Spencer Lee shares his thoughts on his preparations for the World Championships [Image Source : Spencer Lee's Instagram]

Spencer Lee gears up for Final X while eyeing spot for World Championships

Modified Jun 11, 2025 03:40 GMT

Spencer Lee is gearing up for the Final X tournament with his aim crystal clear: a ticket to the World Wrestling Championships. The Olympic medalist wrestler will be competing at the Final X tournament, which will be held on June 14.

Lee uploaded glimpses of his training for the Final X tournament on his Instagram profile. The 26-year-old wrestler will be competing against Luke Lilledahl in the best of three finals.

Lee wrote in the caption of his Instagram post,

"Competition Saturday ! Looking forward to competing for the world team spot for Team USA!"

Lee opened up about the upcoming Final X in an interview, as he mentioned [via Hawk Central],

"That was the pinnacle of our sport and unfortunately I wasn't able to get it done. I felt like I was ready to go and I did everything right. That wasn't meant to be that day, so all you can do is saddle back up and get ready for the next best thing. For me, it's Final X."

Spencer Lee has previously won gold medals in both the U17 World Championships and the U20 World Championships. He will be aiming to earn his first senior medal at the World Championships, which will be held at Zagreb in Croatia later this year.

When Spencer Lee expressed his dissastisfaction about his silver medal from the Paris Olympics

Spencer Lee [Extreme Left] at the medal ceremony for Men's 57kg. freestyle wrestling at Paris Olympics 2024 [Image Source : Getty]

Spencer Lee once recounted his reaction after winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympics. In his interview with Gazette.com, Lee discussed what could have gone wrong in the finals. In his words,

"Didn’t put a lot of effort. So, I didn’t deserve to win today, and that’s OK."

In another interview with USA Today, Lee revealed that he thought of removing his silver medal altogether. Lee said,

"First thing I thought of was to take it off, but that's OK, right? "You can get a laugh out of that, right? I don't even have it anymore. I gave it to my sister. I don't even know where it is."

In his Olympic debut at the quadrennial event held in Paris, Spencer Lee cruised towards the finals with ease. Despite giving a tough competition to Rei Higuchi, the world champion wrestler from Japan, Lee lost the finals by 2-4 and eventually had to settle for a silver medal.

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He has extensively covered events from World Championships to the Olympics, providing insights and analyses that resonate with his audience. His belief in mastering the basics and delivering accurate, relevant, and ethical information through thorough research is reflected in his work.

He was notably invited to the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan after winning a MyGov quiz on Indian Sports, where he engaged with celebrated athletes such as Rahi Sarnobat, Hima Das, Jinson Johnson, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, and Subedar Neeraj Chopra, who also happens to be his favorite Olympian.

Despite being a field hockey enthusiast, Animesh's most cherished Olympic moments include Wayde Van Niekerk's unexpected world record in the 400 meters at Rio and Chopra's historic gold medal in Tokyo.

When not immersed in writing or watching the Olympics, Animesh indulges in his love for movies, embracing quality cinema regardless of the language.

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