The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the
2018 World Wrestling Championships
The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary.
Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ...
, and was held in
Budapest,
Hungary on 21 and 22 October.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
Kyle Dake
Kyle Douglas Dake (born February 25, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. Dake is a four-time and the reigning World Champion, winning back-to-back titles twice, at ...
from the United States won the gold medal.
Results
;Legend
*F — Won by
fall
Final
Top half
Bottom half
Repechage
References
External links
Official website
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Men's freestyle 79 kg