The Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs has been eliminated from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics by Russia’s Aniuar Geduev in the quarter-finals of men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling.
Geduev, ranked n.2 in the world, beat the American 3-2. The Russian is a three-time European champion. This was Burroughs 3rd loss in international competition since he started his career.
Geduev was able to take a 3-0. The match was stopped several times because of a cut on the Americans head. Burroughs was able to score a late takedown, but it was little too late and the Russian walked away with the historic victory.
Since Geduev made it to the finals, Burroughs still has a chance for at least bronze since he entered the repechage. He will face Uzbekistan’s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov.
Geduev will face Iran’s Hassan Yazdanicharati for the gold at 74kg.
57kg quarterfinals
Khinchegashvili (GEO) wins 4-3 vs. Aliyev (AZE)
Dubov (BUL) wins by fall (2:11) vs. Guidea (ROU)
Rahimi (IRI) wins 6-1 vs. Lebedev (RUS)
Higuchi (JPN) wins 8-4 vs. Bonne (CUB)
74kg quarterfinals
Geduev (RUS) wins 3-2 vs. Burroughs (USA)
Hasanov (AZE) wins by tech fall 11-0 vs. Makarashvili (GEO)
Yazdani (IRI) wins 7-0 vs. Demirtas (TUR)
Usserbayev (KAZ) wins 4-3 vs. Takatani (JPN)
57kg semifinals
Khinchegashvili (GEO) wins 8-4 vs. vs. Dubov (BUL)
Higuchi (JPN) wins 10-5 vs. Rahimi (IRI)
74kg semifinals
Geduev (RUS) wins 5-4 vs. Hasanov (AZE)
Yazdani (IRI) wins by tech fall 10-0 vs. Usserbayev (KAZ)
Gold medal matches
57kg: Khinchegashvili (GEO) vs. Higuchi (JPN)
74kg: Geduev (RUS) vs. Yazdani (IRI)
