United States’ Jordan Burroughs (right) and Japan’s Mao Okui compete at the bronze-medal match of the men’s 74kg category during the Wrestling World Championships on Sept. 21, 2019, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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Jordan Burroughs’ decade of dominance with the United States wrestling team came to an end Saturday.
The former Husker wrestler lost 2-0 to Kyle Dake in the two-out-of-three format at the Team USA Olympic Trials in Fort Worth, Texas.
Burroughs has been the national 74-kilogram (163 pounds) representative since 2011, an illustrious span that includes an Olympic gold medal in 2012 and four world titles.
“It just sets in that a run is over for me,” Burroughs said on NBC Sports after the match. “This is one of the first summers in a decade I didn’t have a direction. It’s hard. It will be hard for a while. More things you can do to reflect on. … move forward with confidence that the future is bright for me, it just won’t be in Tokyo.
“I have a lot to think about moving forward. … It’s going to take me a while to settle, but this is part of the sport.”
Dake defeated Burroughs in the first bout, 3-0, which marked the first time in his career Burroughs has been shut out in a senior-level match. Dake followed that up with a 3-2 win in the decisive match.
Entering Saturday night, Burroughs was 7-1 against Dake all-time, though the two have not squared off since 2017.
The 2017 bout at the Olympic Trials is well-known by the wrestling community. Dake won the first match before Burroughs responded with two straight wins.
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