Just Days Ahead of Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers Olympian Helen Maroulis Finds New World Champion Coach

With few months left to the 2024 Paris Olympics, athletes have been amping themselves up with zeal and enthusiasm. With the winning mindset, players have been taking excellent training and are following stringent routines. However, before the Olympics pull off its curtains in the French capital, the 2024 Pan American Championships is all set to mark its commencement. The event will take place from February 21-24 in Acapulco, Mexico. Some of the distinguished wrestlers from Team USA will take part in this biggest wrestling event.

In the same regard, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Helen Maroulis is taking personal training from World Champion Stevan Micic. Practicing alongside Micic, her absolute resiliency speaks volumes about her zeal for forthcoming competitions.

Learning swift moves from Stevan Micic

Michigan Wolverines’ Stevan Micic recently engaged in a coaching session, mentoring Helen Maroulis ahead of the 2024 Pan Am Qualifier. Maroulis posted a video through her account, as her caption reads, “Do you guys learn like this?” The caption further matches the rhythm of action in the video, as it goes “Like this?”, “Like this! “common dialogue when learning a new move…”

Maroulis had an intense training session this past week with Stevan Micic. She displayed her gratitude in the caption mentioning, “Super grateful to learn from @stevanandrijamicic and his father. It’s so cool to pick someone’s brain and hear how they adjusted their training, techniques, and strategies. Learning from the World Champion!”

Picking up the best strategical moves from Micic, she adds how she tried to master it a few years ago. However, she never believed it would be her style. But, the guidance from Micic prompted her to learn “new cues and adjustments,” and she is reveling in her new-found tactics. She adds, “Sometimes it helps to learn the same move from multiple sources because different things will stick/click for you. Each person hits it a little differently and it helps to get your own feel down for it.”

Adding a hilarious jest to her videos, she further asks the fans if they want to witness Stevan if he can learn Maroulis’ foot sweep.

Visionary approach to Pan Am

With the Pan American Championship scheduled on the 21, Helen Maroulis is facing it in a headstrong manner. The 32-year-old wrestler will be competing in the same weight class in which Stevan Micic has an exclusive championship, i.e., 57kgs.

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Battling PTSD, she had receded from the wrestling scenario back in 2019, not sure when she would return. However, with the Tokyo Olympics, she marked her resurgence. And, now with sights on Paris 2024, she is ready to battle with full might. Her moves indicate her grit to persevere despite the odds. Crediting the major chunk of her success to her her beloved arena, Maroulis stated, “My love of the sport is what got me to come back. I was fighting to get healthy, but wrestling helped me to heal as well. Once that healing took place I realised how much I loved it and I wanted to do it [wrestling] again.”

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