CHIBA: U.S. wrestler Gable Steveson (pix) booked his place in the gold medal bout of the men’s freestyle super heavyweight category without conceding a single point in his three bouts on Thursday.

Steveson first beat former Asian champion Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan with a 10-0 victory by technical superiority after five takedowns before he stunned Rio Games gold medallist Taha Akgul of Turkey 8-0 in the quarter-finals.