Jacobson Advances to Bronze Medal Match at U23's

Monday marked day one of the 2025 U23 World Championships. Greco-Roman was the name of the game and four weight classes were contested. Peyton Jacobson was the star for the American squad, as he advanced to the semifinals before falling to an Iranian opponent, 5-3. Jacobson will wrestle for a bronze medal.

Three of the four Americans earned a win on Monday; however, all but Jacobson were eliminated from medal contention. 

On Tuesday, wrestlers in the 55 kg (Kenneth Crosby), 67 kg (Otto Black), 72 kg (Aliaksandr Kikiniou), and 97 kg (Max Ramberg) weight classes will start their tournaments. 

American Results:

63 kg:

Round of 16: Jeremy Peralta Gonzalez (Ecuador) over Kaden Ercanbrack (USA)  9-0
 

77 kg

Round of 32: Temuri Orjonikidze (Georgia) over Aydin Rix-McElhinney (USA)  4-1

Repechage Matchup: Aydin Rix-McElhinney vs. Alexandru Solovei (Moldova)
 

87 kg

Round of 32: Peyton Jacobson (USA) over Rohit Bura (India)  8-0

Round of 16: Peyton Jacobson (USA) over Gabriel Lupasco (Moldova)  7-1

Quarterfinals: Peyton Jacobson (USA) over Zaur Shangereev (Russia)  5-3

Semifinals: Gholamreza Farokhisenjani (Iran) vs. Peyton Jacobson (USA)  5-3

Bronze Medal Matchup: Peyton Jacobson (USA) vs. TBD
 

130 kg

Round of 16: Aden Attao (USA) over Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi (Ukraine)  8-1

Quarterfinals: Laszlo Darabos (Hungary) over Aden Attao (USA)  8-0

 

Gold Medal Matchups

63 kg: Ziya Babashov (Azerbaijan) vs. Vitalie Eriomenco (Moldova)

77 kg: Temuri Orjonikidze (Georgia) vs. Irfan Mirzoiev (Ukraine)

87 kg: Gholamreza Farokhisenjani (Iran) vs. Ivan Chmyr (Ukraine)

130 kg: Fardin Hedayati (Iran) vs. Razmik Kurdyan (Armenia)