Jordan Burroughs had only lost two matches in his wrestling career entering into Friday, but the favorite in the men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling division dropped two matches in one session and ended his dream to repeat as a gold medalist.
Following a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Aniuar Geduev of Russia in the quarterfinals and his ensuing 11–1 loss to Bezkod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the losers bracket, Burroughs spoke about the disappointment he felt, according toYahoo’s Jeff Passan.
“I feel like I let my family down, my kids,” you said.