Gable Steveson won Olympic gold with just 1 second remaining (Video)

CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Gable Dan Steveson of Team United States celebrates defeating Geno Petriashvili of Team Georgia during the Men’s Freestyle 125kg Gold Medal Match on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 06, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Gable Dan Steveson of Team United States celebrates defeating Geno Petriashvili of Team Georgia during the Men’s Freestyle 125kg Gold Medal Match on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 06, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Watch Gable Steveson win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling with literally just one second left in the match

Perhaps the most highly-touted wrestler today, Gable Steveson is now an Olympics wrestling champion, pulling off the feat in breath-taking fashion by taking the 125kg gold medal in the absolute final moments he could.

Steveson, of the U.S.A., faced off with Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili, a three-time world wrestling champion.

Finding himself down 8-5 in the bout’s final 10 seconds, Steveson suddenly got Petriashvili down and got to his back to score two points with mere seconds remaining.

Gable Steveson gets buzzer-beater score to win Olympic wrestling gold at Tokyo 2020

The seconds ticked down as the bout resumed, and in spite of Petriashvili trying to stall out the remaining time, Steveson got him down and got around to his back again, giving Steveson the gold at, literally, the last second.

There has been debate over whether Steveson will stick with wrestling, jump to the professional wrestling scene or try his hand at MMA.

Regardless of where he ends up, Steveson — who additionally won gold at the Pan American Championships and an NCAA title with the University of Minnesota earlier this year — appears to have a bright future ahead of him.

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