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RIO DE JANEIRO -- For the last four years, Jordan Burroughs believed he had done everything imaginable to prepare himself to defend his Olympic gold medal from London. The jumps, squats, dips, pull-ups and medicine ball tosses. The early-morning runs. The sweat-filled afternoons in the wrestling room. He carefully watched everything he put in his body, choosing not to smoke or drink. And then he took it one step further, electing not to even curse, with the thought that a second Olympic gold would make him even more of a role model than he already was.But in sports, of course, nothing is guaranteed. Thats what we love about it. On any given day almost anything can happen. For every inspiring Cinderella story there is a dethroned king on the other side. And in a span of five mind-blowing hours Friday, that was Jordan Burroughs. He walked into Carioca Arena No. 2 one of the most dominant wrestlers in American history. A four-time world champion. One hundred and twenty-six times he stepped onto the wrestling mat in a major international competition. Only twice had he walked away having lost.On Friday, Burroughs lost his second match of the day 3-2 to talented Russian Aniuar Gedeuv. Five hours later, with a chance to win a bronze medal in the repechage, he was dominated by Uzbekistans Bekzod Abdurakhmonov by technical fall, 11-1. It was the most lopsided defeat of Burroughs career. And just like that, all the plans and dreams Burroughs had for his future were instantly altered.When it was over, he walked through the mixed zone, his singlet pulled down around his waist, his face painted in despair. He held his hands on his hips and stared at the fake carpet on the ground, tears falling to the floor. It would have been understandable if he would have declined requests for an interview. Or if he just would have kept his head down and ignored the outside world, retreating to the locker room to bear his emotions by himself. But thats not Burroughs. And so he stopped, looked up and revealed the raw pain for the world to see.The first words out of his mouth: Im sorry.I had so many expectations, things I wanted to do, records I wanted to set, precedents I wanted to be a part of, Burroughs said between the tears. I feel a lot of disappointment, embarrassment, disgrace. But I let myself down the most. And now I just face it. The fans, the criticism, the backlash, the trolls. Ive always made my goals public. And thats the hard part as an Olympian -- your failures are public, too.He had arrived in Rio a four-time world champion with a career record of 124-2. And he not only refused to hide from the expectations that came with such dominance but embraced and encouraged them. London was his announcement to the world that he was for real. Rio was going to be the Games that were going to make him a legend.It wasnt about sponsors or money. Burroughs had hoped that his dominance in Rio would draw enough attention to him that he would be able to start a private training program where the greatest American wrestlers could all train together. It would be modeled after the Foxcatcher program built by former American gold medalist Dave Schultz, one of Burroughs idols.Rio was also about defending his family. After losing the first two matches in his career in 2014, Burroughs had been criticized by the wrestling community for going soft. He and his girlfriend had gotten married and had their first child, a boy named Beacon. Some tried to find a correlation between his success off the mat and struggles on it. The talk burned him. So when he and Lauren had their second child, a girl named Ora Reece, in July, Burroughs was out to prove he could be a great father and the baddest man in the world.And then Friday happened. So it was of no surprise that Burroughs brought up his family in his emotional 10-minute chat with reporters after his second loss meant his tournament had finished without a medal.I feel like I let my family down, Burroughs said, his lips quivering. I missed a lot of important milestones in my childrens lives to pursue this sport. I didnt see my son walk for the first time. Ive left my wife at home with two kids in Nebraska to go to training camps and tournaments in other countries. She did that joyfully, not begrudgingly, because she knew on days like these I always performed.He paused and began to cry even harder.So now I feel like I let her down. I let her down. I let my family down. This was supposed to be my year. This was supposed to be my breakthrough performance. And it almost retracted my position in the sport. It hurts. It hurts a lot, man.Burroughs also arrived in Rio with a massive target on his back. He was the top name on the bracket, the defending world and Olympic champion. Maybe it was all just a bad combination. The weight of all Burroughs wanted to achieve combined with talented and hungry international competition that had been waiting for its opportunity to unseat the defending champion. Burroughs admitted Friday night that in the 48 hours leading up to his match the pressure had started to overwhelm him.Shame on me for thinking that what I had done would be enough because obviously I wasnt prepared, he said. Its going to hurt for a long time. I spent so much time this year promoting my personal brand and I said that I was capable of being the greatest wrestler ever. And God said Prove it. And I couldnt. And it hurts.After the match, there was little talk of specifically what went wrong on the mat. Burroughs suffered a cut on his scalp in his first match and competition had to be stopped to have a doctor deal with the cut on three different occasions. His second match was stopped as well. But he refused to make excuses. He said physically he felt fine. Instead of making excuses, he pointed at poor execution as his main problem. He didnt finish a potential shot when he had Gedeuv by the leg at one point and later wasnt able to get the turn when he was on top.Im not as good as I thought I was, he said.Where Burroughs goes from here is anyones guess. He had long said that his ultimate goal was to break John Smiths American record of six world titles. He currently has four. But each tournament that he leaves without gold adds at minimum another year to his career. To break Smiths record Burroughs now needs to wrestle until at least 2019 and thats only if he runs off three straight world championships, a feat he showed Friday isnt as easy as it seems.In the wake of Fridays defeat, USA Wrestling officials shook their heads at the degree to which Burroughs felt he had let the world down. But thats the makeup of who he is. Growing up as a boy in New Jersey, he would hide under the bleachers and cry each time he lost. After one tournament he asked if his dad would retrieve his second-place trophy for him. Leroy Burroughs refused. He taught his son that you get what you deserve. There is no such thing as a mistake.He had sacrificed so much for the training, the travel to international tournaments. He had turned down handsome paychecks to become an Ultimate Fighter because of his love for wrestling and his goal to be the greatest. And now he wondered if that goal would be forever unattainable. Before Friday, the two lone losses of his career he said would forever haunt him. To double that total in a single day wont be easy to overcome. But day by day, step by step, that process has already begun. After talking to reporters Burroughs spent some time by himself in the locker room before heading into the stands to see his family. 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