Gwiazdowski is No. 1 in May UWW Freestyle Ranking Series, with 11 from USA in standings
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Nick Gwiazdowski after winning the 2018 Pan American Championships. Photo courtesy of United World Wrestling
United World Wrestling released its May 2018 Ranking Series standings in men's freestyle, which featured 11 U.S. wrestlers and at least one in every weight class.
2017 WOrld bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski was ranked No. 1 at 125 kg, the top American in the Ranking Series standings. Gwiazdowski won a gold medal at the recent Pan American Championships last week and was a bronze medalist at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia in January.
The 2018 season is the first in which United World Wrestling is utilizing an objective ranking system. The points acquired at continental championships and select rankings series will determine the top four seeded athletes at the 2018 World Championships in October held in Budapest.
Three U.S. athletes stand in the top five of their weight class in the current Ranking Series standings.
Coming in at No. 2 at 86 kg is David Taylor, who also won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships, and was also a champion at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia earlier in the season.
Taking a No. 5 ranking at 97 kg is Kyven Gadson, a silver medalist at the Pan American Championships.
The other U.S. wrestlers who have scored points in the UWW Ranking Series and are in the current standings include:
No. 6 at 65 kg - Logan Stieber (USA) // 24 Points
No. 10 at 61 kg - Joe Colon (USA) // 18 Points
No. 10 at 79 kg - Mark Hall II (USA) // 20 Points
No. 11 at 74 kg - Nazar Kulchytskyy (USA) // 23 Points
No. 13 at 57 kg - Thomas Gilman (USA) // 20 Points
No. 14 at 97 kg - Ben Provisor (USA) // 17 Points
No. 16 at 70 kg - James Green (USA) // 18 Points
No. 18 at 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (USA) // 18 Points
Russia has eight of the top 10 wrestlers in the current rankings: Zavur Uguev (57kg), Gadzhimurad Rashidov (61kg), Ilias Bekbulatov (65kg), Magomed Kurbanaliev (70kg), Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (79kg), Abdulrashid Sadulaev (92kg) and Vladislav Baitcaev (97kg).
The other top-ranked men's freestyle wrestler is Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia at 74kg.
A pair of wrestlers who wrestled in U.S. colleges and represent other nations are also in the rankings. David Habat, who competed at Edinboro and now wrestles for Slovenia, is No. 8 at 65 kg. Stevan Micic, who wrestles for Michigan and now represents Serbia, is No. 11 at 57 kg. Micic was a Junior World bronze medalist for the USA in 2015 and also competed for the USA at the Cadet Worlds in 2013.
View all the rankings on United World Wrestling's homepage at:
www.unitedworldwrestling.org
May UWW Freestyle Ranking Series (Top 5)
57kg
1. Zavur UGUEV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Tsogbadrakh TSEVEENSUREN (MGL) // 32 Points
3. Giorgi EDISHERASHVILI (AZE) // 26 Points
4. Kumsong KANG (PRK) // 26 Points
5. Reineri ANDREU ORTEGA (CUB) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
13. Thomas GILMAN (USA) // 20 Points
U.S.-based foreign wrestler
11. Stevan MICIC (SER) // 22 Points
61kg
1. Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) // 32 Points
3. Nurislam (Artas) SANAYEV (SANAA) (KAZ) // 24 Points
4. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) // 22 Points
5. Kazuya KOYANAGI (JPN) // 22 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Joe COLON (USA) // 18 Points
65kg
1. Ilias BEKBULATOV (RUS) // 45 Points
2. Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) // 39 Points
3. Haji ALIYEV (AZE) // 29 Points
4. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) // 26 Points
5. Vladimer KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) // 25 Points
U.S. wrestler
6. Logan STIEBER (USA) // 24 Points
U.S.-based foreign wrestler
8. David Habat (SLV) // 23 Points
70kg
1. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) // 44 Points
2. Andriy KVYATKOVSKYY (UKR) // 34 Points
3. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) // 25 Points
4. Ogbonna Emmanuel JOHN (NGR) // 24 Points
5. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
16. James GREEN (USA) // 18 Points
74kg
1. Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) // 32 Points
2. Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM) // 30 Points
3. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) // 30 Points
4. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA) // 28 Points
5. Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) // 26 Points
U.S. wrestler
11. Nazar KULCHYTSKYY (USA) // 23 Points
79kg
1. Akhmed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) // 31 Points
3. Muhammet KUTANOGLU (TUR) // 30 Points
4. Martin OBST (GER) // 25 Points
5. Ezzatollah Abbas AKBARIZARINKOLAEI (IRI) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Mark HALL II (USA) // 20 Points
86kg
1. Artur NAIFONOV (RUS) // 46 Points
2. David TAYLOR (USA) // 45 Points
3. Fatih ERDIN (TUR) // 42 Points
4. Yurieski TORREBLANCA QUERALTA (CUB) // 37 Points
5. Aleksandr GOSTIYEV (AZE) // 28 Points
92kg
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) // 41 Points
2. Serda BOKE (TUR) // 31 Points
3. Turtogtokh LUVSANDORJ (MGL) // 27 Points
4. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) // 24 Points
5. Mohammadjavad EBRAHIMIZIVLAEI (IRI) // 22 Points
U.S. wrestler
14. Ben PROVISOR (USA) // 17 Points
97kg
1. Vladislav BAITCAEV (RUS) // 38 Points
2. Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB) // 36 Points
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) // 25 Points
4. Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) // 23 Points
5. Kyven GADSON (USA) // 23 Points
Another U.S. wrestler
18. Kyle SNYDER (USA) // 18 Points
125kg
1. Nicholas GWIAZDOWSKI (USA) // 35 Points
2. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) // 35 Points
3. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL) // 35 Points
4. Davit MODZMANASHVILI (UZB) // 25 Points
5. Taha AKGUL (TUR) // 23 Points
United World Wrestling is the international governing body of wrestling and is headquartered in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland. To learn more about United World Wrestling and the activities of its 179 national federations, please visit: www.UnitedWorldWrestling.org, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
United World Wrestling released its May 2018 Ranking Series standings in men's freestyle, which featured 11 U.S. wrestlers and at least one in every weight class.
2017 WOrld bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski was ranked No. 1 at 125 kg, the top American in the Ranking Series standings. Gwiazdowski won a gold medal at the recent Pan American Championships last week and was a bronze medalist at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia in January.
The 2018 season is the first in which United World Wrestling is utilizing an objective ranking system. The points acquired at continental championships and select rankings series will determine the top four seeded athletes at the 2018 World Championships in October held in Budapest.
Three U.S. athletes stand in the top five of their weight class in the current Ranking Series standings.
Coming in at No. 2 at 86 kg is David Taylor, who also won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships, and was also a champion at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia earlier in the season.
Taking a No. 5 ranking at 97 kg is Kyven Gadson, a silver medalist at the Pan American Championships.
The other U.S. wrestlers who have scored points in the UWW Ranking Series and are in the current standings include:
No. 6 at 65 kg - Logan Stieber (USA) // 24 Points
No. 10 at 61 kg - Joe Colon (USA) // 18 Points
No. 10 at 79 kg - Mark Hall II (USA) // 20 Points
No. 11 at 74 kg - Nazar Kulchytskyy (USA) // 23 Points
No. 13 at 57 kg - Thomas Gilman (USA) // 20 Points
No. 14 at 97 kg - Ben Provisor (USA) // 17 Points
No. 16 at 70 kg - James Green (USA) // 18 Points
No. 18 at 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (USA) // 18 Points
Russia has eight of the top 10 wrestlers in the current rankings: Zavur Uguev (57kg), Gadzhimurad Rashidov (61kg), Ilias Bekbulatov (65kg), Magomed Kurbanaliev (70kg), Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (79kg), Abdulrashid Sadulaev (92kg) and Vladislav Baitcaev (97kg).
The other top-ranked men's freestyle wrestler is Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia at 74kg.
A pair of wrestlers who wrestled in U.S. colleges and represent other nations are also in the rankings. David Habat, who competed at Edinboro and now wrestles for Slovenia, is No. 8 at 65 kg. Stevan Micic, who wrestles for Michigan and now represents Serbia, is No. 11 at 57 kg. Micic was a Junior World bronze medalist for the USA in 2015 and also competed for the USA at the Cadet Worlds in 2013.
View all the rankings on United World Wrestling's homepage at:
www.unitedworldwrestling.org
May UWW Freestyle Ranking Series (Top 5)
57kg
1. Zavur UGUEV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Tsogbadrakh TSEVEENSUREN (MGL) // 32 Points
3. Giorgi EDISHERASHVILI (AZE) // 26 Points
4. Kumsong KANG (PRK) // 26 Points
5. Reineri ANDREU ORTEGA (CUB) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
13. Thomas GILMAN (USA) // 20 Points
U.S.-based foreign wrestler
11. Stevan MICIC (SER) // 22 Points
61kg
1. Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) // 32 Points
3. Nurislam (Artas) SANAYEV (SANAA) (KAZ) // 24 Points
4. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) // 22 Points
5. Kazuya KOYANAGI (JPN) // 22 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Joe COLON (USA) // 18 Points
65kg
1. Ilias BEKBULATOV (RUS) // 45 Points
2. Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) // 39 Points
3. Haji ALIYEV (AZE) // 29 Points
4. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) // 26 Points
5. Vladimer KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) // 25 Points
U.S. wrestler
6. Logan STIEBER (USA) // 24 Points
U.S.-based foreign wrestler
8. David Habat (SLV) // 23 Points
70kg
1. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) // 44 Points
2. Andriy KVYATKOVSKYY (UKR) // 34 Points
3. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) // 25 Points
4. Ogbonna Emmanuel JOHN (NGR) // 24 Points
5. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
16. James GREEN (USA) // 18 Points
74kg
1. Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) // 32 Points
2. Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM) // 30 Points
3. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) // 30 Points
4. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA) // 28 Points
5. Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) // 26 Points
U.S. wrestler
11. Nazar KULCHYTSKYY (USA) // 23 Points
79kg
1. Akhmed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) // 42 Points
2. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) // 31 Points
3. Muhammet KUTANOGLU (TUR) // 30 Points
4. Martin OBST (GER) // 25 Points
5. Ezzatollah Abbas AKBARIZARINKOLAEI (IRI) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Mark HALL II (USA) // 20 Points
86kg
1. Artur NAIFONOV (RUS) // 46 Points
2. David TAYLOR (USA) // 45 Points
3. Fatih ERDIN (TUR) // 42 Points
4. Yurieski TORREBLANCA QUERALTA (CUB) // 37 Points
5. Aleksandr GOSTIYEV (AZE) // 28 Points
92kg
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) // 41 Points
2. Serda BOKE (TUR) // 31 Points
3. Turtogtokh LUVSANDORJ (MGL) // 27 Points
4. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) // 24 Points
5. Mohammadjavad EBRAHIMIZIVLAEI (IRI) // 22 Points
U.S. wrestler
14. Ben PROVISOR (USA) // 17 Points
97kg
1. Vladislav BAITCAEV (RUS) // 38 Points
2. Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB) // 36 Points
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) // 25 Points
4. Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) // 23 Points
5. Kyven GADSON (USA) // 23 Points
Another U.S. wrestler
18. Kyle SNYDER (USA) // 18 Points
125kg
1. Nicholas GWIAZDOWSKI (USA) // 35 Points
2. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) // 35 Points
3. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL) // 35 Points
4. Davit MODZMANASHVILI (UZB) // 25 Points
5. Taha AKGUL (TUR) // 23 Points
United World Wrestling is the international governing body of wrestling and is headquartered in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland. To learn more about United World Wrestling and the activities of its 179 national federations, please visit: www.UnitedWorldWrestling.org, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
