Gable Steveson Wins Wrestling Gold at Tokyo Olympics

With seconds to spare, the U.S. wrestler and U of M Gopher Gable Steveson took household the gold medal in the ultimate men’s freestyle 125kg wrestling match of the Summer season Tokyo Olympics.

The 21-year-outdated wrestler from Apple Valley managed to score two points in the ultimate seconds to consider a 10-eight victory above Geno Petriashvili from Georgia. Petriashvili won the past three entire world championships and was the very first wrestler to score a issue towards Steveson at the Olympic game titles. Steveson is the very first wrestler on the Gophers to gain an Olympic gold medal.

Steveson has embraced comparisons to his namesake, the wrestler Dan Gable, who some contemplate one particular of the all-time finest (the first Gable is known for powering as a result of the Olympics without relenting a solitary issue).

As Steveson needs to one particular day become a WWE wrestler (he’s been mentored by Brock Lesnar), he even acquired shoutouts from Ric Flair last month and Triple H this week, forward of his very first Olympics visual appeal.

The athlete has a signature transfer now in put, a backflip he performs at the finish of each and every victory. “When and if I can gain, place on a superior demonstrate for The us, that flip is coming,” Steveson promised forward of the match.

Congrats to Steveson, who will also income in $250,000 in prize money.