Taylor will get his toughest test yet in the finals on Thursday morning: Iran's Hassan Yazdani, a 2016 Olympic champ and two-time world champ. A couple of turns made it 7-0, then another takedown made it 9-0, and a step-out point closed it down … all in the first period. Taylor took a 3-0 lead after a shot-clock point and takedown in the first period. There, Taylor continued his onslaught, defeating India's Deepak Punia, a 2019 world silver-medalist, by a 10-0 technical fall. In response, Taylor rattled off 12 unanswered points to win 12-2 and reach the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, Taylor beat a familiar foe - Myles Amine is an All-American wrestler for Michigan who is reppin' San Marino. Amine beat Colombia's Carlos Izquierdo, 12-2, in his opener, then scored the first takedown against Taylor in the quarters. Taylor is considered a strong favorite at these Games, and he showed why with his first three matches, registering three technical falls by a combined 33-2. He was spectacular, putting his gas tank on display as he navigated a decorated field of opponents.Īli Shabanau is a four-time world medalist, and Taylor led 3-0 after the first period, scored two takedowns for 7-0, then ended it with a 4-point takedown in 4 minutes, 5 seconds.
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