Jordan Burroughs won his third World Wrestling Championship in Las Vegas on Saturday, capping the most successful U.S. performance at a World Championships since 2006 (total medals) or 1995 (gold medals).
Burroughs, who in 2014 lost at an Olympics or Worlds for the first time, while grappling with an MCL sprain, defeated Mongolian Pürevjavyn Önörbat 10-0 in the final at the Orleans Arena on Saturday.
Burroughs, 27 and wearing golden shoes, celebrated by slapping the mat, smiling and raising his right index finger in the air before the referee raised his arm.
“I made it back,” Burroughs repeated while wearing an American flag.