Heavyweight Contender

Grappler Dawid Rechul may be the most flexible man in his class

by Craig Lambert

From The March-April 2002 Issue

Published in the March-April 2002 print issue under the headline “Heavyweight Contender,” in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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