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by Jason Bryant, Special to TheMat.com

Aubre Krazer is one of three American athletes to reach Tuesday's semifinals at the U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria.

Aubre Krazer is one of three American athletes to reach Tuesday's semifinals at the U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria.

Session Two Match Notes #

MFS 65kg Final - Luke Stanich (United States) dec. Reiji Uchida (Japan) 4-3 #

Uchida snaps Stanich right into his leg and Stanich capitalizes, finishing the takedown and taking a 2-0 lead with 1:45 left in the first period. Uchida gets in pretty deep on a shot, but Stanich extends him and forces a fresh start with :38 left in the period. Stanich leads 2-0 at the break. Uchida gets a stepout 25 seconds into the second period to cut the lead to 2-1. Uchida with a quick attempt, but Stanich counters it with a single leg of his own and finishes it to take a 4-1 lead with 1:57 left. Uchida closes the gap with another takedown. He tries to split the legs with the turn and doesn’t get it. Stanich leads 4-3 with 1:10 left. Uchida in on a double, but Stanich drops the hips on him. Uchida drives Stanich out, but they’re grounded. 4-3 on the restart with 10 left! 4-3 IS THE FINAL! LUKE STANICH. WORLD. CHAMPION.

MFS 79kg Final - Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar (Iran) dec. William Henckel (United States) 8-6 #

Yousefi has good length and leverage and quickly drives Henckel out of the zone for a one-point stepout. 1-0 30 seconds in. Another stepout for Yousefi. Referee warning both of the athletes for slaps to the face. Henckel picks up the leg, elevates it, shelves it, walks to the edge, trips and gets the takedown to take the lead on criteria 2-2. Yousefi wants to dig in the underhook, but Henckel swiftly gets out of the position. Still standing ear-to-ear, then head-to-head as the clock hits zero to end the period. Henckel leads the U23 world champ 2-2 on criteria at the break. Yousefi gets underneath and retakes the lead on a stepout with 2:25 left in the bout. 3-2 Yousefi. Yousefi counters Henckel’s attempt and gets taken down. Yousefi quickly gets a turn to extend his lead to 7-2 with 1:54 left in the bout. Yousefi slow to get up. Cold spray! Henckel nearly gets the takedown, but he stepped out first. Yousefi leads 8-2. Action goes out with 1:08 left, but they were grounded. Henckel gets a stepout with :44 to go. Iran wanting another injury timeout. Referee telling him to get up. 8-3 Yousefi. Quick stoppage to clean up Henckel’s blood. 44 left on the restart. Stepout Henckel, 8-4 with 25 to go. Another stepout. 8-5 with 19 left. Stepout Henckel. 8-6 but not enough time for Henckel and Yousefi takes it 8-6.

MFS 97kg Bronze - Connor Mirasola (United States) tech. fall Anar Jafarli (Azerbaijan) 10-0 #

Mirasola strikes first, hitting the double right to Jafarli’s back for a quick 4-0 lead. But wait … there’s a conference from the mat chairman. After a conference, the call is changed to just two. 2-0 lead with 1:46 left in the first period. Jafarli hit for a passivity warning with 1:09 left in the first. Mirasola loses the leg as Jafarli steps out of the single leg attempt. BIG DOUBLE by Mirasola. Jafarli tried to chestlock, but Mirasola sat up and powered through. 4-0 for Mirasola at the break. Oh so close. Mirasola with a low ankle but can’t maintain his grip and Jafarli slips away. Mirasola doesn’t miss the next time, going up 6-0 with another takedown. 1:42 left. Another double and Jafarli sits to his butt trying to chestlock Mirasola over. It hasn’t worked the last two times and it didn’t work now. 8-0 with 1:18 to go. Low ankle doesn’t get away from Mirasola this time. Drives forward and covers. Takedown. Tech Fall. Bronze Medal.

MFS 61kg Semifinal - Marcus Blaze (United States) tech. fall Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov (UWW) 15-4. #

Passivity offered against Blaze 50 seconds into a scoreless bout. Blaze goes ankle pick, Magamedkhanov takes a chestlock over, but Blaze holds him, so it’s 2 and 2 on the exchange. Blaze goes up 4-2 on a takedown. Magamedkhanov hit with a caution on bottom for refusing to open. 5-2. Two gut wrenches as Magamedkhanov is put down after the caution. Blaze locks up an elbow-deep gutwrench and gets two turns to build a 9-2 lead. Magamedkhanov wants to challenge. Officials conferring. They’re reviewing the caution it appears. Point for Blaze on the lost challenge. 10-2 with :48 left in the first period. Magamedkhanov gets a counter exposure on a Blaze shot, Blaze comes out on top with the reversal. 11-4 on the restart and that’s how the period ends. Counter attack by Blaze with a quick go-behind for two more makes it 13-4. Another tight gutwrench makes it a 15-4 technical superiority! Blaze on to tomorrow night’s finals!

MFS 86kg Semifinal - Max McEnelly (United States) dec. Abolfazi Rahmani (Iran) 5-5, criteria #

Passivity offered against Rahmani 50 seconds in. Scoreless. Passivity again on Rahmani. He’s on the activity period with 1:34 left in the first period. McEnelly goes up 1-0 on the inactivity point. McEnelly warned for passivity with 48 seconds left in the first period. McEnelly gets deep and elevates, but Rahmani tilts McEnelly for exposure and it’s a 2-2 sequence. Period ends with McEnelly holding a 3-2 lead. Rahmani drives a deep underhook, and takes McEnelly out of bounds, but they’re both grounded, so no points. Restart with 2:11 left in the match. McEnelly now on the activity period. Activity period expires and ties the score at 3-3. Rahmani has criteria with last point scored. 1:28 left. Rahmani with a sick counter attack duckunder to grab McEnelly’s leg. Takes him out of bounds for a stepout. 4-3 Rahmani with under a minute to go. McEnelly completes a long takedown battle with 18 seconds left to take a 5-4 lead! McEnelly hit for fleeing, caution and one. Ties the score at 5-5, but McEnelly has criteria with the most two-point actions. McEnelly into the finals!

WFS 59kg Semifinal - Sakura Onishi (Japan) tech. fall Aubre Krazer (United States) 10-0. #

Onishi with a quick snap and gets to an angle and quickly to a leg, scoring two and taking a quick 2-0 lead. Onishi in on a single and tries to elevate, gets the exposure and now drops to an ankle lace. Krazer is in trouble. One turn. Another. Krazer fights off the last turn. 8-0 Onishi with 1:18 left in the first. Onishi in on a single and tips Krazer over for the exposure and doesn’t need to finish the takedown. 10-0 tech for the returning world champion. Krazer will wrestle for bronze tomorrow in her first trip to the world championships.


SAMOKOV, Bulgaria - Three American athletes pushed their way into Tuesday afternoon. Men's freestylers Marcus Blaze and Max McEnelly were nearly flawless in their first-session performances, while Aubre Krazer was the first of Team USA's women's freestylers to reach the semifinals.

Blaze opened up his 61kg bracket with a quick technical fall over Switzerland's Sandro Hungerbueler and then advanced via disqualification over U20 European champion Sargis Begoyan of Armenia. Begoyan was cautioned three times for unnecessary hands to the face and blows to the head. Blaze punched through to the semifinals with an 11-1 win over Askat Toktomatov of Kyrgyzstan. He'll face UWW athlete Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov later on Tuesday.

McEnelly had two dominant technical superiority victories in shutting out Armenia's Razmik Yepremyan 10-0 and U20 European champion Dachi Papinashvili of Georgia 10-0. He'll face 2024 U20 world bronze medalist Abolfazi Rahmani of Iran in the semifinals at 86kg.

Krazer will face Japan's Sakura Onishi, a three-time medalist and two-time age group world champion in the semifinals. Onishi is also a 2024 U20 champ. Krazer built momentum in the second period in her three wins in the opening session. Krazer's 9-1 win over UWW athlete Marta Hetmanava pushed her into the semis.

The other two women's freestylers who started on Tuesday morning will have their medal fates in the hands of others as Carissa Qureshi and Jordyn Fouse were both beaten in the first session. Qureshi opened up with a victory over Csilla Van Os of the Netherlands at 57kg before falling 9-2 to Kazakhstan's Anna Stratan in the quarterfinals. Stratan will need to defeat Norway's Felicitas Domajeva to pull Qureshi back into the repechage.

Fouse fell to Japan's Ray Hoshino, a 2023 U17 world champion, by fall. Hoshino will face Mongolia's Odzaya Erdenebat at 68kg in the semifinals.

Tuesday's semifinals set to begin at 4:45 p.m. and finals at 6 p.m.

Marcus Blaze is on the attack against Armenia's Sargis Begoyan at the U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria. (Photo by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling)

Session One Match Notes #

MFS 86kg Quarterfinal - Max McEnelly (United States) tech. fall Dachi Papinashivili (Georgia) 10-0 #

Papinashvili warned for passivity 50 seconds in a scoreless bout. McEnelly gets to a double, Papinashvili tries to throw it through, but gets stuffed and McEnelly finishes the takedown to go up 2-0. Suh-weet single leg for McEnelly to extend the lead to 4-0 with a minute left in the first period. McEnelly finishes the sweep for another takedown to extend his lead to 6-0 over the U20 European champion. Snatch single for another takedown makes it 8-0 with 25 seconds left. McEnelly leads 8-0 at the break. Single to a high finish and takedown makes it 10-0 and the winner with a tech and into semifinals is Max McEnelly.

WFS 57kg Quarterfinal - Anna Stratan (Kazakhstan) dec. Carissa Qureshi (United States) 9-2 #

Stratan leads 3-2 at the break. Qureshi in on a single, but Stratan keeps her from improving and draws a restart with 2:22 left in the bout. Stratan extends her lead to 5-2 with another takedown. Qureshi gets her drag attempt countered with another two point takedown from Stratan. 9-2 lead for Kazakhstan with 1:29 left in the bout. Nothing doing in the last 90 seconds as Stratan will advance to the semifinals with a 9-2 victory.

WFS 59kg Quarterfinal - Aubre Krazer (United States) dec. Marta Hetmanava (UWW) 9-1 #

Krazer put on the clock with 1:42 left in the first period in a scoreless bout. Point for Hetmanava as the activity period expires and she holds a 1-0 lead with 31 seconds left in the first. Just the inactivity point is all we have as we head to the break with Hetmanava leading 1-0. Hetmanava now put on the activity period with 2:20 left in the bout. Krazer goes up 2-1 as she keeps pressuring forward on a single leg, fighting off a crotchlift, and settles for the takedown. Add another point for the inactivity, and now a turn from a lace! Another lace, and another make it 9-1! Krazer into the semifinals with a 9-1 win!

MFS 61kg Quarterfinal - Marcus Blaze (United States) tech. fall Askat Toktomatov (Kyrgyzstan) 11-1 #

Blaze with a couple of good snaps with the right hand as Toktomatov is a little frantic with his motion. Scoreless a minute in. Toktomatov hit with his second passivity warning, so he’s now on the activity period, 1:30 left in the first. Point for Blaze on the inactivity, 1-0. 40 seconds left, little action to speak of and Blaze gets warned for passivity. Slick ankle pick and then right into a gutwrench for two more and a 5-0 lead. Now they’re trying to reset the clock as the time kept running after they went out of bounds. Five seconds left on the restart. 5-0 lead for Blaze at the break.

Zero happening in the first minute of the second period. Blaze gets to an angle and nearly secures the leg of Toktomatov, but can’t. Blaze with a go-behind and locks up a cradle and rolls that through for two. Toktomatov comes out of it on top with a one-point reversal. 9-1. Blaze quickly finishes off the bout with a takedown right off the whistle. Blaze 11-1 final.

WFS 59kg R16 - Aubre Krazer (United States) dec. Erdenebolor Lkhagvasuren (Mongolia) 10-3 #

First passivity warning goes against Krazer. We’re scoreless with a minute gone by in the first. Another passivity on Krazer. She’s on the activity period halfway through the bout. Armspin for the Mongolian gives her two points on the takedown. Activity period expires and it’s 3-0 Mongolia on the restart, :58 left in the period. Krazer gets two just before the break. Lkhagvasuren lead 3-2 at the break. Krazer goes up 4-3 with a takedown. 2:16 left. Krazer drops down to a leg and completes the low single and tacks on a turn for an 8-3 lead with 1:10 left. Another two for Krazer makes it 10-3 with :30 left. Krazer takes the 10-3 victory!

WFS 68kg R16 - Ray Hoshino (Japan) fall Jordyn Fouse (United States) 4:04 #

Single leg for Hoshino converts for a 2-0 lead one minute into the first period. Fouse tries to roll Hoshino through and gets 2-and-2 out of the sequence, Hoshino then catches Fouse on her back for two more and the period ends with Fouse fighting off her back. 8-2 lead for Hoshino at the break.

Stepout for Hoshino 30 seconds into the second. 9-2 the lead. Takedown for Hoshino extends her lead to 11-2, now looking for the turn and the fall at 4:05. Hoshino advances and now Fouse has to await Hoshino’s performance the rest of the way.

WFS 57kg R16 - Carissa Qureshi (United States) tech. fall Csilla Van Os (Netherlands) 15-2 #

Qureshi in on a shot, Van Os defending, but the action stops as neither wrestler can improve. Restart with 50 gone by in the first. Van Os now on the activity period. Qureshi goes up 2-0 on a takedown and now 3-0 as the activity period expires with 30 left in the first period. It’ll be a 3-0 lead for Qureshi at the break. Qureshi tries an arm throw but gets countered as Van Os slides behind and gets the takedown. 3-2 lead for Qureshi with 2:36 left. Qureshi with a snap and spin for two to extend her lead to 5-2 with 2:12 left in the bout. Another snap and spin, but Qureshi doesn’t yet have the third supporting point right away. She settles and completes the takedown to take a 7-2 lead with 1:35. Another go-behind for two makes it 9-2. Qureshi seems to have found the go-to sequence. Boom. There she goes again with another snap, spin and go behind for an 11-2 lead with 1:00 left. Van Os goes arm throw, two points for Qureshi not confirmed. Slip throw. Still 11-2. Another arm throw attempt by Van Os, this time Qureshi ducks it, hits the single and gets a dump for four to end it 15-2!

MFS 86kg R16 - Max McEnelly (United States) tech. fall Razmik Yepremyan (Armenia) 10-0 #

Heavy paws from McEnelly in the early going. McEnelly liking the collar tie to the right side. He drops to a single and finishes the takedown with 1:48 left in the first period. 2-0 lead on the restart. Big single leg, McEnelly lifts and finishes for the two points to take a 4-0 lead with 1:15 left in the first. Another sweep single, McEnelly lifts it and chops Yepremyan down to the mat for another takedown. 6-0 with :45 left in the first period. Ankle pick and McEnelly doubles off, gets two and the turn for a 10-0 first-period tech. Donchaknow.

MFS 61kg R16 - Marcus Blaze (United States) disq. Sargis Begoyan (Armenia), 3 cautions. #

Now up on Mat B MFS 61kg R16 - Marcus Blaze (United States) vs. Sargis Begoyan (Armenia). Referee admonishing Begoyan for something, appeared to be interlocking of the fingers or head slapping, but we’re back to action in the early going. Full attention for Begoyan about hands to the face. Restart after one minute. Passivity warning on Begoyan, he’s now on the activity period in a scoreless match with 1:39 left in the first period. Blaze snags the ankle, but Begoyan kicks away and we’re still in the standing position. Blaze again with the low leg attack, this time Begoyan can’t kick away and Blaze pounces for two on the edge as the clock runs out in the first. 3-0 at the break. Blaze starts the period with a lot of motion. Referee warns Blaze about the front headlock over the throat. Begoyan with a slick takedown to cut the lead to 3-2 Blaze with 1:50 left in the bout. Begoyan cautioned by the referee, but not confirmed by the chair. Blaze gets a stepout with 1:19 left, but Begoyan’s corner will challenge. Call stands. Point for Blaze on the lost challenge. 5-2 lead with 1:19 on the restart. Begoyan cautioned, this time it’s confirmed for hands to the face. Now 6-2 Blaze with under a minute to go. Blaze cautioned for fleeing with :25 left. 6-3 lead for Blaze. Caution Begoyan for more hands to the face again. 7-3 Blaze with 15 to go. Hard pop from Begoyan again, third caution and Begoyan is disqualified.

WFS 59kg R32 - Aubre Krazer (United States) tech. fall Anel Shokayeva (Kazakhstan) 11-1 #

Passivity offered against Shokayeva in a scoreless bout one minute in. Still scoreless and Shokayeva hit with another passivity warning. She’s now on the activity period with 1:30 left in the first period. Point for Krazer on the inactivity, 1-0. Krazer snatches up a leg and drives Shokayeva to the mat over her back, Shokayeva tries to counter. Four for Krazer is confirmed, Shokayeva challenges. Challenge is won as they rule Shokayeva initiated the offense, so Shokayeva gets one on the stepout. Krazer comes back off the restart, back to the same leg attack and this time gets the stepout to take a 2-1 lead with :15 left in the period. 2-1 lead for Krazer at the break. Krazer converts a takedown with 2:09 left, popping her head out and finally gaining control after a lengthy battle from Shokayeva. 4-1 lead with 2:00 left for Krazer. Stepout for Krazer to take a 5-1 lead with 1:15 remaining. Sweep single to an ankle lace for Krazer and she gets a turn to go up 9-1 and one more makes it 11-1, so the first American woman to take the mat this week gets the W.

MFS 61kg R32 - Marcus Blaze (United States) tech. fall Sandro Hungerbuehler (Switzerland) 10-0 #

Blaze with a snap and spin then changes off to an ankle pick to go up 2-0 in the first 20 seconds of the bout. Another takedown off the restart and a quick gutwrench makes it 6-0 50 seconds into the bout. Go-behind to a gutwrench and that will do it. A quick technical superiority victory for Marcus Blaze to advance to the next round at 61kg.

MFS 92kg Repechage - Connor Mirasola (United States) tech. fall Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia) 12-2 #

Now up on Mat C MFS 92kg Repechage - Connor Mirasola (United States) vs. Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia). The two trade shot attempts in the early going. Mirasola gets behind and scores the first takedown 30 seconds in. He gets a quick turn to go up 4-0. Fresh start with 40 seconds gone by. Kochkiani with a takedown with 45 to go in the period to cut the lead to 6-2. Mirasola adds another takedown with 15 seconds to go to build an 8-2 lead at the break. Mirasola with a low level attack off the whistle for two and a turn gives him a 12-2 technical superiority victory. That will put him into one of the two bronze medal matches tonight at 92kg!


2025 U20 World Championships #

At Samokov, Bulgaria, August 17-24 #



U.S. Women's Freestyle Group 1 results #

57 kg – Carissa Qureshi (Irvine, Calif. / USOPTC) #

WIN Csilla Van Os (Netherlands), tech. fall, 15-2

LOSS Anna Stratan (Kazakhstan), dec. 9-2

59 kg – Aubre Krazer (Easton, Pa./Gold Medal WC) #

WIN Anel Shokayeva (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 11-1

WIN Erdenebolor Lkhagvasuren (Mongolia), dec., 10-3

WIN Marta Hetmanava (UWW), dec., 9-1

LOSS Sakura Onishi (Japan)

vs. Yifan Zhu (China) OR Mariia Miziurko (Ukraine)

68 kg – Jordyn Fouse (Roaring Spring, Pa./Bishop McCort) #

LOSS Ray Hoshino (Japan), fall, 4:04

vs. Ayse Erkan (Turkiye)

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Group 3 results #

61kg – Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg WC/Titan Mercury WC) #

WIN Sandro Hungerbuehler (Switzerland), tech. fall, 10-0.

WIN Sargis Begoyan (Armenia), disq., 3 cautions

WIN Askat Toktomatov (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 11-1

WIN Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov (UWW), tech. fall, 15-4

vs. Ahora Khateri (Iran)

86 kg – Max McEnelly (Waconia, Minn./Minnesota RTC) #

WIN Razmik Yepremyan (Armenia), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Dachi Papinashivili (Georgia), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Abolfazl Rahmani Firouzjaei (Iran), dec. 5-5, criteria

vs. Bozigit Islamgereev (UWW)

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Group 2 results #

57kg - Anthony Knox (Freehold, N.J./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) #

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

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


65kg - Luke Stanich (Succasunna, N.J./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC) #

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

WIN Reiji Uchida (Japan) dec. 4-3


79 kg – William Henckel (Southbury, Conn./Blairstown WC) #

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

LOSS Mahdi Yousefi Hajivar (Iran) 8-6


92 kg – Connor Mirasola (Jackson, Wis./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) #

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

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

WIN Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia), tech. fall, 12-2

WIN Anar Jafarli (Azerbaijan) 10-0


U.S. Men’s Freestyle Group 1 results #

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

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


74 kg – Ladarion Lockett (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) #

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


97 kg – Justin Rademacher (West Linn, Ore./ Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC) #

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


125 kg – Cole Mirasola (Jackson, Wis./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) #

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