The U20 World Championships kicked off this morning and the US men’s freestyle team is officially on fire. All five of the wrestlers that started their tournament’s this morning advanced to the semifinals round at 11 am EST. That means each will at least wrestle for bronze and a win guarantees a medal.
As we’re preparing to root on these five, here’s some information about their opponents in the semifinal round.
57 kg - Luke Lilledahl (USA) vs. Ruslan Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
There’s not much to go on in terms of past history for Abdullayev. He was the European U20 champion this year, which means he’s extremely tough.
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