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USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender - OTM579

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USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender Goes On The Mat USA Wrestling set an entry record at the 2019 Junior & U16 National Championships this week. Coming on the show to talk about Fargo and all things associated with the upcoming World Championships is Rich Bender, the longtime executive director at USA Wrestling. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and around wrestling. Show Segments 0:25 - Andy "The Russian Lion" Hamilton. 1:00 - Getting jacked for the Cadet Worlds (or the Green Tea smoothies) 3:25 - Explaining the original Russian Lion reference 4:40 - Daton Fix mentality and mindset from last show 11:15 - Shoutout to John Broughton, NWMA award winner 12:20 - Experience and grades as part of life experiences 15:00 - Yasar Dogu ranking tournament thoughts and some weird things about the Olympics 25:00 - Kyle Klingman's been a workhorse with the Countdown to Nur-Sultan 28:40 - Rich Bender Interview 1:15:40 - Skip this question, go to the next part 1:19:30 - Show Thoughts SUPPORT THE SHOW If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a small monthly contribution to the network by following this link.. Subscribe to On The Mat and listen anytime Apple Podcasts: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-mat-by-national-wrestling/id968091220?mt=2&uo=4&at=11ly5X Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=61304&refid=stpr Spreaker http://www.spreaker.com/show/on-the-mat Spotify http://open.spotify.com/show/1HQrVMZiXDpjzHHbkk9eQA?si=iXal80N4SKm0WzbsG_berA iHeartRadio: http://www.iheart.com/show/53-On-The-Mat/ iHeartRadio Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2MTAyMi9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk RSS: http://www.spreaker.com/show/1361022/episodes/feed