Men's 74kg Freestyle
1. Burroughs, 2.Goudarzi, 3.Tsargush & Tigiev
LONDON (USA TODAY) — The USA's Jordan Burroughs, whose Twitter handle is "All I See is Gold," backed up his tweets Friday night by winning the gold medal in the 163-pound class of Olympic freestyle wrestling.
This year Olympic gold comes with a $250,000 bonus from USA Wrestling.
In the final, the 24-year-old Burroughs defeated Sadegh Goudarzi of Iran, the same wrestler he beat for a world title last year fresh off his career as a two-time NCAA champion at Nebraska.
In Olympic wrestling, each of three, two-minute periods is scored separately. The first wrestler to wins two periods wins the match.
Burroughs beat Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0. In each period, Burroughs hit a double leg takedown with about 11 seconds left for the deciding point.
Through its Living the Dream Medal Fund, USA Wrestling pledged the $250,000 this year to any Olympian who won wrestling gold. Burroughs is the first U.S. wrestler in London to win gold.
After his triumph, Burroughs wrapped himself in the U.S. flag and made a jump to the top of the medal podium nearby. The official medal ceremony was to follow.
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