Jordan Burroughs won the gold medal Friday in the men's 74-KG freestyle match
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Burroughs beat Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to give the U.S. it's first wrestling gold medal of the London games.
Burroughs beat Goudarzi in a rematch of their world championship bout in 2011. Burroughs grew up in New Jersey and won 38 straight freestyle matches since leaving the University of Nebraska.
(photo courtesy of ncaa.com)
