RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs was stunned by Russia's Aniuar Geduev on Friday in the quarterfinals of men's freestyle wrestling.
Geduev, a three-time European champion, upended Burroughs 3-2 at 74 kilograms to hand the American just his third international loss and knock him out of gold-medal contention. Burroughs was trying to become the fourth U.S. wrestler with multiple Olympic golds.
Geduev jumped to a 3-0 lead in a match stopped several times so officials could clean a cut on Burroughs' head. Burroughs scored a late takedown, but it wasn't enough to overcome the deficit.