Not content to be the UFC’s welterweight champion, George St. Pierre has announced that he’ll be making a run for Canada’s 2012 Olympic Wrestling Team.
Ranked as one of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists around, GSP has proven to be highly effective against world-class wrestlers turned mixed martial artists, the likes of which include Matt Hughes, John Fitch, Josh Koschek, Sean Sherk, Frank Trigg et al.
A never say die attitude, killer instinct and superior cardio should help him in his latest quest, but is that enough? Missing are the years of wrestling-specific preparation and competition held by Canada’s elite wrestlers, of which he’ll have to get past to make it to London in 2012.
Mind you, the fact that his personal wrestling coach just happens to be Gia Sissaouri – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist and 2001 World Wrestling Champion – sure doesn’t hurt.
At only 28 years of age, Georges may have enough time to hone his wrestling skills and build upon an already impressive legacy, one that just may include an Olympic medal.
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