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Cox Reaches Finals at World Championships

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – 2018 World champion J'den Cox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC) has earned a return trip to the World finals at 92 kg/202.5 lbs.at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – 2018 World champion J'den Cox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC) has earned a return trip to the World finals at 92 kg/202.5 lbs.at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships

Cox shut out 2017 U23 World bronze medalist Irakli Mtsituri of Georgia, 3-0 in the semifinals. Cox scored all of his points in the first period, on a counter takedown for two points with an additional point for a failed challenge by the Georgia corner.

Cox will battle two-time World bronze medalist Alireza Mohammad Karimimachiani of Iran in the gold-medal match on Saturday night. Cox defeated Karimimachiani, 5-2, in the 2018 World Championships semifinals.

Cox has guaranteed himself a World or Olympic medal for the fourth straight year by making the finals. In addition to his 2018 World gold, Cox was a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and 2017 World bronze medalist.

Cox was in command in his two Friday morning matches, securing an 11-0 technical fall over Mohamad Fardj of Algeria and shutting out Nurgali Nurgaipuly of Kazakhstan, 8-0.

Cox is a native of Columbia, Mo., where he was a three-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American for Missouri. He is currently a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center resident athlete in Colorado Springs, Colo.

2012 Olympic champion and four-time World champion Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb. /Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC) will compete for a bronze medal on Saturday, after dropping an intense 4-3 decision to World champion Zaurbek Sidakov of Russia.