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Olympic Medal: M 74kg Free Wrestling

Published: Aug. 10, 2012 at 3:10 PM

LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Jordan Ernest Burroughs of the United States won the Olympic gold medal Friday in the 74-kilogram class of freestyle wrestling.

Burroughs defeated Sadehg Saeed Goudarzi of Iran in the championship bout.

Bronze medals were awarded to Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan and Denis Tsargush of Russia.

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