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WILL WRESTLING SURVIVE DU PONT?

AS JOHN E. DU PONT AWAITED A PRETRIAL HEARING IN THE murder of Olympic wrestling champion Dave Schultz, Team Foxcatcher, the elite squad of wrestlers the millionaire supported on his Pennsylvania estate, had to balance their mourning with concerns about the future. Not only is Schultz, their friend and team leader, dead, but their patron is in jail--just as they are preparing to qualify for the Atlanta Olympics.

The training regimen at Foxcatcher is completely in chaos. In addition to the top-ranked Schultz, who was planning an Olympic comeback, the wrestling team included at least five...

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