Kyle Dake explains what went wrong at the Olympics & how he turned it around 

“If you can’t win in imperfect circumstances, you’re not good enough to win it.” Dake

Hey Kyle! its Rob Broda. I wrestled you at states back in the day and you beat me 7-0, you Wrestled Conti in the Finals and won. Congratulations on all your success man, I knew you were going to be great one day, you were in a different league. Just wanted to give you props on your message I couldn't agree more and with 2 little ones of my own. Hope all is well!

He wrestled great, Kadzi executed perfectly on that counter, if they wrestle again maybe Dake wins, who knows, he’s an Olympic medalist in the toughest sport on the planet. Remarkable accomplishment on top of his others that are incredible, personally I’m most impressed with 4x ncaa champ, ridiculous.

Kyle’s overall character and refreshing honesty is daunting. A more solid well balanced elite athlete is no where else in our culture. I hope he gets a multimillion dollar endorsement deal once his amateur career is over. Definitely someone with legitimate spiritual gifts and far more impressionable than our most popular athletes and entertainers

He lowered his cortisol levels so much he was only 16 years old when he lost.

I agree, I appreciate him acknowledging the issues the world is facing, he's not just a wrestler , he's an individual who cares alot about the world he lives in. Yeah drinking water, yeah food and for sure the propaganda is outrageous. I'd volunteer to go anywhere and help people.

Always get the next best. Way to represent the USA Kyle Dake.

Kyle is an amazing wrestler and a great guy! Way to represent the USA Kyle! You're the man!!!

The complete intellectual athlete. He has the greatest life outlook. He understands the really important things in living. I hope he continues to spread his wisdom.

You are an awesome athlete. You are great for even doing this interview. Keep going, Kyle Dake. You are an inspiration.

You still have the world championships this year, hopefully everyone is there and we can see you at your best. You’re still the man.

The truth is hard to take that is for sure.. It was simple over aggression and position that you had happened to you.. He was given it and took advantage.. kind of sucks because you are the better wrestler by far.. I hope you know how proud we are of you and we know you are special.. Thank you champ

Great grasp of the world around him. Life-changing explanation is something I would have expected out of a 47-year-old KD. Well beyond his years and I am honored to have watched him wrestled and my 2 young sons are fortunate to see him wrestle and try to duplicate a fraction of his technique and talent. He is already a world-class coach!

Kyle Dake, you are a champion!!! Good luck in worlds!!

He’s a true champion because he clearly has a hard time fathoming a loss

Anyone with a hair of wrestling knowledge / experience saw KD didnt look right that first day. My guess, hell be back in 4 year and get that gold if he so chooses. solid dude

Dake clearly had an off match; sucks it had to happen at the Olympics. Happened to me at state in high school. Looking forward to seeing him at Worlds.

Kyle, you have a great perspective on life and your voice should be heard. I hope you will look for ways to get your opinions and beliefs across to as many people as you can through social media and other channels, like just personal discussions with family and friends. Please, keep it up.

You are awesome!! Hang in there more good coming your way.

He should go on Rogan

Kyle the Russians ,Iranians, practiced 10,000 times to counter you .best example is David Taylor- gold match. Perfect at least 2 to 3 surprises.

I thought Taylor and Dake would both win gold. Still a stunner.

Glad you have perspective. I really want you to beat that guy though. It’s not the most important thing in the world to Winn the gold. I just really wanted to see Kyle wrestle Sidakov because they are the best. It’s just a shame to have a bad day at that time.

He should be proud of the way he bounced back. Anyone that's wrestled knows how difficult it can be to lose in a tournament then try to get your head back in the right frame of mind to come back and get third. Can't imagine what that feeling is like at the Olympic level after all the sacrifices made over a lifetime to achieve a gold. Respect

Ya its kind of nice to see the other side of him a very human side

when you are talking the top 3 wrestlers in the world in the weight, a game of inches and it comes down to who has a better day sometimes.

Lots of hints but no details on some health issue and what helped. Kyle also talks about pushing the envelop on what could be brought into Japan, as if there are a set of things he has to have for preparation. Anyone know what he is talking about? The interviewer seems to know but respecting privacy.

As much heat as Dake took for losing that match, his performance at the Olympics was his best accomplishment yet.

I met this guy at National Duals his Sophomore Year at Cornell University. He is the real deal.

I've always wished the US would just switch to freestyle at the high school and college level. I've always felt we'd dominate the world if our wrestlers didn't have to spend years practicing different strategies than the rest of the world. It wouldn't be a spectator transition as families of wrestlers watch their kids wrestling FS from the time they're kids. Or, at least, introduce exposure points into folk or something? I just think guys like Dake would have done the same thing he did in college and would walk through the world if those thousands of hours wasn't spent on things like practicing riding time.

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." - I have no idea. Great interview!

That weight class is unbelievable! Any of those guys could grab gold.

Kyle, you are a champion and we all expected "Gold" after your crushing win over JB! Up to you now, do you want this to be your lasting memory? Look in the mirror and go forward. We're behind you and looking for your future greatness!

He should be a actor

Its not about how u fall, it’s about how u pick urself back up

I don't believe that Kyle would have beaten the Olympic Champion. He was incredible.

Y’all in the comments murder JB anytime he makes excuses but when this guy does it “hey man you are a champion” shoutout to dake for hanging in there and getting a medal that’s more than most can ever say, but no need to make excuses

I noticed how Dake looked in his first match, he physically looked off. He looked drained and bothered. I suspect something related to adrenal levels day 1.

The Refs didnt call it right. Keep your head up champ! You got gold in my book

Amazing Kyle! Preach bro!!!!!

I just gained so much more respect for you… I already thought alot of you. Keep talking about it.

I have 2 favorite wrestlers right now. Kyle is definitely one of them! Love his attitude. Other favorite is Nick Suriano.

fantastic technical breakdown of his loss in the olympics, by dps breakdowns channel: watch?v=qX8V-JXN9ks to me, kyle dake looked out of sorts in that match...he might have experienced that metzger counter before, but he was not in any position to defend it after he got his bodylock too close-in. kyle dake be back i think, and hopefully he'll be fully-settled in his matches.

Incredible athlete he will win an Olympic title next time he knows what’s at stake now

Only one too win 4 ncaa titles in 4 different weights ever

I think it’s likely that Dake moves on from Cornell. He only promised to stay through the world championships.

U can’t hate Olympic bronze is tougher than gold your back is against the wall going for 3/5

3rd is amazing, not what you wanted but congrats just the same KD

So, what exactly went wrong?

Do you guys think he will try and figure out a possible counter to that counter that Kadi used on him as he tried to Rock Bottom bomb him? Going forward as he tries that on people he's got to figure that they learned from Kadi and may try and counter that way...what do you guys think?

Yeah it was obvious to me there was something wrong with Dake in that quarter final. He wasn't himself. Even the way he walked in & his demeanor was different then normal. The next match for the Bronze that was classic Dake.

I get this. It sucks wrestling a tournament when you don't feel right! If you get a cramp or a little tweak you don't get any time to address it. It's not like MMA or boxing where you only fight once every 4 or 6 months to a year. You're wrestling multiple matches.

"Kyle Dake, olympic bronze medalist" "yeah, it doesn't sound right does it"?

He needs to go to Dagestan and have good sparring with these guys.

That is so surprising that Taylor won and Dak got the bronze wrestling separate weight classes. Dak has had the edge since college I think. I wonder if he was a weight class up or down from Taylor?

I commented immediately when I started watching the match Dake lost that he didn't look right. There was obviously something up. Looked weak, had no bounce in his step, etc. Low energy. I totally believe him that something was wrong health-wise. Seemed obvious to me at the time.

Dake is amazing. One of the best wrestlers in US history and was competing in an incredibly tough weight class. But I don’t think anyone was beating Sidakov, who looked technically flawless.

Kyle got out maneuvered and out smarted. The other guy was shorter but seemed stronger than Kyle.

so he literally said that Japan customs didnt let him take some of his nutritions etc? What kind of addition can make wrestler different?

Turns out DT is better after all

Sometimes you see the best in people when their not the best a great champion

Shame he wasn’t honest about his condition Maybe he could help out someone in a similar situation. The lack of respect for Sidakov by Pyle not even referring to his annihilation of the field is mind boggling.

You are still tough as nails!

30 minutes and did we learn what went wrong? It was like listening to two stoners...Something regarding weight loss? What was he trying to get right? I guess we will have watch a documentary to find out or just get stoned and forget about it.

Tell me again why Dake hasn't been on Rogan?

His goal was to beat Jordan, he did that

He brought his best stuff. It just wasn't anywhere close to being good enough. Dake peaked in 2013! He was awesome in college!

Dake had the perfect gameplan for Burroughs based on his experience wrestling him, however, this didn't translate to this Russian. Imo, I believe Burroughs would have beaten him, but would have lost a 3rd time to the other Russian gold medalist.

Not that I would know, but it seems it’s a lot harder to win bronze then it is winning gold.

Thanks Kyle around min 10

i feel like he was forcing his throws a little bit, he will be back, im sure he will get his revenge.

The match Dake had before he lost...he didn’t look right..he seemed like he was in pain and drained...

yeah its ok he lost about three different positions, maybe rushed a couple things when he went down 6...

Now that the Olympics and done, when are you going team up with Ryan Lewis again and make some more great music? 😉

You are, and will always will be, a champion.....with a champion's heart. You came back...you didn't quit. "grats.

His perspective on health decisions is narrow af. It’s not always about being “intelligent”.

Still wondering what "the issue" was that made him less effective that some doctor figured out the next day.

Why didn't he get to go home right after Olympics? Why is he still there?

Kyle Dake cares about the truth. I really like him.

Losing is for...Learning. winning is for pleasure. Dake u got it right brother. Love watching you grow in all 3 ways. Love Coach mag

Also this dude might want to own up that the other guy that beat him had the same hardships he did.

IMHO, I think Kyle just went for too much too early and got countered and caught, it happens..

He got exactly what he deserves. Excuses. Get use to this. There's a lot of it coming in your future. When they think they got it all figured out is when they take their biggest lost. You will be humbled.

Not period. Take away the counter and throw for 4, take the following 2 point counter away, he still loses decisively. Hard to imagine him defeating Sidakov either. Bronze is good!

Split second mistakes happen, head up champ

My suggestion. Move to Florida. More freedom, less restrictions, less stress, less bull crap. More sun you can focus more on important things. I bet it helped Brady and the Tampa Bay Lightning

We get hung up on gold, silver and bronze or first, second or third but some days it just ain't your day. For me it's how you react to a devastating loss or setback. I'm always impressed when a favored wrestler in the NCAA tournament loses early and comes back to win third place because he (or she) has to wrestle so many more matches knowing they'll never get the first place they dreamed of. To suck it up and grind it out no matter what happens is what counts imho. He'll always be in the conversation of greatest American wrestlers.

I root for America, I root especially for American wrestling, I root for Dake....with that said I have just never been a fan, his personality exudes arrogance. I love confidence but to me he comes off as arrogant. My favorite Americans are Burroughs, Magic Man, Gable, Yanni. I will always cheer for America though, kudos on getting bronze!

What went wring was he lost, it happens, so thats sport.

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It's nice to see oh, it appears as though Kyle has been humbled by his bronze medal finish he's not making a bunch of excuses and acting like a narcissist. I hope this pattern of behavior for him continues, cuz that's what we need for USA Wrestling, not some big mouth reality show in the form of wrestling's version of Conor McGregor

The world is just now taking Dake seriously. The tape is out there, the weakness exposed. Welcome to the real world.

He broke.

Oh boy, the other guy just outwrestled you, end of story. What bugged me wasn’t your loss, but rather the fact that you did not shake hands with the winner right after losing, but rather walked away. You were humbled, and did not take your lesson in humility very well. A true champion is gracious both in victory AND defeat. Learn this lesson first before your next competition.

Dake needs his own podcast.

Things get much clearer when you have incurable stage 4 cancer.

Hes a hero, but the excuse making is a turn off. Why not just say the guy was better. At least that day anyway.

Dake is the best all around wrestler and human being!

Ya choked that's what went wrong

Doesn’t know how to Wrestle Greco