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    Burroughs storms back to win bronze at Worlds

    Jordan Burroughs claimed bronze (Photo/Larry Slater)
    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Nobody is going to ever question the grit, moxie and heart that American star Jordan Burroughs displays whenever he steps on a wrestling mat.

    Competing with a heavily wrapped left knee, Burroughs capped a courageous performance by winning a bronze medal at the World Championships on Tuesday night at the Gymnastics Palace.

    Burroughs suffered a left knee injury in his first match of the day, but still managed to win four of five matches. The final win was a first-period pin over Ukraine's Rustam Dudaev in the bronze-medal freestyle bout at 74 kg/163 lbs.

    Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and two-time World champion, is now a remarkable 92-2 in his international career.

    Burroughs gave up the opening takedown against Dudaev before storming back with a strong attack to take a 7-2 lead. His final takedown put Dudaev on his back and Burroughs recorded a fall at the 2:48 mark of the first period. Read full story ...

    Team USA Results (Tuesday)

    Jimmy Kennedy (61 kilos)
    Round of 32: Won by tech. fall over Hamka (INA), 10-0
    Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Andrei Perpelita (Moldova), 6-4

    Brent Metcalf (65 kilos)
    Round of 32: Won by tech. fall over Park Seoungun (Korea), 11-0
    Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Mustafa Kaya (Turkey), 7-4

    Jordan Burroughs (74 kilos)
    Round of 32: Won by dec. over Augusto Midana (Guinea Bisau), 4-3
    Round of 16: Won by tech. fall over Lee Yun-seok (Korea), 13-2
    Quarterfinals: Won by dec. Rashid Kurbanov (Uzbekistan), 5-0
    Semifinals: Lost by dec. to Denis Tsargush (Russia), 9-2
    Bronze-medal match: Won by pin over Rustam Dudaiev (Ukraine)

    Jake Varner (97 kilos)
    Round of 32: Won by dec. over William Harth (Germany), 7-0
    Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Valerii Andriitsev (Ukraine), 5-3

    Medalists (Tuesday)

    61 kilos:
    Gold: Haji Aliev (Azerbaijan)
    Silver: Masoud Esmailpoorjouybari (Iran)
    Bronze: Nyam-Ochir Enkhsaikhan (Mongolia)
    Bronze: Yowlys Rodriguez (Cuba)

    65 kilos:
    Gold: Soslan Ramonov (Russia)
    Silver: Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi (Iran)
    Bronze: Mihail Sava (Moldova)
    Bronze: Mandakhnaran Ganzorig (Mongolia)

    74 kilos:
    Gold: Denis Tsargush (Russia)
    Silver: Sohsuke Takatani (Japan)
    Bronze: Jordan Burroughs (USA)
    Bronze: Livan Lopez (Cuba)

    97 kilos:
    Gold: Abdusalam Gadisov (Russia)
    Silver: Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
    Bronze: Valeri Andriitsev (Ukraine)
    Bronze: Samil Erogran (Turkey)

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