David TAYLOR (USA) announced on his social media channels that he’ll be returning after sitting out of competition for the last eight months.
In his post, Taylor said, “Dear World, I am back. I’ll be seeing you soon.”
Taylor, a 2018 world champion at 86kg, was coming off an undefeated 2018 season, which culminated in gold-medal performances at the World Championships, Pan-American Championships, Ivan Yariguin and Yasar Dogu. But in May, Taylor was dealt an unfortunate setback on his road to defending his world title.
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86 kg: Alex Dieringer
86 kg: Zahid Valencia It was at the Beat the Streets match against Drew FOSTER (USA) where Taylor went down 31 seconds into the match with an apparent right knee injury. In the opening sequence of the bout, Foster got to a low-level shot to the right leg of Taylor and came up through the middle. Foster peaked out the back door and isolated the right leg of Taylor. Foster, who was posted on his right hand, threw his left hip to the mat, which is when Taylor stopped wrestling and immediately grabbed his right knee. The reigning world champion tried to continue, but his right knee buckled the first time he put his body weight on it, and ultimately forced him to injury default out of the match.