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Gable Steveson stunned Rio Games champion Taha Akgul of Turkey in the quarter-finals of the men’s freestyle super heavyweight category on Thursday, the US wrestler advancing with an 8-0 victory.
Steveson led 2-0 at the end of the first period with a takedown. He went 4-0 up after the break with a double leg takedown before moving further ahead with two more points-scoring moves.
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