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.

[Truzzcat]

1 hour ago, Lucho said:

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.

Really wish we were sending Rademacher and Keuter at 97 and 125 could have probably been our best age level team of all time. I also think McEnelly is our best guy at 86 for u23's but Welsh should still do well he is very strong and stingy.

[okokzach]

1 hour ago, Truzzcat said:

Really wish we were sending Rademacher and Keuter at 97 and 125 could have probably been our best age level team of all time. I also think McEnelly is our best guy at 86 for u23's but Welsh should still do well he is very strong and stingy.

Yeah our 97kg guy was getting destroyed by Christian Carroll at WTT but Carroll got hurt in the match and had to default. He could've been a good rep for us. I think Kueter is recovering from injury as well. 

[Lucho]

1 hour ago, Truzzcat said:

Really wish we were sending Rademacher and Keuter at 97 and 125 could have probably been our best age level team of all time. I also think McEnelly is our best guy at 86 for u23's but Welsh should still do well he is very strong and stingy.

Would have been nice to see a McEnelly vs Rahmani rematch at u23s but I'll be looking forward to seeing a potential Welsh vs Rahmani matchup. No Masoumi at 125 makes the field very open tbh I feel like anyone can win it as Yedige Kassimbek isn't also competing. Even if you guys were sending the other 2 instead at 97 and 125 I feel like the team title is wrapped up for you guys barring a severe underperformance. Marcus Blaze, Luke Lilledahl, Jax Forrest, PJ Duke, Mitch Messenbrink and Levi Haines are all top tier prospects can develop into  world/olympic champions. In saying that I reckon our boys will give the US guys a hard time and might be able to beat a couple of them.

[Truzzcat]

39 minutes ago, Lucho said:

Would have been nice to see a McEnelly vs Rahmani rematch at u23s but I'll be looking forward to seeing a potential Welsh vs Rahmani matchup. No Masoumi at 125 makes the field very open tbh I feel like anyone can win it as Yedige Kassimbek isn't also competing. Even if you guys were sending the other 2 instead at 97 and 125 I feel like the team title is wrapped up for you guys barring a severe underperformance. Marcus Blaze, Luke Lilledahl, Jax Forrest, PJ Duke, Mitch Messenbrink and Levi Haines are all top tier prospects can develop into  world/olympic champions. In saying that I reckon our boys will give the US guys a hard time and might be able to beat a couple of them.

Nezhad feels like the guy to beat at 125kg although I have not gone through all the entries yet. Did he ever wrestle Masoumi? If so was he able to stay on the mat? he is the largest 18 year old I have ever seen, I think he has a pretty bright future as well.

[Lucho]

2 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Nezhad feels like the guy to beat at 125kg although I have not gone through all the entries yet. Did he ever wrestle Masoumi? If so was he able to stay on the mat? he is the largest 18 year old I have ever seen, I think he has a pretty bright future as well.

I don't think they've wrestled but I could be wrong. I imagine if they did it wouldn't have been to competitive anyways considering how good Masoumi is. The harsh reality is even if Mohammadnezhad is a top prospect unless he can beat Zare he isn't making the team. To even get to that point he has to beat Masoumi to make it to wrestle off's. What makes it ridiculous is that Zare is only 24 so it's not like these guys can just wait for him to retire he still has another 10 years in him.