for a...