Day 2 U20 Worlds Live Updates: Men's Freestyle

57kg: Magomed Ozdamirov (UWW) vs. Sumit Malik (India)

65kg: Reiji Uchida (Japan) vs. Luke Stanich (United States)

79kg: William Henckel (United States) vs. Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar (Iran)

92kg: Kamil Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan) vs. Sherzod Poyonov (Uzbekistan)

Sumit Malik (India) dec. Ion Bulgaru (Moldova) 11-3

Magomed Ozdamirov (UWW) dec. Nurdanat Aitanov (Kazakhstan) 3-1

Reiji Uchida (Japan) tech. fall Viktor Borohan (Ukraine) 10-0

Luke Stanich (United States) dec Amal Dhandubaev (UWW) 3-1

Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar (Iran) dec. Said Saidulov (UWW) 15-7

William Henckel (United States) dec. Amit (India) 5-4

Kamil Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan) dec. Anar Jafarli (Azerbaijain) 9-6

Sherzod Poyonov (Uzbekistan) fall Gadzhimurad Gadzhibatyrov (UWW) 4:25

Scoreless first minute and Gaidarli is hit with passivity first. Gaidarli now on the activity period. Activity period expires and Duke takes a 1-0 lead with a minute left in the first period. Duke hit with a passivity with :29 to go in the period. 1-0 will be the lead for Duke at the break.

Gaidarli gets deep with a double but Duke feeds him hips and fights off the attack. Restart with 2:34 left. Gaidarli right back on the attack and gets a stepout to tie it up, but Duke with the shrug, then completes the takedown to retake the lead 3-1 with 2:00 left in the bout. Gaidarli tries to crotchlift, but Duke gets slippery and comes out on top with two more and a 5-1 lead with 1:35 left in the bout. Gaidarli with a nice takedown and turn to tie the score at 5-5 and Gaidarli now holds criteria with 1:18 left. This is a slugfest! Duke fires right back with a takedown to take a 7-5 lead with :45 left! Duke warned for fleeing, cautioned but not confirmed. FINAL SCORE 7-5!!!! P.J. DUKE (USA) WORLD CHAMPION!

Yamaguchi strikes first with a takedown, then goes splitting the legs for four quick turns on the old school leg lace and gets the technical superiority in 1:01. Yamaguchi too much, too quick.

Magomedov with a definite height advantage. Rademacher warned for passivity in a scoreless period with 55 seconds gone by. Rademacher got deep on another single leg, but Magomedov fended this one off with 30 left. 4-0 is how it will stand at the break.

Pretty much zero attacks the first 90 seconds of the second period. Magomedov creates some misdirection and ends up driving Rademacher out of bounds for the stepout. 4-1 Rademacher with :37 left. JUSTIN. RADEMACHER. WORLD. CHAMPION! FINAL SCORE 4-1.

Mirasola was in on a single, then readjusted, reattacked and drove Darmaabazar to the edge, but the Mongolian rolled a chestlock through for two points and a 2-0 lead. Mirasola double leg takedown halfway through the second ties the score. Mirasola with criteria. Mirasola with a low ankle and chops the Mongolian down to the mat, he then switches off to his leglace and rolls Darmaabazar across the mat five times for a 12-2 technical superiority and a bronze medal!

Dzhandubaev hit with the first passivity 50 seconds into a scoreless bout. Stanich now hit with a passivity, still scoreless with 1:40 left in the first. Stanich hit again, will go on the activity period with 1:10 left in the first period. Scoreless. Clock expires, so Dzhandubaev goes up 1-0 on the inactivity point. Stanich grabs a single leg and elevates it, decides to drive Dzhandubaev out of bounds for the one-point stepout. Tie score 1-1, but Stanich holds criteria.

Stanich snatches another single leg and this time finishes to take a 3-1 lead with 2:15 left in the bout. Stanich fights off one decent attempt, and will prevail and move into the finals after a 3-1 win in the semifinals!

Henckel hit with the first passivity 51 seconds into the scoreless bout. Henckel hit again for passivity. He’s now on the 30-second activity period. Henckel forces a stepout just before the activity period expires to take a 1-0 lead with just under a minute left in the first period. Henckel hits a shrug for a two-point takedown and then guts Amit for two more, but gets caught on his back and nearly pinned. Henckel ends up out of bounds and out of trouble and comes away with a 5-2 lead at the break. Action goes towards the edge and Henckel steps out, giving Amit a point. 5-3 lead for Henckel with 2:09 left. Henckel put on the clock again with 1:30 left in the bout holding a 5-3 lead. Clock expires, giving Amit an inactivity point. 5-4 with 1:00 to go. Henckel holds off a furious charge by Amit and keeps the Indian at bay to pull out a 5-4 semifinal win and reach the finals at 79kg.

The United States went a combined 10-2 on Monday's first session as the second day of the U20 World Championships came to a completion at Arena Samokov in Samokov, Bulgaria.

Luke Stanich and William Henckel each went 3-0 and reached Monday evening's semifinals. Stanich will face UWW athlete Amal Dzhandubaev in the 65kg semifinal, while Henckel will face India's Amit at 79kg. The other two wrestlers in Group 2 - Anthony Knox and Connor Mirasola - remain alive and await semifinal outcomes to see if they will get pulled back into the repechage on Tuesday.

Stanich's tournament was almost over as soon as it began as he fell behind Turkiye's three-time age-group world medalist Abdullah Toprak 8-0 in the first minute of their opening round match. Stanich fought off a gutwrench attempt that could have ended the match and got a fresh start on his feet. Stanich chipped away at the lead, using counter offense, single leg attacks and his conditioning to his advantage, scoring 18 straight points to earn the technical superiority victory. He'd follow with wins over 2024 U17 world champion Omurbek Asan Uulu of Kyrgyzstan and fellow New Jersey native Alessandro Nini, who wrestles for Italy internationally.

Henckel wasn't in danger beyond giving up a questionable four-pointer in his opening round win over Maksat Tabyldyev of Kyrgyzstan. Heckel took out Ukraine's Bohdan Oleksiienko and Georgia's Davit Tchetchelashvili in consecutive matches.

Both U.S. losses on the day came to Kazakhstan, as Knox fell to U20 Asian silver medalist Nurdanat Aitanov via technical superiority in the second round at 57kg. Aitanov then defeated Georgia's Nika Zangaladze 5-2 in the quarterfinals to keep Knox's hopes alive. Aitanov will face UWW athlete Magomed Ozdamirov in the semifinals.

Connor Mirasola opened up with a victory but was knocked out of championship contention after falling to Kazakhstan's Kamil Kurugliyev 7-5. Kurugliyev advanced to the semifinals with a 12-2 win over Georgia's Teimuraz Kochkiani. Kurugliyev will need to defeat Azerbaijan's Anar Jafarli for Mirasola to be drawn back in.

Ladarion Lockett won two matches to earn a spot in one of the two bronze medal matches at 74kg. Lockett opened with a solid 10-0 technical superiority victory over Turkmenistan's Vatan Annaorazov and then scored a late takedown to snatch away a win from Germany's Manuel Wagin 8-5. Lockett will face Japan's Kanata Yamaguchi for bronze.

Referee immediately on Henckel for the heavy head slap five seconds in. Georgian goes Granby roll as Henckel was trying to defend a single leg. Two for the Georgian and we come back to our feet with 1:50 left in the period. Georgian with a single leg, lifts and takes Henckel out of bounds for the stepout. 3-0 lead for the Georgian. Henckel gets a takedown after the restart and drops to a lace, but can’t get any turns. We’ll be on our feet with 56 left in the first. Henckel takes the lead with a takedown with 40 seconds left in the first. 4-3 with :33 left in the period. Period ends with Henckel holding a 4-3 lead.

Henckel ducks behind the Georgian and gets an additional point for a stepout with 2:15 left in the bout. 5-3 lead, but the Georgian comes right back with a takedown to tie the bout up at 5-5. He holds criteria. Henckel drops to a single with just over a minute left and converts! 7-5 Henckel with :59 left in the bout. Nice level change for Henckel and he blasts through on a double leg for another takedown. He throws in a turk and powers over the Georgian with a claw ride for two more. Henckel takes it 11-5!

Scoreless in the first 45 seconds. Nini hit for a passivity warning. Stanich controlling the center. Referee looking at Nini again. Passive warning and Nini is now on the activity period. Stanich reaches for a single but can’t finish, but the activity period runs out, giving Stanich a 1-0 lead. Nini in on a single, Stanich tries to break the grip and extend Nini but they finally draw a fresh start with 36 seconds left in the first. Stanich hit with a passivity with 28 seconds left. Stanich tries to convert a sweep, but Nini comes out on top to take a 2-1 lead as the period ends.

So … much … New Jersey on this mat. Stanich with a heavy snap, but it takes Nini right into his foot and Nini takes the leg and drives Stanich out for a stepout to extend his lead to 3-1. Stanich finally converts on a single leg, coming out on top with 1:21 left to tie the score 3-3, but Stanich holds criteria. Nini in with a low ankle attack and gets deep but Stanich fights it off and gets back to the middle. Stanich taps Nini on the back as the match ends. Stanich on to the semifinals.

Kurugliyev hit for a passivity just over one minute in a scoreless bout. Kurugliyev now on the activity period. Clock expires and Mirasola takes a 1-0 lead. Mirasola now hit for a passivity with 30 seconds left in the period. Just the inactivity point is all we have at the break. 1-0 lead for Mirasola.

Kurugliyev hits a four-pointer to take a 4-1 lead early in the second period. Mirasola finally converts and takes a takedown to cut the lead to 6-3 with a minute left in the bout. Kurugliyev again uses an underhook to drive Mirasola out for a stepout with 30 to go in the bout. Now 7-3. Mirasola gets a takedown late, but is unable to turn Kurugliyev and it will end up a 7-5 victory for Kurugliyev.

Scoreless after a minute, Knox hit with the passivity warning and he’ll be on the clock with 1:34 left in the first. Aitanov can’t finish the single cleanly and settles for the stepout, the activity period expires, so there’s another point for Aitanov. Knox goes behind and gets control of Aitanov, but can’t get the knee down and settles for a stepout of his own. 2-1 Aitanov with 30 left in 1st. Knox converts a takedown with 25 left, but Aitanov (blue) will challenge. Looked clean from up here but we will go to review. Aitanov will get two on the exposure, but Knox will also get two out of the sequence. So the challenge is won, but it’ll be 4-3 Aitanov with :16 left in the first. Aitanov leads 4-3 at the break. Aitanov extends the lead to 6-3 with an early takedown and then drops down to an ankle lace and gets a turn. Now 8-3 for Aitanov, the U20 Asian silver medalist earlier this year. 2 minutes left. Aitanov converts, powering through with an underhook for two and then hits a couple of turns to end it 14-3. Aitanov will advance and it hands the U.S. its first loss of the session.

First passivity comes at 56 seconds against Asan Uulu. Stanich on the board first with a stepout at 1:10 gone by. 1-0 lead. Asan Uulu knee taps Stanich, but he recovers, action goes out of bounds grounded with just under a minute left in the period. Asan Uulu with the inactivity point to go up on criteria as the period ends 1-1.

Stanich with a low single and chases hips to cover, then drops to an ankle lace for a pair of turns and now has a 7-1 lead with 2:35 left in the bout. Asan Uulu with a nice takedown to cut the lead to 7-3. Stanich fights off the gutwrench attempt to draw a fresh start. Stanich comes up with both legs out of a scramble after the restart and it’s a 9-3 lead with 1:45 left. Asan Uulu still with plenty left in the tank. Still attacking and trying to dig in underhooks, Stanich circling and staying out of the ties. Under 50 to go. No real attacks from Asan Uulu in the final moments, Stanich picks up a 9-3 win over the 2024 U17 world champion.

Lockett given an attention for a hard club to the head in the first seven seconds. Wagin has good snaps with the left hand. Scoreless a minute in. Lockett tries to hold a front headlock, but Wagin pressures forward and drives Lockett out for a stepout with 1:40 left in 1st. 1-0. Lockett grabs the leg and finishes what appears to be a takedown and goes right to the lace. Referees don’t confirm the two and confer. After a conference, 2 red (Lockett) is confirmed. Blue will challenge. After review, the jury says blue never had the third supporting point down, so just one point on the stepout for Lockett and the blue challenge is won. We’ll restart 1-1 with 1:06 left in the first. Lockett holds criteria. Lockett holds center as the two trade half-shot attempts. Period ends with Lockett leading 1-1 on criteria at the break.

Lockett converts a single, doubles off and finishes the takedown out of bounds with 1:10 to go. Wagin slow to the center with the double knee-pad pull. 3-1 Lockett. Wagin takes a chestlock through for four, Lockett comes out on top of the sequence. 5-4 the lead for Wagin with 23 seconds left. Grounded with nine to go on the restart. 5-4 lead for Wagin. Lockett scores a stepout, Team USA wants two. USA will challenge. 5-5 is the score on the board. Challenge WON! 6-5 Lockett with three seconds left on the restart. Two more on a late counter as time expires! 8-5 the final.

Oleksiienko hit with two passives, now on the activity period with 1:40 left to go in the first. Point for Henckel on the inactivity as the clock expires. Henckel adds a stepout with 55 seconds left in the first to take a 2-0 lead. Henckel double leg for two, but he had to keep his hips low as Ukraine was pretty tight with the chest lock. 4-0 with 30 left in the first. Henckel adds two more with a takedown to extend the lead to 6-0 as the action goes out of the zone. On the restart, Henckel bulls Oleksiienko to the edge for another stepout and a 7-0 lead. Henckel adds another stepout as time expires in the first to lead 8-0 at the break.

Interlocking arms as the two are hip-to-hip early in the second. Action goes out of bounds, but both are grounded, so no points and we’ll restart standing with 20 gone by in the second. Henckel finishes the tech with takedown on the edge, 10-0 the final.

Knox strikes first, forcing a stepout 13 seconds into the bout. On the restart, Knox hits a double leg for two and then switches off to an ankle lace and hits four quick turns to get the 11-0 technical superiority in just 57 seconds.

Yuan tries to attack first, but Mirasola counters, gets two and quickly tries to go for an ankle lace. Yuan fights off that position and draws a fresh start 32 seconds in. 2-0 lead for Mirasola. A quick takedown off the whistle makes it 4-0. Snap and spin after a restart makes it 6-0 with just over a minute gone by. Mirasola finishes off Yuan with a pair of gutwrenches for a 10-0 technical superiority victory.

Toprak snatches a single leg quickly and finishes to go up 2-0. A pair of quick exposures mak it 6-0, then another is 8-0 in the first minute. Stanich trying to avoid a turn and gets brought back up after 1:09. 8-0 Toprak on the restart. Stanich slows down the pace and eventually gets on the board with a takedown with 30 left in the period. 8-2 as we come back to our feet with 20 left in the first. 8-2 lead for Toprak at the break.

Stanich with a takedown 30 seconds into the second period to cut the lead in half. Now 8-4 as we come back to our feet. Another takedown and Stanich trails 8-6. Toprak laying down on the mat and Stanich stands over him imploring him to get up. Cold spray break with 2:12 left in the match. Another counter for Stanich as he ties it up and takes the lead on criteria 8-8! 1:55 left in the match and Toprak is slow to get up. Another takedown for Stanich! Now an ankle lace and another, and another! 16-8 as we get a fresh start with 1:32 as the action goes out of bounds. Toprak again slow to the center. 18 straight points for Luke Stanich! Knocking off the three-time age-group world medalist! 18-8 final.

Henckel was hit for the first passivity warning 50 seconds into the bout, but on the restart snatched up a leg and chased Tabyldyev out of bounds for a stepout point. Tabyldyev was also hit for fleeing, giving Henckel a 2-0 lead just one minute in. Twenty seconds later, Henckel added a takedown to make it 4-0, and the period returned to the feet with 1:29 left. With 30 seconds remaining, Henckel scored again with a double leg to build a 6-0 lead, which held at the break.

In the second period, Henckel nearly scored on a single leg, but Tabyldyev countered and forced a stepout. Off the restart, Henckel powered through on another double leg to extend his lead to 8-1. Tabyldyev responded with a four-point move to close the gap to 8-5 with 90 seconds to go, but neither wrestler generated notable attacks in the final minute, and Henckel closed out the match with an 8-5 victory.

Lockett is first up for the U.S. on Monday and in the first minute of action, we just have one flurry of action that goes out of bounds, but the two are grounded, so there's no points. Still scoreless after a minute. Lockett adds another two points with 45 seconds left to go in the first on a takedown. Leads 4-0. Lockett leads 4-0 at the break.

Lockett hits a sweep single and cuts it back for four to extend his lead to 8-0 40 seconds into the second. Lockett pushes an underhook to the edge, then ducks under to drive Annaorazov out of bounds for the match-winning point and a 10-0 technical superiority victory. He'll wrestle Germany next.

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WIN Mykola Bratov (Ukraine), tech. fall, 11-0.

LOSS Nurdanat Aitanov (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 14-3

WIN Abdullah Toprak (Turkiye), tech. fall, 18-8

WIN Omurbek Asan Uulu (Kyrgyzstan), dec. 9-3

WIN Alessandro Nini (Italy), dec. 3-3, criteria

WIN Amal Dzhandubaev (UWW), dec. 3-1

vs. Reiji Uchida (Japan)

WIN Maksat Tabyldyev (Kyrgyzstan), dec. 8-5.

WIN Bohdan Oleksiienko (Ukraine), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Davit Tchetchelashvili (Georgia), dec. 11-5

WIN Amit (India), dec. 5-4

vs. Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar (Iran)

WIN Zixu Yuan (China), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Kamil Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan), dec. 7-5.

WIN Umut Uslu (Turkiye), tech. fall 11-0

WIN Gabriel Alejandro Sanchez Zepeda (Mexico), fall, 0:43.

WIN Abdoullah Nakaev (France), tech fall, 14-4

WIN Ebrahim Elahi Chouran (Iran), dec. 2-2, criteria

WIN Aleksandr Gaidarli (Moldova), dec. 7-5

WIN Tolui Munkhbat (Mongolia), tech. fall 10-0

LOSS Ismael Khaniev (UWW), dec. 5-2

WIN Vatan Annaorazov (Turkmenistan), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Manuel Wagin (Germany), dec. 8-5

LOSS Kanata Yamaguchi (Japan), tech. fall 10-0

WIN Ibrahim Benekli (Turkiye), fall, 5:50.

WIN Nikolaos Karavanos (Greece), dec., 9-1

WIN Konstantine Petriashvili (Georgia), tech. fall, 16-5

WIN Magomedgadzhi Magomedov (UWW), dec. 4-1

WIN Sertac Aksoy (Turkiye), tech fall, 10-0.

WIN Inal Gagloev (UWW), dec. 3-0

LOSS Yedige Kassimbek (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 11-0.

WIN Narantulga Darmaabazar (Mongolia), tech. fall, 12-0