Henry Cejudo (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) controlled the action to claim a two-period victory over Tomihiro Matsunaga of Japan in the gold-medal match, 2-2, 3-0 at 55 kgCejudo becomes the first U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. He is believed to be the youngest wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling.
Cejudo won the first period by scoring the highest point move, a two-point exposure. He won the second period on a three-point high crotch takedown.
Cejudo is competing in his first Olympic Games. He was a member of the 2007 U.S. World Team. He hails from Phoenix, Ariz., and finished high school in Colorado Springs, Colo. He became a U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete as a high school junior. He was the first high school wrestler to win a USA Wrestling Senior National freestyle title in 2006. His older brother Angel is his training partner in Beijing. Cejudo defeated 2004 Olympic silver medalist Stephen Abas in the finals of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
55 kg/121 lbs. – Henry Cejudo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Gold medal finals - Henry Cejudo (USA) vs. Tomohiro Matsunaga (Japan), 2-2, 3-0
First period – Matsunaga scored a one-point single leg takedown to a pushout at 1:10 to lead 1-0. Cejudo took a leg shot and scored a two-point exposure, with Matsunaga getting a reversal at 2-2. No more scoring. Cejudo won the period by scoring the higher value move, a two-pointer.
Second period – Cejudo hit a high crotch and took Matsunaga to his back for three points in just 12 seconds to lead 3-0. Cejudo got a low single leg, which Matsunaga countered and time ran off the clock to 1:43 when the officials stopped the move. Cejudo held off Matsunaga attacks until the time ran out.
Source - TheMat
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