CNN —The Buffalo Bills have signed Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Gable Steveson to a contract, the team announced Friday. The Bills listed Steveson, a gold medalist in the 125kg weight class at the Tokyo Olympics, as a defensive tackle. He won gold after defeating three-time world champion Geno Petriashvili of Georgia with a two-point move with less than a second remaining in their match. Afterwards, Steveson declared it “the match of the century.”Minnesota wrestler Gable Steveson, right, wrestles Arizona State wrestler Cohlton Schultz in the 285 pound weight class final match during the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Little Cesars Arena. Raj Mehta/USA Today Sports/Reuters/FileAfter the Tokyo Games in 2021, Steveson signed with World Wrestling Entertainment until he was released by the organization earlier this month.

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Persons: Gable Steveson, “, ” Steveson, Sean, McDermott, Brandon Beane, Geno Petriashvili, Steveson, Cohlton Schultz, Raj Mehta, Louis Rees, Zammit Organizations: CNN, Buffalo Bills, Bills, Tokyo, ESPN, ”, Olympics, Arizona, NCAA Wrestling, Little Cesars, USA, Sports, Tokyo Games, World Wrestling Entertainment, NCAA, University of Minnesota, NFL, rugby, Kansas City Chiefs Locations: American, Georgia, ” Minnesota