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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.
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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]
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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.