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Article: OLYMPIC WRESTLING Hopefuls seek funding sources Du Pont provided money for many in training
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 31, 1996
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Without inspirational leader David Schultz, the U.S. freestyle
wrestling team must march on toward the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in
Atlanta.
And without the funding provided by Team Foxcatcher benefactor
John E. du Pont, several Olympic hopefuls must scramble to find the
resources they need to continue training. The 57-year-old du Pont
was arrested Sunday in the murder of Schultz, who lived, coached and
trained at du Pont's estate in Newtown Square, Pa.
"I think everybody's going to be OK," said a shaken Kurt Angle,
the world freestyle champion at 220 pounds and a Team Foxcatcher
wrestler. "USA Wrestling will help out, and everybody will be OK.
It definitely is a burden right now.
"I ...