USA Wrestling has updated its new "Bout of the Week" on USA Wrestling's Members-Only website The featured match this week is the Kevin Jackson vs. Rasul Khadem pool finals match in freestyle wrestling at 82 kg/180.5 lbs. from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. This match featured two of the greatest wrestlers in the history of their nations. Kevin Jackson was an Olympic champion and two-time World champion for the United States before it was all over. Rasul Khadem was an Olympic champion and two-time World champion for Iran before his career had ended. Their meeting in Barcelona happened at different times in their careers, as Jackson was at the top of his game at 27 years old. Khadem was just 20 years old, one of the most talented young athletes in the Iranian program. The winner of this match would move on to the gold-medal finals, to face Soviet star Elmadi Jabrailov. Jackson was the favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in Barcelona, after winning his first World gold medal in 1991 in Varna, Bulgaria. It took Jackson a number of years to get to the top of the ladder in the United States. His weight class was jammed with stars, including Royce Alger, Melvin Douglas and Rico Chiapparelli. The 1991 season was the first that Jackson was able to make the U.S. World Team, and he won it all. In 1992, Jackson defeated Alger in an intense Olympic Trials wrestle-off, and earned the right to go for another gold medal for the United States. Jackson was a high school star in Michigan, and actually won a Junior National title in Greco-Roman. He ended up winning four Div. I All-American honors in college. His first three came at LSU, where he wrestled for Larry Sciacchetano. When LSU dropped its program, Jackson transferred to Iowa State, where he was a NCAA runner-up, losing to Alger in the NCAA finals. Iowa State won the NCAA team title that year when Jackson was a senior. Khadem came to Barcelona as a relative unknown, competing in his first Senior World-level event for Iran. He was a 1991 Espoir World Champion (for ages 17-19) and a 1989 Espoir World bronze medalist. On the Senior level, Khadem had won two Asian Championships, but the Olympics would be his first big test against all the best in the world. Jackson emerged as a winner in a tight battle in Barcelona, and went on to the gold-medal round, where he earned an exciting and controversial gold-medal victory against Jabrailov. Khadem wrestled back to defeat Hans Gstottner of Germany and won the Olympic bronze medal. Neither wrestler was anywhere near finished with their careers. Jackson remained the top U.S. wrestler at 180.5 pounds for three more seasons. He was a member of the 1993 and 1995 U.S. World Teams that won the World Team title, the only time that a U.S. men's freestyle team has been World Champions. In 1995, in Atlanta, Ga., Jackson went on to win the World gold medal again, his third career World-level title, joining a select group of three-time or more winners that include only John Smith, Bruce Baumgartner, Mark Schultz and Lee Kemp, the best-of-the-best in U.S. history. Jackson was upset during the 1996 U.S. Nationals and Olympic Team Trials by a brash young star, Les Gutches, who went on to take seventh at the Atlanta Olympics. Gutches was able to hold a slight edge over Jackson for two more seasons, and Gutches was a World champion in 1987. Jackson's career includes all the major events on the international schedule. He won three World Cup gold medals, two Pan American Games gold medals, a Goodwill Games bronze medal and many other international honors. One of his final triumphs was a gold medal at the 1998 Takhti Cup in Iran, the first U.S. sports team to compete in Iran in 20 years and a major historic event in sports history. Jackson left the competitive mats to become a freestyle coach for USA Wrestling. His first job was as the National Resident Coach, working with the freestyle athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He helped train many top athletes, led by young Brandon Slay, who shocked the world by winning an Olympic gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2001, Jackson was named National Freestyle Coach for USA Wrestling, and has led the national team effort ever since. He coached the U.S. to a three-medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics, led by gold-medalist Cael Sanderson. Jackson remains one of the most respected athletes and coaches in freestyle worldwide. Khadem moved up in weight in 1993, going up to 90 kg/198 lbs. where he won an Asian Championships gold medal. In 1994, he started a streak of outstanding wrestling, establishing himself as a superstar. His weight class featured Olympic and World Champion Makharbek Khadartsev of Russia, as well as other stars like Melvin Douglas of the United States. Khadem won the 1994 and 1995 World Championships gold medals, then followed that up with a gold medal at the weight class at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He defeated Khadartsev in the finals all three years, an amazing feat against one of the all-time greats. After 1996, Khadem cut back on his wrestling. He returned in 1998, up two weight classes, competing at super-heavyweight. He placed fourth at this division at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City, battling men who appeared much larger than he was. However, at the 1998 World Championships, up at super heavyweight, he showed what kind of champion he really was, winning a World silver medal against the odds. It was Khadem's last major international match. He is still a revered hero in Iran for his amazing achievements, and is recognized around the world as one of the greatest wrestlers of his generation. This popular feature will be changed on a regular basis, allowing members to enjoy many of the greatest matches in wrestling history. Posted in the archive section of the Members Only web page was the Chris Campbell vs. Puntsag Sukhbat bronze-medal match in freestyle wrestling from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Many other entertaining and historic matches are in the archive section for the Bout of the Week. USA Wrestling has done a complete redesign and expansion of its Members-Only website, providing all USA Wrestling members with an impressive new resource stocked with interactive learning tools and entertaining features. The web page is still available for all to view and sample for a short time. This will allow those not familiar with the site to enjoy the contents and become familiar with the features. Once the sampling period ends, this on-line resource is available free of charge only to current members of USA Wrestling, one of the most exciting benefits of joining the organization. At that time, USA Wrestling members will need to enter the number from their 2004-05 membership card into an entry form, and the exciting new Members-Only page will become available to them. 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