Russian Soslan Ramonov won the gold medal at 65 kilograms in the men’s freestyle Olympic wrestling tournament.
Ramonov thumped Azerbaijan’s Toghrul Asgarov 11-0 in just 2:05 minutes on Sunday.
Asgarov, who was going for his second consecutive Olympic championship, beat defending world champion Frank Chamizo of Italy with a takedown with 17 seconds left in his run to the finals.
But he was no match for Ramonov, who scored a staggering 18 points in his semifinal win before dispatching Asgarov in the title match.
Chamizo and Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan were the bronze medallists.
Kyle Snyder wins 97kg gold
American wrestler Kyle Snyder won gold on Sunday, becoming the youngest Olympic wrestling champion in U.S. history.
The 20-year-old Snyder beat Khetag Goziumov of Azerbaijan 2-1 for gold in the 97 kilograms category in the men’s freestyle on Sunday.
Snyder is the second straight American wrestler to win Olympic gold in his weight class. Jake Varner, who Snyder beat at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in April, won in London four years ago.
Albert Saritov of Romania and Uzbekistan's Magomed Ibragimov took the bronze medals.
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