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US wrestler Burroughs comes through with a gold

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United States wrestler Jordan Burroughs celebrates Friday after beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi in the freestyle gold medal match at 74-kg.

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Wrestler Jordan Burroughs spent months boasting that all he could see was gold. It's not bragging anymore. The 24-year-old American backed up that talk at the London Games, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in men's freestyle 74-kilograms to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold medal in London.