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Healey, Turner, and Poalillo advance to women’s freestyle semis; Calkins Jr. to wrestle for bronze in Greco-Roman

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by Derik Schwanz, Special to TheMat.com

David Calkins Jr. at 92 kg, with a 9-0 victory with four gut-wrenches to advance into the bronze medal match in Greco-Roman.

David Calkins Jr. at 92 kg, with a 9-0 victory with four gut-wrenches to advance into the bronze medal match in Greco-Roman.

ATHENS, Greece — Women’s freestyle action kicked off this morning at the U17 World Championships, with five-of-ten Team USA athletes taking the mat. Madison Healey (43 kg), Morgan Turner (49 kg), and Ella Poalillo (73 kg) all advanced to the semifinals—and did so in dominant fashion.


Healey and Poalillo each recorded two pins, while Turner notched both a fall and a technical fall victory. Healey has relied on her speed and quickness, Poalillo has excelled with her arm bar series, and two-time U17 World medalist Morgan Turner has looked outstanding in every position.


Also competing today were U17 Pan-American champions Emma Bacon (57 kg) and Violette Lasure (65 kg). Lasure opened with a strong 10-2 victory but was pinned in her next bout and has been eliminated from the tournament. Bacon, leading 3-2 in the closing seconds of her match, was scored upon with just 0.2 seconds remaining and lost a heartbreaking bout to Japan’s Sayuki Tanada. She now awaits repechage, dependent on the outcome of this evening’s semifinals.


In Greco-Roman repechage at 92 kg, David Calkins Jr. made the most of his opportunity. He controlled the center of the mat with an underhook, earned the passivity point, and followed it with a series of gut wrenches to defeat his opponent from Brazil. He will face Ionut Patru of Romania in tonight’s bronze medal match.


Today’s action resumes at 5 p.m. local time with the women’s freestyle semifinals. Greco-Roman will conclude its tournament with championship finals and medal matches beginning at 6 p.m.


For live results and ongoing updates from the tournament, follow USA Wrestling’s social media channels and coverage on theMat.com. Results, brackets, and mat assignments from the U17 World Championships are available on UWW Arena.  Fans in the U.S. can stream the event on FloWrestling.com.

2025 U17 World Championships #

At Athens, Greece, July 30, 2025 #


Women’s Freestyle Group One Semi-Final Matchups #

43 kg #

Madison Healey (United States) vs. Rachana (India)

Xin Huang (China) vs. Raniia Rakhmanova (UWW)


49 kg #

Morgan Turner (United States) vs. Anhelina Burkina (UWW)

Yu Kataoka (Japan) vs. Polina Bochkareva (UWW)


57 kg #

Madkhiya Usmanova (Kazakhstan) vs. Sayuki Tanada (Japan)

Alina Baroeva (USS) vs. Moni (India)


65 kg #

Feenja Hermann (Germany) vs. Mukhayyo Rakhimjonova (Uzbekistan)

Ashvini Vishnoi (India) vs. Lilia Ermokhina (UWW)


73 kg #

Ella Poalillo (United States) vs. Kajal (India)

Wenjin Qiu (China) vs. Deborah Garcia Pacheco (Mexico)


U.S. Women’s Freestyle Group One Results #

43 kg – Madison Healey (Luzerne, Pa./Wyoming Seminary), semifinals #

WIN Mukhlisa Masharipova (Uzbekistan), fall

WIN Sayuki Hibarino (Japan), fall

VS Rachana (India)


49 kg – Morgan Turner (Chicago, Ill./All I See Is Gold Academy), semifinals #

WIN Saniya Soltangali (Kazakhstan), fall

WIN Komal Verma (India), tech. fall, 10-0

VS Anhelina Burkina (UWW)


57 kg – Emma Bacon (Dallas, Pa./Wyoming Seminary), awaiting repechage #

LOSS Sayuki Tanada (Japan), 5-3


65 kg – Violette Lasure (New Paris, Pa./Bad Karma WC), eliminated #

WIN Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece), 10-2

LOSS Alexandra Moisei (Moldova), fall


73 kg – Ella Poalillo (Wantage, N.J./Iron Horse WC), semifinals #

WIN Uranzaya Tserennyam (Mongolia), fall

WIN Jolina Healey (Canada), fall

VS Kajal (India)

Greco-Roman Group Two Medal Match Pairings #

45 kg #

Gold – Kuanyshbek Zhangazhol (Kazakhstan) vs. Nurkerim Kumarbekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze – Tymur Maharramov (Ukraine) vs. Abdurrahman Huseynli (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Vadim Tarelunga (Moldova) vs. Benyamin Neamatollah Khezli (Iran)


51 kg #

Gold – Otabek Tursunov (Uzbekistan) vs. Hikmat Hagverdiyev (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Marat Atshemyan (Armenia) vs. Polat Can Karadeniz (Turkey)

Bronze – Abu Bakar Saga (Norway) vs. Islam Rustamovich Kurbanov (Kyrgyzstan)


60 kg #

Gold – Ali Nazarov (Azerbaijan) vs. Amangeldi Ysakbaev (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze – Humoyun Erkinov (Uzbekistan) Vs. Abolfazl Mashaallah Zare Eshaghi (Iran)

Bronze – Zaven Mezhlumyan (Armenia) Vs. Denys Seredin (Ukraine)


71 kg #

Gold – Dimitrios Panteleimon Soulis (Greece) vs. Behruzbek Valiev (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Mohammad Hossein Kazemi (Iran) vs. Yusif Ahmadli (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Imre Sandor Kolompar (Hungary) Vs. Marlen Meirbekuly (Kazakhstan)


92 kg #

Gold – Kanstantsin Kasyan (UWW) vs. Amirsam Behnam Mohammadi (Iran)

Bronze – Said Pashayev (Azerbaijan) vs. Ahmet Enes Uzun (Turkey)

Bronze – David Calkins Jr. (United States) vs. Ionut Patru (Romania)


U.S. Greco-Roman Group Two Results #

45 kg – Thales Silva (Clovis, Calif./SilvaBack Training Center), eliminated #

LOSS Abdurrahman Huseynli (Azerbaijan), 6-3


51 kg – Carter Shin (Fairfax, Va./Palm Wrestling Academy), eliminated #

LOSS Pavlos Tsentidis (Greece), 4-2


60 kg – Will Detar (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Team Pennsylvania), eliminated #

WIN Vlad Duminica (Moldova), 8-7

LOSS Humoyun Erkinov (Uzbekistan), 7-1


71 kg – Dominic Wilson (Rockwall, Texas/Ranger 47 WC), eliminated #

LOSS Vinit (India), 5-1


92 kg – David Calkins Jr. (Brentwood, Calif./Liberty HS Wrestling), bronze medal match #

WIN Zong Han Wu (Chinese Taipei), tech. fall, 9-0

WIN Andrija Mikulic (Croatia), 3-1

LOSS Kanstantsin Kasyan (UWW), 7-5

WIN Raphael Drigues Duarte (Brazil), tech. fall, 9-0

VS Ionut Patru (ROU)