Dake faced 2011 Junior World bronze medalist Ibrahim Yusubov of Azerbaijan in the finals. He scored a first-period technical call, reeling off three takedowns and two gut wrenches to reach the 11-0 victory.
It was a dominant performance for Dake over the two days. To reach the finals, he had a pair of pins, putting away Olympic medalist Jabrail Hasanov of Azerbaijan in 5:37 and Ayhan Sucu of Turkey in 1:01.
Dake, a four-time NCAA champion at Cornell, will be on his first Senior World Team this year. He has been very strong this year at a new weight class, 79 kg, with a silver medal at the Ivan Yarygin International and was dominant at the Freestyle World Cup also.
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