Jordan Burroughs claimed bronze (Photo/Larry Slater)Competing with a heavily wrapped left knee, Burroughs capped a courageous performance by winning a bronze medal at the World Championships on Tuesday night at the Gymnastics Palace.
Burroughs suffered a left knee injury in his first match of the day, but still managed to win four of five matches. The final win was a first-period pin over Ukraine's Rustam Dudaev in the bronze-medal freestyle bout at 74 kg/163 lbs.
Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and two-time World champion, is now a remarkable 92-2 in his international career.
Burroughs gave up the opening takedown against Dudaev before storming back with a strong attack to take a 7-2 lead. His final takedown put Dudaev on his back and Burroughs recorded a fall at the 2:48 mark of the first period. Read full story ...
Team USA Results (Tuesday)
Jimmy Kennedy (61 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by tech. fall over Hamka (INA), 10-0
Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Andrei Perpelita (Moldova), 6-4
Brent Metcalf (65 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by tech. fall over Park Seoungun (Korea), 11-0
Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Mustafa Kaya (Turkey), 7-4
Jordan Burroughs (74 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Augusto Midana (Guinea Bisau), 4-3
Round of 16: Won by tech. fall over Lee Yun-seok (Korea), 13-2
Quarterfinals: Won by dec. Rashid Kurbanov (Uzbekistan), 5-0
Semifinals: Lost by dec. to Denis Tsargush (Russia), 9-2
Bronze-medal match: Won by pin over Rustam Dudaiev (Ukraine)
Jake Varner (97 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by dec. over William Harth (Germany), 7-0
Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Valerii Andriitsev (Ukraine), 5-3
Medalists (Tuesday)
61 kilos:
Gold: Haji Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Silver: Masoud Esmailpoorjouybari (Iran)
Bronze: Nyam-Ochir Enkhsaikhan (Mongolia)
Bronze: Yowlys Rodriguez (Cuba)
65 kilos:
Gold: Soslan Ramonov (Russia)
Silver: Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi (Iran)
Bronze: Mihail Sava (Moldova)
Bronze: Mandakhnaran Ganzorig (Mongolia)
74 kilos:
Gold: Denis Tsargush (Russia)
Silver: Sohsuke Takatani (Japan)
Bronze: Jordan Burroughs (USA)
Bronze: Livan Lopez (Cuba)
97 kilos:
Gold: Abdusalam Gadisov (Russia)
Silver: Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Valeri Andriitsev (Ukraine)
Bronze: Samil Erogran (Turkey)
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