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Jordan Burroughs wins gold medal in 74-Kilo freestyle wrestling final

Unheard Voices wants to extend a congratulations to fellow New Jersey native, Jordan Burroughs, on winning the GOLD in the 74-Kilo Freestyle Wrestling, beating Iran’s Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0.

Published

12 years ago

August 11, 2012

UVM Staff

Burroughs win gives the United States its first wrestling gold medal of the London Games.

Jordan Burroughs beat Denis Tsargush of Russia in the semifinals, then got past Goudarzi in a rematch of their world championship bout in 2011.

The Sickerville, N.J. native has won 38 straight freestyle matches since leaving the University of Nebraska.

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