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Wrestler Gable Steveson, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is coming out of retirement. Steveson will compete for the University of Minnesota for a fifth and final season. He won gold as a freestyle heavyweight in Tokyo at age 21, then won his second national title at Minnesota in 2022 before retiring. Now 24, he returns on a 52-match win streak in college wrestling. During his retirement, Steveson tried professional wrestling and even tried out for the NFL's Buffalo Bills despite never having played organized football.








