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USA's Jacob Stephen Varner wins the men's 96kg freestyle wrestling gold

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Varner wins 96kg wrestling gold
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USA's Jacob Stephen Varner wins gold in the men's 96kg freestyle wrestling.

USA's Jacob Stephen Varner has won gold in the men's 96kg freestyle wrestling.

Varner was declared the winner at the end of the second round after he had opened up a 2-0 advantage over Ukraine's Valerii Andriitsev.

Georgia's George Gogshelidze won the first bronze medal after he defeated Uzbekistan's Kurban Kurbanov.

The second bronze medal match was won by Azerbaijan's Khetag Gazyumov, who beat Iran's Reza Mohammed Ali Yazdani.

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