Two-time NCAA champ, three-time finalist for Iowa State. World and Olympic gold medalist. GOAT of college wrestling at Iowa.
The Dual Is A Big Deal
Jan 9, 2025
Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman grew up in Iowa and understand just how big of a deal wrestling is in the state. They talk with Mark Bader about their experiences growing up watching the Hawkeyes and Cyclones on Iowa Public Television and six part docuseries about the unforgettable dual between Iowa and Iowa State in 1986.
0:25 - Iowa Public Television was everything in Iowa
3:35 - Attending Iowa and Iowa State meets was magical
6:20 - Dan Gable was larger than life
6:50 - Iowa stole Gable from Iowa Statel
10:40 - Iowa Dominance
12:20 - The Gibbons brothers
13:40 - The Gable and Gibbons car ride
18:40 - Gable was a mess
19:30 - The Dual was crazy!
22:00 - Hearing from the wrestlers
26:00 - Wrestling is huge in the state of Iowa
31:00 - Meeting Jim Gibbons in the bathroom
33:30 - Watching wrestling in Iowa
35:30 - The level of detail in THE DUAL
