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Wrestler Jordan Burroughs headed to Rio Olympics

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April 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Top-ranked American wrestler Jordan Burroughs secured his spot in the Rio Games on Sunday at the Olympic Team Trials, in Iowa City. Burroughs, who has three world titles along with an Olympic gold medal from 2012, beat Andrew Howe 9-3 and 10-0 in a best-of-three finals series.

Twenty-year-old Kyle Snyder, the youngest world champion in U.S. history, qualified for his first Olympics at 97 kilograms. Snyder beat Jake Varner, the 2012 London Games gold medalist, 4-4, 4-0 and 6-1. Women’s 75-kilogram freestyle star Adeline Gray, a three-time world champion, is also headed to Rio after beating Victoria Francis 11-0 and 10-0.