BEIJING // Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old prodigy who had competed in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, has won the gold medal in the freestyle 55kg wrestling. Cejudo, crying the moment the match ended and wrapping himself in an American flag, defeated Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan 2-2 on tiebreaker and 3-0 in the best-of-three match. Cejudo was 31st in last year's World Championships, his only prior tournament at this level. Cejudo's victory ensures the USA continue their dominance of the freestyle wrestling discipline, winning gold for the ninth consecutive Olympics. The bronze medallists were last year's world champion, Besik Kudukhov of Russia, and Radoslav Velikov of Bulgaria.
*AP