David Taylor sends a two-word reaction on Daton Fix's victory at the Dan Kolov International

David Taylor recently reacted to Daton Fix's victory at the Dan Kolov International. The lightweight wrestler won the tournament without any trouble, defeating his opponent by 3-0 in the final.

Fix, who also represents the Oklahoma State Cowboys in NCAA wrestling, was congratulated by the team on their official Instagram page. The post read,

"First place for Daton at the 2025 Dan Kolov International! He dominated the competition, going 3-0 without giving up a single point and scoring a total of 23 against his opponents 🥇"

David Taylor, who is now the head coach of Oklahoma State Cowboys, sent his best wishes to Daton Fix through an Instagram story, with the caption reading:

"Nice job @_greatest_ever_"

Screengrab of David Taylor's Instagram Story [Image Source : David Taylor's Instagram]

For the unversed, Daton Fix is an extremely decorated wrestler who has made Oklahoma State Cowboys proud on several occasions. He has won the Big 12 Championships on five occasions, including four times consecutively from 2021 to 2024. Apart from the above, Fix has won four silver medals at the NCAA Championships from 2019 to 2024.

On the other hand, David Taylor used to represent the Penn State Nittany Lions at the NCAA Championships, before he made a big name for himself at the Tokyo Olympics, with a gold medal in the 86kg. freestyle category. Taylor won a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in 2024, before retiring from international wrestling for the job at the Oklahoma State University.

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David Taylor on balancing his roles as wrestler and coach

David Taylor at the Tokyo Olympics [Image Source : Getty]

David Taylor announced his retirement from international wrestling a few days ahead of the World Wrestling Championships, after it was announced that he had accepted to replace former Olympic champion John Smith as the head coach of Oklahoma State Cowboys team.

In a video uploaded by USA Wrestling in October 2024, Taylor confirmed that the World Wrestling Championships will be his penultimate international tournament. He further talked about his new role as the head coach at the Oklahoma State University. In his words,

"Definitely. I think coming back and wrestling at the trials - I was just talking to my wife about this last night - it was something that I made my mind up that I wanted to do it and I wanted to compete. So balancing everything was a little bit easier at that point. I think between now and the World Championships, it starts to hit you the significance of what you're balancing. It’s a lot. At that point in time, we were still in the summer, we were training hard.”

Under David Taylor's leadership, the Oklahoma State is doing well at the NCAA Championships for 2024-25 season. They will be facing the Iowa State University on January 26 in their next face-off.