Burroughs wins gold, Aiello takes silver at Yasar Dogu International in Turkey

ANATALYA, Turkey – Olympic champion and six-time World champion Jordan Burroughs won the gold medal at 74 kg at the Yasar Dogu International on Saturday.

Burroughs powered through his bracket with four victories. He stopped Murat E of Azerbaijan, 9-2, then beat Muhammed Halit Ozman of Turkey, 8-1 in the quarterfinals.Burrough stopped Orozobek Toktomambeto of Kyrgyzstan, 5-1 in the semifinal, then stopped Magomet Evloev of Tajikistan in finals

Winning a silver medal at 97 kg was Jay Aiello, who won his first three matches before falling in the finals to 2023 World champion Akhmed Tazhudinov of Bahrain in the finals.

Three U.S. wrestlers reached bronze medal bouts but were defeated in the meal round, placing fifth: Daniel DeShazer at 57 kg, two-time World medalist James Green at 65 kg and Kollin Moore at 97 kg.

The USA had 10 wrestlers competing on Saturday. Match result information is not available at this time but will be updated as received.

The competition concludes on Sunday, with the final five men’s freestyle weights (61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg, 125 kg).  There will be four U.S. athletes competing in the last set of weights.

YASAR DOGU INTERNATIONAL

At Anatalya, Turkey, March 9, 2024

57 kg

Gold - Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

Silver – Nachyn Mongush (Individual Neutral Athlete)

Bronze – Almaz Smanbekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze – Myrzanazar Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

5^th – Daniel DeShazer (USA)

5^th – Rakhat Kalzhan (Kazakhstan)

65 kg

Gold – Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Silver – Musa Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Mohammad Palangvar (Iran)

Bronze – Abdulmazkhid Kudiev (Tajikistan)

5^th – Adlan Askarov (Kazakhstan)

5^th – James Green (USA)

74 kg

Gold – Jordan Burroughs (USA)

Silver – Magomet Evloev (Tajikistan)

Bronze – Skakhban Asluev (Bahrain)

Bronze - Orozobek Toktomambeto (Kyrgyzstan)

5^th – Fazli Erilmaz (Turkey)

5^th – Muhammed Ozmus (Turkey)

86 kg

Gold – Bakhtiar Vafaeipour (Iran)

Silver – Erdene Bat Byambasuren (Mongolia)

Bronze – Bobur Islomov (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Yudai Takahashi (Japan)

5^th – Phillipp Morodian (Germany)

5^th – Evsem Shvelidze (Georgia)

97 kg

Gold – Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain)

Silver – Jay Aiello (USA)

Bronze – Radu Lefter (Moldova)

Bronze – Rizabek Aitmukhan (Kazakhstan)

5^th – Kollin Moore (USA)

5^th – Merab Suleimanishvili (Georgia)

U.S. men’s freestyle athletes, with placement and/or record

57 kg: Liam Cronin (Sunkist Kids), 0-1 record

57 kg: Brandon Courtney (Sunkist Kids), 0-1 record

57 kg: Daniel DeShazer (Gopher WC), 5th place

57 kg: Luke Lilledahl (X-Calibur Athletics WC), 0-1 record

65 kg: Kaleb Larkin (Sunkist Kids), 2-1 record

65 kg: James Green (Sunkist Kids), 5th place

65 kg: Anthony Ashnault (NYC RTC/TMWC), 2-1 record

74 kg: Jordan Burroughs (Penn RTC/Sunkist Kids), gold medal

97 kg: Jay Aiello (TMWC), silver medal

97 kg: Kollin Moore (TMWC), 5th place