Olympic Wrestling 2016: Medal Winners, Scores and Results from Saturday

Russia won their third wrestling gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics on Saturday after Abdulrashid Sadulaev dominated Selim Yasar of Turkey to take the grand prize in the men's freestyle 86-kilogram division.

Although Sadulaev's win provided Russia with their third wrestling gold overall at Rio 2016, his was the first victory to come in the freestyle category.

Yasar was left to settle for a silver medal, while Sharif Sharifov clinched a third freestyle bronze medal of these Games for Azerbaijan. J'den Michael Tbory Cox snagged the United States their maiden medal in men's wrestling, earning bronze. 

Turkey redeemed themselves in the final of the men's freestyle 125-kg division, however, when Taha Akgul beat Azerbaijan's Komeil Nemat Ghasemi to ensure Turkey finished with at least one gold to their name.

Read on for a breakdown of Saturday's wrestling medal results, complete with a recap of the day's action.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 86-kg	Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)	Selim Yasar (TUR)	Sharif Sharifov (AZE) and J'den Michael Tbory Cox (USA)
Men's 125-kg	Taha Akgul (TUR)	Komeil Nemat Ghasemi (IRN)	Ibrahim Saidau (BLR) and Geno Petruasgvili (GEO)

Recap

Having devastated Sharifov 8-1 in his semi-final outing, Sadulaev further demonstrated his grip over the 86-kg class despite only making his Olympics debut in Rio de Janeiro.

The 20-year-old wrestled like someone far beyond his years and handed Yasar a 5-0 defeat, which news outlet Track Wrestling examined as further evidence of his dominion over the sport:

Sadulaev rarely looked out of sorts en route to clinching his first Olympic gold, and it wouldn't be a major surprise to see more to follow in what's sure to be a long and prosperous career.

The Russian supporters on hand in Rio de Janeiro also paid tribute to their starlet following his gold-worthy display, per FloWrestling:

Further down the pecking order, Sharifov and Cox finished in the bronze-medal positions after defeating Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes of Venezuela and Reineris Salas Perez of Cuba, respectively.

Cox's 3-1 victory over Fuentes secured a first men's wrestling medal of Rio 2016 for the United States, while Azerbaijan are now up to three bronze medals in men's wrestling at the Summer Games following Sharifov's win.

Akgul later mauled his way to a maiden Olympic medal at the age of 25, following up his two world championships in 2014 and 2015 with the top gong in Rio.

Collegiate wrestler David Taylor was among those taking in the men's 125-kilogram freestyle final, and needless to say the Turkish terror left his mark on his spectators:

Iranian star Ghasemi struggled to get on the board and eventually slumped to a 3-1 loss against local opposition, although his silver was an improvement on the bronze he won at London 2012.

Earlier in the evening, Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus beat Armenian Levan Beriandize by technical points to finish with a bronze alongside Georgia's Geno Petruasgvili, who hammered the United States' Tervel Ivaylov Dlagnev 10-0.