Journey Through EAP docuseries launched today on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel with first two episodes

USA Wrestling is proud to present a first-of-its-kind project for the organization, a docuseries entitled Journey Through EAP, which launched today on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel.

This seven-episode series follows the young athletes in the USA Wrestling’s Elite Accelerator Program (EAP), where some of the nation’s elite talents come to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. to fuel their development in the Olympic wrestling disciplines.  Guided by USA Wrestling’s National Coaches, the athletes are faced with the challenges and opportunities that comes from high-level training and competition.

The first two episodes of Journey Through EAP were posted on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel on Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 a.m. for free. Each Tuesday morning a new episode of the docuseries will be streamed. All seven of the episodes will be available free and on-demand on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel after they have been posted.

Watch the first two exciting episodes below:

Episode One: It's about Red, White & Blue

What does it take to reach the top? The Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) is pushing the next generation of wrestlers to their limits, and now you can see their journey like never before. Go behind the scenes, inside the grind, and into the heart of the sport in this first episode of the Journey Through EAP docuseries.

Episode Two: Making History

This episode is based on the first-ever U23 Greco-Roman Medalist for Team USA, Beka Melelashvili, on his amazing backstory and his journey to success. See behind-the-scenes when Melalashvili makes history at the 2024 U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania.

Make plans to see the next Journey Through EAP episode each Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. MT on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel, or check out the archived episode at your convenience.

Elite Accelerator Program website

About USA Wrestling’ Elite Accelerator Program (EAP)

Inspired by Olympic champions Henry Cejudo and Kyle Snyder, who trained full-time at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., while in high school, USA Wrestling’s Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) is a progressive developmental movement aimed at molding young wrestlers into future World and Olympic Champions.

Elite athletes who are either still in high school or are focused full-time in the Olympic wrestling styles in the years immediately after high school (before enrolling in college wrestling), are selected for the Elite Accelerator Program as part of an application process. 

These EAP athletes train with our country’s top-ranked Senior-level athletes, including the full-time USOPTC resident athletes, and receive direct instruction from the USA Wrestling’s professional National Team Coaches and others on a daily basis. The program also focuses on the educational success and personal development of these young athletes while in the EAP program. Based upon the success of EAP athletes in the three Olympic styles (men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman), USA Wrestling believes that the athletes training in this environment will be more comfortable and successful at World and Olympic competitions.