NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – Kyle Dake '13 won his second World championship on Sunday, Sept. 22, defeating Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan in the finals for the second straight year. Now a two-time World champion, Dake outscored his opponents 27-6 throughout the tournament.
 
Dake opened the scoring in Sunday's gold medal match with two step-outs in the first period. The defending champion then converted on a single leg to earn a takedown in the second, increasing his lead to 4-0. Hasanov scored on a step-out and a caution in the final moments of action, but it was Dake who persevered for the title.
 
A two-time senior World team member, Dake is now a spotless 8-0 at the UWW World Championships dating back to last year. In 2018, Dake outscored his opponents, 37-0, to capture the first World title of his career.
 
Dake's sights are now set on making it to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he will likely compete at 74kg throughout the U.S. team trial process. His World championship weight of 79kg is not an Olympic weight.
 
The 2020 Olympic team trials will be held in University Park, Pa. at the Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State University from April 4-5, 2020.

Dake became the first NCAA wrestler to win national titles in four different weight classes, the first to win four national titles without taking a redshirt season and just the third athlete to claim four national titles overall during his time at Cornell. The 2013 Hodge Award winner as the national Wrestler of the Year was a three-time EIWA Wrestler of the Year. The Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament in 2013, Dake became the third Cornell wrestler to capture the award and the first since Dave Auble in 1960. He wrapped up his amazing career with a 137-4 record, including winning his final 79 collegiate matches. Dake was named the Charles H. Moore Senior co-Athlete of the Year at Cornell, the Sports Illustrated Male College Athlete of the Year and was an ESPY finalist for Best Male College Athlete in 2013. The four-time NCAA All-American was elected to the EIWA Hall of Fame in 2014.
 
2019 UWW World Championships Results
Prelims: Dake def. Oibek Nasirov (Krygyszstan), TF, 12-2
Prelims: Dake def. Gadzhi Nabiev (Russia), 5-1
Semifinals: Dake def. Rashid Kurbanov (Uzbekistan), 6-1
Finals: Dake def. Jabril Hasanov (Azerbaijan), 4-2