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injury in December 2009 and was off the mat for the first half of 2010. He then returned for the 2010-11 college season, where he went undefeated and set the stage for his remarkable run in freestyle. "Everyone in that wrestling room on our team made Jordan Burroughs win it," said Jones, in his third year as U.S. coach. "There's no doubt he's the best wrestler in the world at 74 kilos. He had to go out and prove it.” Burroughs outlasted Ashraf Aliyev of Azerbaijan 0-1, 5-4, 3-0 in a wild semifi- nal match. Burroughs broke Aliyev in the third period of the semifinals, scoring three takedowns to put the match away. Burroughs pulled out a dramatic win over two-time World champion Denis Tsargush of Russia 1-3, 1-0, 2-1 in the second round. Burroughs scored two third-period takedowns to start the period before pulling out the clutch victory. Burroughs becomes the first U.S. wrestler since Stephen Neal to win NCAA and World titles in the same year. Neal completed the double in 1999. Varner knocked off Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan 0-3, 3-2, 2-1 in the bronze- medal match. Varner, 25, reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 World Championships. Dlagnev fell to Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia in the bronze-medal match. Dlagnev, 25, won a World bronze medal in 2009.
Dlagnev scored a huge quarterfinal win, downing two-time Olympic champion Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan. Dlagnev then lost to Alexei Shemarov of Belarus 1-0, 1-0 in the semifinal round. Shemarov went on to win the World title. Sanderson dropped a 1-0, 3-0 decision to Russia’s Albert Saritov in the bronze-
Jake Varner won a World Championships bronze medal in freestyle. Larry Slater photo.
medal match at 84 kg/185 lbs. "It was a little rough. I got what I deserved," Sanderson said of his per- formance. "I'm glad I went through this process. One thing is the weight is quali- fied for the Olympics, but that's not what you come to the World Championships for."
Sanderson, 32, won his first match of the day before dropping a 4-1, 4-3 deci- sion to Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan. Sharifov went on to win the World title. The head coach at Penn State returned to competition this year after nearly a seven-year absence.
Simmons dropped a 1-0, 4-0 decision to Hassan Rahimi of Iran in the bronze- medal match.
Simmons won his first four matches before falling to past World champion Radoslav Velikov of Bulgaria in the semi-
World Championships bronze medal- ists Ali Bernard (left) and Adeline Gray. Larry Slater photo.
finals.
U.S. women tie for third The U.S. women’s freestyle team fin- ished in a tie for third in the team stand- ings.
Leading the way for the U.S. team were bronze medalists Ali Bernard and Adeline Gray. Bernard and Gray won their first World-level medals.
U.S. women Helen Maroulis and Elena Pirozhkova earned fifth-place finishes. Pirozhkova won a silver medal at the 2010 Worlds. The American women qualified for the Olympics in 3-of-4 weight classes. Lester leads U.S. Greco-Roman team Justin Lester finished fifth at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. to lead the U.S. Greco- Roman team at the Worlds. Lester qualified the U.S. for the Olympics in his weight class.
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