Olympic gold medalist, wrestler Gable Steveson to return to Minnesota following short-lived retirement

Wrestler Gable Steveson is acceptable to get backmost successful the game. The Olympic golden medalist volition instrumentality to contention astatine the University of Minnesota arsenic helium puts his status connected pause.

Steveson plans to workout his 5th and last play of assemblage wrestling eligibility. The COVID-19 pandemic granted NCAA athletics an further twelvemonth of eligibility.

Steveson won his 2nd nationalist rubric at Minnesota successful 2022 earlier announcing his retirement. The 24-year-old volition look to widen his 52-match triumph streak erstwhile helium resumes competitory wrestling successful the collegiate ranks. 

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FILE - Minnesotas Gable Steveson prepares to instrumentality connected Penn States Greg Kerkvliet during their 285-pound lucifer successful the quarterfinal circular of the NCAA wrestling championships successful St. Louis, March 19, 2021.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

"Minnesota has fixed maine everything, and present it’s my crook to springiness it close backmost to them: to enactment my feet backmost connected the wrestling mat, to beryllium the champ, 1 much time," Steveson said successful a video posted to societal media.

Minnesota said helium is expected to marque his play debut connected Nov. 24. "Gable has the burning tendency to vie for the Maroon and Gold 1 past time," Minnesota wrestling caput manager Brandon Eggum said.

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"We are thankful helium has chosen the accidental to adhd to his historical bequest with our program. He is 1 of the champion to ever vie successful the athletics of wrestling, and we are grateful for the interaction has had astatine our program."

Gold medalist USA's Gable Dan Steveson celebrates the aureate medal aft the men's freestyle 125kg wrestling contention during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games astatine the Makuhari Messe successful Tokyo connected August 6, 2021. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Steveson had a stint with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). During his clip with the nonrecreational wrestling promotion, Steveson competed astatine the NXT level — the organization's developmental brand.

Mar 19, 2022; Detroit, MI, USA; Minnesota wrestler Gable Steveson raises his limb arsenic helium leaves the mat aft defeating Arizona State wrestler Cohlton Schultz (not pictured) successful the 285 lb value people last lucifer during the NCAA Wrestling Championships astatine Little Cesars Arena.  (Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)

The Buffalo Bills signed Steveson successful May, contempt his deficiency of acquisition with football. He was projected to beryllium a antiaircraft lineman. However, Steveson's archetypal effort astatine organized shot ended successful August erstwhile helium was released by the Bills.

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He has continued to bid with Eggum, and considered making a tally astatine qualifying for the Paris Olympics earlier yet deciding against it.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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