Pictured: Photo of Jordan Burroughs at the 2021 World Championships. Photo by Kadir Caliskan, United World Wrestling. Official release courtesy of Taylor Miller-Gregorio / USA Wrestling. ISTANBUL, Turkey – Team USA closed out the final day of the Yasar Dogu International, winning five medals...
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"ISTANBUL, Turkey – Team USA closed out the final day of the Yasar Dogu International, winning five medals, including one gold, two silver and two bronze, on Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey.
Five-time World champion and 2012 Olympic champion
Jordan Burroughs secured the gold medal for the Stars and Stripes, with a solid day of competition at 79 kg.
Two-time World medalist
James Green snagged a silver medal in Istanbul, wrestling at 70 kg. He was unstoppable in his first two matches, collecting an 11-0 technical fall against Khanburged Gankhuyag from Mongolia and a 10-0 victory over 2021 U23 World bronze medalist Aliakbar Fazlikhalili of Iran. In the semifinals, Green trailed Viktor Rassadin of the Russian Wrestling Federation, 2-1, but with about 10 seconds left, the American grinded out a takedown to win the match and punch his ticket to the finals.
There, he faced 2021 World silver medalist Amirmohammad Yazdanicherati from Iran, who used a takedown to gut wrench combination twice to outlast the American, 8-2."
70 kg: James Green (Southeast RTC/Titan Mercury WC) –
SILVER
WIN Khanburged Gankhuyag (Mongolia), 11-0
WIN Aliakbar Fazlikhalili (Iran), 10-0
WIN Viktor Rassadin (Russian Wrestling Federation), 3-2
LOSS Amirmohammad Yazdanicherati (Iran), 8-2
79 kg: Jordan Burroughs (Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids) –
GOLD
WIN Meiir Koshkinbayev (Kazakhstan), 11-0
WIN Zhiger Zakirov (Kazakhstan), 10-0
WIN Gadzhimurad Alikhmaev (Russian Wrestling Federation), 4-1
WIN Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi (Iran), 2-1
WIN Chance Marsteller (USA), 8-0