Jordan BURROUGHS

“This was the most devastating loss that I had ever taken in my career,” Burroughs told the Olympic Channel, before revealing his road to recovery had included a commitment to mindfulness. “And so I was like, if I'm going to come back, I'm going to refine myself both physically but also psychologically and spiritually."

Wife the support of his wife and his young children, the 1.73m-tall wrestler grappled his way back to the top. In late 2017 he secured redemption, defeating Uzbekistan’s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, the man who beat him in the repechage in Rio, on his way to a fourth world title.

Bronze medals followed in both the 2018 and 2019 World Championships, with Burroughs firmly focused once again on winning a second Olympic gold medal.

After Tokyo 2020, the man who has released multiple wrestling shoe ranges like he might head to the world of mixed martial arts. Burroughs beat the then-undefeated UFC fighter Ben Askren in a charity MMA bout in May 2019 and later confirmed he will consider a switch after competing in his third Olympic Games.