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Georgia’s Khinchegashvili takes gold in 57 kg freestyle wrestling

Georgia won its second gold and third overall wrestling medal in Rio Friday, as Vladimer Khinchegashvili won the 57 kg freestyle competition.

Khinchegashvili, who hasn’t lost since the final of the 2014 World Championships, defeated Japan’s Rei Higuchi in the gold medal match. After winning each of his first three matches by identical scores of 3-1, Khinchegashvili took the final by a 4-3 score. Khinchegasvili took silver in the 55 kg division in London four years ago. And with the Higuchi being just 20 years of age, there’s a good chance that we haven’t heard the last from the silver medalist.