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Photostory: Pandas wrestling take gold at USports competition, Bears in third place

Golden bears finish USports with bronze medal, Pandas finish with gold.

The 2023 Friends of the World Cup of Wrestling Society USports Championship took place over February 25 and 26, where both Bears and Pandas finished with medals. After the Pandas and Golden Bears wrestling teams took first place in CanadaWest, they competed with schools across the county.

The Pandas finished first for the second time in the program’s history, after their last first place win in 2011. The Bears finished in third place, behind Brock University in first and McMaster University in second. The Bears ended the championship with 48 points, while the Pandas had 65.


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Amanda Sparks

Amanda Sparks was the 2022-23 Staff Reporter for The Gateway. She is in her final year of a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English. When she has time, you can usually find her under a pile of blankets crying over fictional characters, baking, hiking, or spending time with her cat.

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