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The Legend of Yianni. It sounds like a feature film, but that's what the wrestling career of Hilton graduate Yianni Diakomihalis already is — legendary. It gained another chapter this week.
In the upcoming Olympic Games, Yianni Diakomihalis will get another chance to begin learning some of those lessons in Japan, as Dake's training partner, July 23-Aug. 8.
Ayrton Breckenridge No. 1 seeded 149-pound Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis gestures towards the crowd after wrestling No. 12 seeded 149-pound Penn State’s Shayne Van Ness during session four of the NCAA ...
Yianni Diakomihalis may be the hottest wrestler in the United States’ youth movement today. The New York native has won two NCAA Division 1 titles in two attempts thus far, adding to his two ...
Heading into Saturday's match against Wisconsin's Austin Gomez, Cornell's three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis had just one career L: an early-season 9-6 decision against NCAA finalist ...
ITHACA, N.Y. — Yianni Diakomihalis of the Cornell wrestling team wrapped up the 2021-22 season by clinching his third NCAA wrestling title, finishing his junior year with a perfect 28-0 record.
As he did, he watched two-time NCAA champion and budding freestyle star Yianni Diakomihalis continue his attacks on Barjung Punia, the top-ranked wrestler at his weight in the world, in a 65 kg match.
At the South Beach Duals last December, Cornell wrestling’s Yianni Diakomihalis lost by decision to Jaydin Eierman of Missouri. A video review in the match’s waning moments gave Eierman a ...
More: Yianni Diakomihalis, coaches at Brockport and Fisher among Press-Radio honorees “I’m notorious with our guys for doing nothing but wrestling,” he said.
Cornell coach Rob Koll tweeted he plans to protest Diakomihalis’ controversial loss to Retherford in the second bout of the 65 kilogram men’s freestyle series at Final X Rutgers on Saturday ...
We caught up with Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis, the 141-pound national champion at the 2018 NCAA wrestling championship, and asked 5 questions about how he approaches the sport.