“The 1stperiod is won by the best technician. The 2ndperiod is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the …
“The 1stperiod is won by the best technician. The 2ndperiod is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.” In an astonishing buzzer-beating comeback, U.S. heavyweight wrestler Gable Stevenson,21, became the first American heavyweight wrestler to win a gold medal at the Olympics in almost thirty years, defeating the number one-ranked heavyweight wrestler in the world. Competing in the Olympic men’s freestyle 125kg event, Stevenson, who hails from Apple Valley, Minnesota, was losing 8-5 to Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili, who was ranked #1 and is a three-time world champion, with less than 10 seconds left when he executed two takedowns, one literally with one second left on the clock. “He was down three points with 23 seconds remaining in the match. He somehow managed to score five points as time expired to pick up the gold medal for the U.S.,” Fox News pointed out. “Trailing 4-0 after the first period, Petriashvili rallied back before the American earned a 9-8 comeback victory. Steveson earned the gold medal after outscoring his opponents – including 2016 Olympic gold medalist Taha Akgul of Turkey – 23-0 in the first three rounds,” The New York Post reported.
