Wrestling: Rei Higuchi wins at 61 kg as Japan ends worlds with 7 gold

Japan's Rei Higuchi won the men's 61-kilogram freestyle event at the wrestling world championships on Sunday, securing the seventh gold medal for his country on the final day of the tournament.Higuchi, the 57-kg silver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, claimed his first world title in the non-Olympic event after beating Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi of Iran with a 10-0 technical fall in the final in Belgrade.The 26-year-old nailed double-leg and single-leg takedowns to put the Iranian, who finished fifth at 57 kg in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, on his back twice to seal gold in…READ FULL ARTICLE