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American Cejudo wins 55kg freestyle gold

Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-19 17:47

 

Henry Cejudo of the United States won the gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 55kg class at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on Tuesday. 

 

Henry Cejudo (blue) of the US fights with Azerbaijan's Namig Sevdimov during their men's 55kg freestyle semi-final wrestling match at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 19, 2008. Cejudo won the match. [Agencies] 

Cejudo defeated Japanese Tomohiro Matsunaga by points in the final.

Matsunaga took the silver medal, Besik Kudukhov of Russia and Radoslav Velikov of Bulgaria shared the bronze medals.

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