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Its extremely rare for an Olympic medalist to return to school to wrestle. This season, there are two.Two-time world champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State, who became the youngest Olympic champion in U.S. history in Rio , and teammate JDen Cox of Missouri, who won bronze in Brazil, will attempt to defend their NCAA titles.It doesnt really matter who Ill be competing against in college, Snyder said. Ill be trying to work on the things that I know I need to improve on so I can be the best wrestler in the world again.Snyder and Cox are just the sixth and seventh collegiate wrestlers -- and the first freestyle athletes in 32 years -- to attempt to follow up an Olympic medal with an NCAA title.But neither of their schools is favored to win the national championship.Oklahoma State, led by legendary Olympic champion and coach John Smith, was atop the NWCA Division I coaches poll released Wednesday. Penn State, winners of five of the last six national championships, was second, followed by Iowa. The Buckeyes were fourth, and Coxs Tigers were fifth.Here are the story lines to follow as the wrestling season gets underway Friday with the 51st annual NWCA All-Star Classic in Cleveland:COWBOY UP?Oklahoma State returns a slew of All-Americans led by 141-pound NCAA champion Dean Heil and Joe Smith, a national runner-up in 2016. The big challenge in Stillwater will be replacing three-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer, but the Cowboys are as deep as anyone.Weve got a lot of guys ranked from No. 5 to No. 12, which isnt a bad place. We just need to move them into that top-tier status. Weve been pretty successful doing that, Smith said.CAELS KIDSPenn State might not be first in November. But it could easily be first by March. National champion Zain Retherford and three other returning All-Americans will anchor a roster loaded with promising young wrestlers.Our goal is always the same. To be the best we can be, Sanderson said.HAWK DROUGHTIowa hasnt won the whole thing since 2010 -- an eternity for a program with a statue of Dan Gable outside of its gym. But the Hawkeyes might just be closing in on the Nittany Lions after years of falling short in the Big Ten and nationally. Iowa has five All-Americans on its roster and should be a tough out in dual meets.We like our guys, Hawkeyes coach Tom Brands said. We need to grow up in some areas, and those guys know who they are. And there is more help from the roster than maybe in the past.SNYDERS NEW STATUSJust because Snyder will be back in Columbus doesnt mean hell be with the Buckeyes all winter. He is now the star of the U.S. wrestling team, and as such hes been asked to travel extensively with the Americans. Trips to Russia, Ukraine and Iran are on Snyders calendar ahead of the NCAA meet. Still, Snyder might be the biggest favorite to win a collegiate title in the history of the sport.COXS RETURNCox won a bronze at the Rio Games despite tearing the meniscus in his knee during the tournament. Hes expected to be fine for 2016-17 though, and thats bad news for his weight class. But as ferocious as Cox appears on the mat, hes a softie off of it. Check out Cox nailing an acapella version of Justin Beibers Love Yourself from earlier this year. Jim Brown Jersey . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. Austin Seibert Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. 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Russian side Enisei-STM recorded the shock of the round as they defeated Aviva Premiership side Worcester Warriors 19-12.?Tries from Josh Adams and Derrick Appiah werent enough for Worcester as Enisei-STM fly half Yury Kushnarev slotted three penalties and a conversion to earn his side an historic win.?Edinburgh got their Challenge Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 59-17 win over Romanian side Timisoara Saracens.?Stuart McInally and Nasi Manu each bagged themselves a hat-trick, while Viliame Mata crossed for brace with Michael Allen rounding off the scoring.Meanwhile in pool 1, La Rochelle blew away Italian outfit Benetton Treviso 41-10 notching up five tries in the process.The Ospreys kicked off their European Challenge Cup campaign with a 45-0 defeat of Newcastle at the Liberty Stadium.Newcastle have made an encouraging start to the Aviva Premiership season but they had no answer to the Welsh region, who ran in seven tries in all.Fly-half Dan Biggar ended with 15 points, via a try and five conversions, while Rhys Webb, Ashley Beck, Scott Baldwin, Justin Tipuric and Keelan Giles (2) also scoreed.ddddddddddddlsewhere in Pool 2, visitors Lyon also secured a bonus-point win as they secured a 39-13 win in their all-French clash at Grenoble.Cameron Mapusua, Thibault Regard, Deon Fourie and Henry Clunies-Ross scored the visitors tries while?Jacques-Louis Potgieter added 19 points with his boot.Grenoble opened the scoring thanks to?Loick Jammes converted try. Gilles Bosch kicked eight points for the hosts.Newport Gwent Dragons, meanwhile, opened their Pool 3 campaign with a bonus-point 37-16 defeat of Brive at Rodney Parade.Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans, Cory Hill, Hallam Amos and Adam Warren all touched down as the hosts scored five tries to Brives one.In Pool 4 Cardiff Blues continued a good night for Welsh clubs as they beat Bristol 33-20.Reynold Lee-Lo, Josh Turnbull, Alex Cuthbert and Tom James scored tries as the Blues secured a bonus point. Gareth Anscombe added 13 points with his boot.Max Crumpton and Joe Joyce scored for the hosts, who are yet to win this season. ' ' '