U23 World Champoinships...

[D3 for LU]

... begin 10/20 thru 10/27.

In Novi Sad Serbia.

On 3 mats.

They're starting off w/ Greco-Roman, Women's FS in the middle and ending w/the Men's Freestyle.

Novi Sad is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Time.

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[D3 for LU]

The schedule attached (from the UWW site.)

U23 World Championships 2025 wrestling schedule

18 days... start the countdown.

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[de4856]

Go get’em Team USA 

[Booger]

U23 World Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | October 20-26

Greco-Roman

55 kg – Jayden Raney (Sturgis, Ky./Union County WC)

60 kg – Max Black (Castle Rock, Colo./NMU-National Training Center)

63 kg – Kaden Ercanbrack (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)

67 kg – Otto Black (Parker, Colo./Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club)

72 kg – Aliaksandr ‘Sasha’ Kikiniou (Escondido, Calif./Poway HS Wrestling)

77 kg – Aydin Rix McElhinney (South Berwick, Maine/Northern Colorado WC)

82 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Philadelphia, Pa./Conestoga Youth Wrestling)

87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)

97 kg – Max Ramberg (Baldwin, Wis./Viking RTC)

130 kg – Aden Attao (Boise, Idaho/Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC)

Coach – Herb House (Castle Rock, Colo.)

Coach – Nate Engel (Albany, Ore.)

Coach – Joe Warren (Monument, Colo.)

Women’s freestyle

50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

53 kg – Brianna Gonzalez (Baldwin, Calif./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC)

57 kg – Cecilia Williams (Lansing, Mich./Michigan Revolution WC)

59 kg – Alexis Janiak (Plainfield, Ill./Titan Mercury WC)

62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

65 kg – Isabella Mir (Las Vegas, Nev./Cardinal WC)

68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Chicago, Ill./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

72 kg – Jasmine Robinson (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club/Titan Mercury WC)

Coach – Tonya Verbeek (Iowa City, Iowa)

Men’s freestyle

57 kg – Luke Lilledahl (St. Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg – Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg – Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg WC/Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg – PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center)

74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg – Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg – Rocco Welsh (Fredericktown, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg – Josh Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

97 kg – Garavous Kouekabakilaho (San Diego, Calif./Viking WC)  

125 kg – Daniel Herrera (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC)

Coach – Joe Russell (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Coach – Abdur Numeri

[de4856]

Lots of Absolute Hammers, this should be fun. Go Team USA. 

[nhs67]

Excited to see the Black brothers in MGR.

[shiraz321]

https://uww.org/article/u23-world-championships-2025-entries

 

The entrants

[Truzzcat]

1 minute ago, shiraz321 said:

https://uww.org/article/u23-world-championships-2025-entries

 

The entrants

will make a thread with predictions today or tomorrow!

[D3 for LU]

53 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

will make a thread with predictions today or tomorrow!

Word.

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[Lucho]

5 hours ago, Booger said:

U23 World Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | October 20-26

Greco-Roman

55 kg – Jayden Raney (Sturgis, Ky./Union County WC)

60 kg – Max Black (Castle Rock, Colo./NMU-National Training Center)

63 kg – Kaden Ercanbrack (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)

67 kg – Otto Black (Parker, Colo./Colorado Top Team Wrestling Club)

72 kg – Aliaksandr ‘Sasha’ Kikiniou (Escondido, Calif./Poway HS Wrestling)

77 kg – Aydin Rix McElhinney (South Berwick, Maine/Northern Colorado WC)

82 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Philadelphia, Pa./Conestoga Youth Wrestling)

87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center)

97 kg – Max Ramberg (Baldwin, Wis./Viking RTC)

130 kg – Aden Attao (Boise, Idaho/Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC)

Coach – Herb House (Castle Rock, Colo.)

Coach – Nate Engel (Albany, Ore.)

Coach – Joe Warren (Monument, Colo.)

Women’s freestyle

50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

53 kg – Brianna Gonzalez (Baldwin, Calif./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC)

57 kg – Cecilia Williams (Lansing, Mich./Michigan Revolution WC)

59 kg – Alexis Janiak (Plainfield, Ill./Titan Mercury WC)

62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

65 kg – Isabella Mir (Las Vegas, Nev./Cardinal WC)

68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Chicago, Ill./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

72 kg – Jasmine Robinson (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club/Titan Mercury WC)

Coach – Tonya Verbeek (Iowa City, Iowa)

Men’s freestyle

57 kg – Luke Lilledahl (St. Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

61 kg – Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

65 kg – Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg WC/Titan Mercury WC)

70 kg – PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center)

74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

79 kg – Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

86 kg – Rocco Welsh (Fredericktown, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

92 kg – Josh Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

97 kg – Garavous Kouekabakilaho (San Diego, Calif./Viking WC)  

125 kg – Daniel Herrera (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC)

Coach – Joe Russell (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Coach – Abdur Numeri

The US team is really really strong this year. It seems like from 57-92kg they have gold medal contenders and have medal contenders at 97 and 125kg. Your guys' talent development in recent years is scary. It's going to be an interesting tournament seeing how our guys match up with yours.