Tsugumi Sakurai secured Japan's fifth gold medal at the wrestling world championships on Thursday, defeating the Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis of the United States in the women's 57-kilogram final.The 21-year-old Sakurai won an intense encounter 3-0 in Belgrade after scoring a second-period takedown against the 30-year-old Maroulis, who denied Saori Yoshida her fourth straight Olympic gold in 2016 at 53 kg."I've come here with (enough) practice under my belt and didn't want to be beaten in stamina by my overseas opposition. It's huge I've managed to grind out the win,"…READ FULL ARTICLE
