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  • Turner Wins Second U17 World Title as American Women Shine

    The only day of the U17 World Championships that contained nothing but women’s freestyle was an excellent one for Team USA. Morgan Turner was one of the stars of the day as she staked her claim to one of America’s best women ever at the age-group level. 
    Turner posted a 6-1 victory over Japan’s two-time U17 Asian champion Yu Kataoka. It represented her third U17 world medal and her second of the gold variety. Since the Cadet/U17 World Championships returned in 2011, no American woman had won multiple gold medals. We’ll get to it later, but one of Turner’s teammates could join that elite company on Friday. 
    In the 49 kg gold medal matchup against Kataoka, Turner got on the scoreboard first with a sweep single. Her Japanese opponents fought it with a hard whizzer; however, Turner was eventually able to step over her back and lock in a leg for two points. 
    The second period saw Turner add to her lead, countering a short offense attempt from Kataoka for a takedown and two more points. With under a minute remaining in the contest, Turner kept the heat on and scored a third takedown on a low leg attack. At the end of that sequence, Kataoka got to her feet and earned a step-out point against the American. That would be the only scoring for the Japanese wrestler - Turner finished off the 6-1 win a few seconds later. 
    Turner’s time being the only American woman to win two U17 titles might last a full 24 hours. Maybe less. Taina Fernandez made the 61 kg finals and put herself in position to win back-to-back gold medals. Fernandez needed less than :40 seconds to take Miranda Kapanadze (Georgia) down, lock in an arm-bar and secure a fall in the semifinals. Fernandez’s toughest test on Thursday came in a 13-6 win over Russian Zalina Totrova. Standing between Fernandez and back-to-back world championships is India’s Yashita. Yashita is battle-tested with close wins throughout the tournament. She had wins by four points, two points, and criteria, before a 5-0 shutout in the semis. 
    Joining Fernandez in tomorrow’s finals is Epenesa Elison at 53 kg. Elison earned her finals berth after a methodical tech fall over Kazakhstan’s Farida Abdrakhmanov. Elison struck time and time again with a sweep single - four times in total, along with a leg lace for a 10-0 victory. Like Fernandes, Elison’s toughest bout thus far came in the quarterfinals. Elison jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on Hungary’s Mariia Zhytovoz; however, Zhytovoz was able to cut the lead to one point at the break. 
    In the second period, Elison re-established herself with a picture-esque ankle pick for four points. She would go on to win 12-7. 
    Also coming away with hardware on the day was Madison Healey at 43 kg. Healey and Egyptian Mareim Abdelaal were in a relatively tight bout before Healey got a takedown in the second period and quickly moved into an arm bar. The officials had a difficult time determining whether or not to call the fall, but eventually put Abdelaal out of her misery from the brutal pinning combination with :30 left in the bout. 
    Healey grabs the bronze medal and her only loss of the tournament was 1-1 to the eventual champion, Rachana of India. 
    The final American to claim a bronze medal on Thursday was Ella Poalillo at 73 kg. Poalillo was up 2-0 in the second period against Georgia’s Anna Godelashvili and nearly got a fall after securing a takedown and reaching for the head. Seconds later, she locked up a nasty arm bar and finished the job for the fall and a bronze medal. 
    Two more American women will wrestle for the bronze tomorrow. Maisie Elliott at 40 kg and Jaclyn Bouzakis at 46 kg. Both advanced to the semifinals on Wednesday. Elliott will face Germany’s Finja Strauch, while Bouzakis’ opponent will be determined after a round of repechage. 
     
    American Results
    40 kg
    Quarterfinals: Masie Elliott over Preeti Yadav (India)  6-2
    Semifinals: Shokhista Shonazarova (Kazakhstan) over Masie Elliott  9-0
     
    43 kg
    Bronze Medal Match: Madison Healey over Mareim Abdelaal (Egypt)  Fall 3:30
     
    46 kg
    Round of 16: Jaclyn Bouzakis over Yuting Yuan (China)  7-4
    Quarterfinals: Jaclyn Bouzakis over Kasish Gurjar (India)  12-4
    Semifinals: Hanano Oya (Japan) over Jaclyn Bouzakis  6-4
     
    49 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Morgan Turner over Yu Kataoka (Japan)  6-1
     
    53 kg
    Round of 32: Epenesa Elison over Kanita Spahija (Kosovo)  12-0
    Round of 16: Epenesa Elison over Maria Vandoulaki Vandoula (Greece)  Fall 1:06
    Quarterfinals: Epenesa Elison over Mariia Zhytovoz (Hungary)  12-7
    Semifinals: Epenesa Elison over Farida Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)  10-0
     
    61 kg
    Round of 16: Taina Fernandez over Zichen Dong (China)  10-0
    Quarterfinals: Taina Fernandez over Zalina Totrova (Belarus)  13-6
    Semifinals: Taina Fernandez over Miranda Kapanadze (Georgia)  Fall :36
     
    69 kg 
    Round of 16: Cassandra Gonzales over Gereltuya Amarsaikhan (Mongolia)  11-0
    Quarterfinals: Manisha (India) over Cassandra Gonzales  Fall 1:51
     
    73 kg
    Bronze Medal Match: Ella Poalillo over Anna Godelashvili (Georgia)  Fall 2:36
     
    Friday’s Gold Medal Matches
    40 kg: An Nakanishi (Japan) vs. Shokhista Shonazarova (Kazakhstan)
    46 kg: Hanano Oya (Japan) vs. Janka Sillei (Hungary)  
    53 kg: Epenesa Ellison (USA) vs. Jiaqing Jiang (China)
    61 kg: Taina Fernandez (USA) vs. Yashita (India) 
    69 kg: Min Zhao (China) vs. Ayla Sahin (Germany)
     
    Final Medal Round Matches
    43 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Rachana (India) over Xin Huang (China)  3-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Inzhu Bakkozha (Kazakhstan) over Raniia Rakhmanova (Russia)  8-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Madison Healey (USA) over Mareim Abdelaal (Egypt)  Fall 3:30

     
    49 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Morgan Turner (USA) over Yu Kataoka (Japan)  6-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Polina Bochkareva (Russia) over Azema Kalidinva (Kyrgyzstan)  6-6
    Bronze Medal Match: Komal Verma (India) over Anhelina Burkina (Belarus)  8-3
     
    57 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Madkhiya Usmanova (Kazakhstan) over Moni (India)  6-5
    Bronze Medal Match: Alina Baroeva (Russia) over Marta Mankowska (Poland)  6-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Sayuki Tanada (Japan) over Sophie Ritter (Italy)  4-4
     
    65 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Ashvini Vishnoi (India) over Mukhayyo Rakhimjonova (Uzbekistan)  3-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Lilia Ermokhina (Russia) over Anujin Erkhembaaatar (Mongolia)  9-2
    Bronze Medal Match: Feenja Hermann (Germany) over Alexandra Moisei (Moldova)  4-2
     
    73 kg 
    Gold Medal Match: Wenjin Qiu (China) over Kajal (India)  8-5
    Bronze Medal Match: Eylem Engin (Turkiye) over Deborah Garcia Pacheco (Mexico)  9-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Ella Poalillo (USA) over Anna Godelashvili (Georgia)  Fall 2:36

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    2025 U17 Greco-Roman World Championships Final Results

    Final Greco-Roman Medal Round Matches
    45 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Kuanyshbek Zhangazhol (Kazakhstan) over Nurkerim Kumarbekov (Kyrgyzstan)  8-7
    Bronze Medal Match: Abdurrahman Huseynli (Azerbaijan) over Tymur Maharramov (Ukraine)  9-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Vadim Tarelunga (Moldova) over Benyamin Khezli (Iran)  8-3
     
    48 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Bunyod Hansanov (Uzbekistan) over Nurdaulet Kumaruly (Kazakhstan)  10-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Michael Rundell over Kaisei Yamamoto (Japan)  12-6
    Bronze Medal Match: Amirmohammad Hajivand (Iran) over Baris Soylu (Turkey)  12-3
     
    51 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Otabek Tursunov (Uzbekistan) over Hikmat Hagverdiyev (Azerbaijan)  4-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Marat Atshemyan (Armenia) over Polat Karadeniz (Turkiye)  11-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Abu Saga (Norway) over Islam Kurbanov (Kyrgyzstan)  5-3
     
    55 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Alkham Abdirasulov (Kyrgyzstan) over Nurali Askar (Kazakhstan)  4-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Amirreza Tahmasbpour (Iran) over Aditya Gupta (India)  Fall 2:24
    Bronze Medal Match: Makhdi Barotov (Tajikistan) over Nihat Bahmanov (Azerbaijan)  8-5
     
    60 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Ali Nazarov (Azerbaijan) over Amangeldi Ysakbaev (Kyrgyzstan)  6-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Abolfazl Zare Eshaghi (Iran) over Humoyun Erkinov (Uzbekistan)  7-5
    Bronze Medal Match: Zaven Mezhlumyan (Armenia) over Denys Seredin (Ukraine)  5-2
     
    65 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Janes Nazaryan (Armenia) over Erekle Tavberidza (Georgia)  5-4
    Bronze Medal Match: Arseni Kikiniou over Yehor Tarasenko (Ukraine)  5-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Dosbol Shamil (Kazakhstan) over Anuj  9-0
     
    71 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Behruzbek Valiev (Uzbekistan) over Dimitrios Soulis (Greece)  3-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Mohammad Kazemi (Iran) over Yusif Ahmadli (Azerbaijan)  4-3
    Bronze Medal Match: Marlen Meirbekuly (Kazakhstan) over Imre Kolompar (Hungary)  7-1
     
    80 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Abdulaziz Kholmirzaev (Uzbekistan) over Luka Martiashvili (Georgia)  Fall 3:49
    Bronze Medal Match: Ismail Bereket (Turkiye) over Nijat Yeylagaliyev (Azerbaijan)  9-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Nurislam Oskonbaev (Kyrgyzstan) over Taha Nouri (Iran)  3-1
     
    92 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Amirsam Mohammadi (Iran) over Kanstantin Kasyan (Belarus)  8-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Ahmet Uzun (Turkiye) over Said Pashayev (Azerbaijan)  5-0
    Bronze Medal Match: David Calkins (USA) over Ionut Patru (Romania)  4-0
     
    110 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Hardeep (India) over Yazdan Delrouz (Iran)  3-3
    Bronze Medal Match: Temuri Simsive (Georgia) over Hu Nuerlebieke (China)  1-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Anatolii Novachenko (Ukraine) over Emrullah Capkan (Turkiye)  5-1

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    Calkins Earns Bronze and Turner Advances to Finals at U17 World Championships

    Wednesday in Athens saw the final medals awarded in Greco-Roman at the U17 World Championships, along with the first set of women’s freestyle bouts. Only one American was still active in the Greco tournament; however, he won both of his matches and came away with a bronze medal. 
    David Calkins needed to win a repechage bout this morning just to have the opportunity to compete for a bronze medal at 92 kg. He did that with relative ease. His opponent, Brazil’s Raphael Rodrigues Duarte, was called for passivity, giving Calkins the advantage in par terre. Calkins seized the opportunity and locked up a gut-wrench and turned the Brazilian four times for a quick tech fall victory, 9-0. 
    In the bronze medal bout, Calkins also got on the board early via a passivity call against his opponent, Ionut Patru of Romania. Calkins didn’t score on the ensuing par terre restart, but did late in the first period as he hustled into a takedown at the edge. In the second period, Calkins added a step-out point to win, 4-0. 
    The women’s freestyle team started their tournament on a high note with four of their five wrestlers in action on Wednesday, opening with a win. Madison Healey (43 kg), Morgan Turner (49 kg), and Ella Poalillo (73 kg) all advanced to the semifinal after posting two wins apiece. The veteran of the bunch, Turner, was able to push through to the world finals. Healey and Poalillo will wrestle for bronze medals tomorrow. 
    In making the finals, Turner locked up her third straight world medal at the U17 World Championships. Last year, she earned a bronze medal and, in 2023, Turner won a world title. 
    To win her second gold medal, Turner will need to go through Japan’s Yu Kataoka. Kataoka has yet to surrender a point in this tournament and has two techs and a fall. Turner won’t be intimidated by an opponent from the traditional powerhouse nation, as she earned her previous world title at the expense of a Japanese foe. 
    Turner’s pre-finals results are very similar to Kataoka’s - if not better. She has two falls and a tech and hasn’t been out of the first period. In the semifinals, Turner used a double leg and a sucker drag for takedowns and a 4-0 advantage. Later in the first period, Turner and her opponent, Anhelina Burkina, simultaneously shot, and Turner was able to get the better position and was in on a front headlock. She spun and nearly had a takedown, but instead, locked up a cradle and quickly picked up the fall. 
    The other two Americans to start their tournament on Wednesday, Emma Bacon and Violett Lasure,  were both eliminated from medal contention. 
    The remainder of the American women’s freestyle contingent will hit the mat on Thursday with Maisie Elliott (40 kg), Jaclyn Bouzakis (46 kg), Epenesa Elison (53 kg), Taina Fernandez (61 kg), and Cassandra Gonzales (69 kg) getting their tournaments underway. 
     
    American Results
    Women’s Freestyle
    43 kg
    Round of 16: Madison Healey over Mukhlisa Masharipova (Uzbekistan)  Fall :45
    Quarterfinals: Madison Healey over Sayuki Hibarino (Japan)  Fall 3:29
    Semifinals: Rachana (India) over Madison Healey  1-1
     
    49 kg
    Round of 16: Morgan Turner over Saniya Soltangali (Kazakhstan)  Fall :30
    Quarterfinals: Morgan Turner over Komal Verma (India)  10-0
    Semifinals: Morgan Turner over Anhelina Burkina (Belarus)  Fall 1:19
     
    57 kg 
    Round of 16: Sayuki Tanada (Japan) over Emma Bacon  5-3
     
    65 kg
    Round of 16: Violette Lasure over Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece)  10-2
    Quarterfinals: Alexandra Moisei (Moldova) over Violette Lasure  Fall 2:30
     
    73 kg
    Round of 16: Ella Poalillo over Uranzaya Tserennyam (Mongolia)  Fall 3:06
    Quarterfinals: Ella Poalillo over Jolina Healey (Canada)  Fall :50
    Semifinals: Kajal (India) over Ella Poalillo  11-0
     
    Greco-Roman
    92 kg
    Repechage: David Calkins over Raphael Rodrigues Duarte (Brazil)  9-0
    Bronze Medal Match: David Calkins (USA) over Ionut Patru (Romania)  4-0
     
    Thursday’s Gold Medal Matches
    43 kg: Xin Huang (China) vs. Rachana (India)
    49 kg: Morgan Turner (USA) vs. Yu Kataoka (Japan)
    57 kg: Madkhiya Usmanova (Kazakhstan) vs. Moni (India)
    65 kg: Mukhayyo Rakhimjonova (Uzbekistan) vs. Ashvini Vishnoi (India)
    73 kg: Kajal (India) vs. Wenjin Qiu (China)
     
    Final Medal Round Matches
    Greco-Roman
    45 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Kuanyshbek Zhangazhol (Kazakhstan) over Nurkerim Kumarbekov (Kyrgyzstan)  8-7
    Bronze Medal Match: Abdurrahman Huseynli (Azerbaijan) over Tymur Maharramov (Ukraine)  9-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Vadim Tarelunga (Moldova) over Benyamin Khezli (Iran)  8-3
     
    51 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Otabek Tursunov (Uzbekistan) over Hikmat Hagverdiyev (Azerbaijan)  4-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Marat Atshemyan (Armenia) over Polat Karadeniz (Turkiye)  11-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Abu Saga (Norway) over Islam Kurbanov (Kyrgyzstan)  5-3
     
    60 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Ali Nazarov (Azerbaijan) over Amangeldi Ysakbaev (Kyrgyzstan)  6-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Abolfazl Zare Eshaghi (Iran) over Humoyun Erkinov (Uzbekistan)  7-5
    Bronze Medal Match: Zaven Mezhlumyan (Armenia) over Denys Seredin (Ukraine)  5-2
     
    71 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Behruzbek Valiev (Uzbekistan) over Dimitrios Soulis (Greece)  3-1
    Bronze Medal Match: Mohammad Kazemi (Iran) over Yusif Ahmadli (Azerbaijan)  4-3
    Bronze Medal Match: Marlen Meirbekuly (Kazakhstan) over Imre Kolompar (Hungary)  7-1
     
    92 kg
    Gold Medal Match: Amirsam Mohammadi (Iran) over Kanstantin Kasyan (Belarus)  8-0
    Bronze Medal Match: Ahmet Uzun (Turkiye) over Said Pashayev (Azerbaijan)  5-0
    Bronze Medal Match: David Calkins (USA) over Ionut Patru (Romania)  4-0

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    • Turner Wins Second U17 World Title as American Women Shine

      Turner Wins Second U17 World Title as American Women Shine

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    • Calkins Earns Bronze and Turner Advances to Finals at U17 World Championships

      Calkins Earns Bronze and Turner Advances to Finals at U17 World Championships

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