Bommarito pins for gold, Irons finds bronze at Beach World Series Finals in Alexandria, Egypt
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Eliana Bommarito celebrates with the American Flag after winning the 2025 UWW Beach Wrestling World Series Finals.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – The 2025 UWW Beach Wrestling World Series Finals concluded with Michigan native Eliana Bommarito pinning in the gold medal match to secure the event win, plus her third-straight Beach World Series season title.
It was a five-win outing on the sands of Radisson Blu Hotel for Bommarito this weekend. She commanded the +70 kg women’s beach division with four early stoppages, including a 50-second pin over Ukraine’s Iryna Pasichnyk in the finals. He toughest test came in the group round, edging Samar Hamza of Egypt, 2-2. Hamza is two-time Senior World medalist in women’s freestyle.
At the end of the 2025 Beach World Series, Bommarito finished with four event medals, two gold and two bronze. Her first gold of the tour also came in Africa, at the Casablanca, Morocco, stop. She entered Alexandria as the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the +70 kg division and backed it up.
Joining Bommarito on the medal stand was No. 15 ranked Jabari Irons at 90 kg on the men’s beach side. Irons scored a bronze medal with a 3-2 record, notably pinning Tariel Gaphrindashvili of Georgia 37-seconds into the bronze medal bout. The bronze is Irons’ second medal of the season. He secured a silver in Casablanca.
Three more Americans picked up individual match wins but were unable to walk away with a medal in Alexandria.
In the men’s beach division, Justin Benjamin finished 2-1 at 70 kg to take fifth place, and Kyle Ferriter went 1-2 to fall into seventh place at +90 kg. Benjamin was ranked No. 6 in his weight coming into the event. Ferriter entered ranked No. 5 in his weight and was a bronze medalist in last year’s Beach World Series.
Valerie Carreon wrapped up a fifth-place effort at 50 kg on the women’s side with a 1-2 record. Her singular win came against fellow American Leila Rosas, 3-0.
On the team front, the U.S. women impressed on its way to a second-place finish with 45 team points. The U.S. men also brought in a notable team ranking, placing fourth overall with 33 points.
Complete results for every American in action, plus team rankings and weight class medalists, can be found below.
Archived matches from the event are available to the U.S. market at FloWrestling.com. Brackets and updated results can be found on UWW Arena.
1. Ukraine, 85
2. Georgia, 74
3. Azerbaijan, 45
4. United States, 33
5. France, 31
6. Greece, 26
7. Egypt, 23
8. Moldova, 21
9. Türkiye, 11
10. Germany, 9
Gold – Levan Kelekhsashvili (Georgia)
Silver – Oleksii Boruta (Ukraine)
Bronze – Quentin Sticker (France)
Gold – Vasyl Mykhailov (Ukraine)
Silver – Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Sahib Dadashov (Azerbaijan)
Gold – Ibrahim Yusubov (Azerbaijan)
Silver – Oleksii Yakovchuk (Ukraine)
Bronze – Jabari Irons (United States)
Gold – Mamuka Kordzaia (Georgia)
Silver – Vazha Daiauri (Ukraine)
Bronze – Oleksandr Veresiuk (Ukraine)
1. Ukraine, 60
2. United States, 45
3. Egypt, 37
4.Morocco, 30
5. Greece, 27
T6. Romania, 25
T6. Spain, 25
T6. Moldova, 25
9. France, 17
10. Argentina, 15
Gold – Stefania Ivascu Priceputu (Romania)
Silver – Sabah Kaneb (Morocco)
Bronze – Claudia Cabrera (Argentina)
Gold – Lydia Perez Tourino (Spain)
Silver – Anastasiya Kravchenko (Ukraine)
Bronze – Sofiia Kushnir (Ukraine)
Gold – Irina Ringaci (Moldova)
Silver – Olena Nikitinska (Ukraine)
Bronze – Dimitra Androutsou (Greece)
Gold – Eliana Bommarito (United States)
Silver – Iryna Pasichnyk (Ukraine)
Bronze – Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine)
70 kg – Wyatt Abele, 12th place
LOSS Pavel Graur (Moldova), 3-0
LOSS Justin Benjamin (United States), fall, 1:08
LOSS Ivan Semenov (Ukraine), 3-0
70 kg – Justin Benjamin, 5th place
WIN Ivan Semenov (Ukraine), 2-1
WIN Wyatt Abele (United States), fall, 1:08
LOSS Pavel Graur (Moldova), 2-0
70 kg – Bryan Coll, 11th place
LOSS Oleksii Boruta (Ukraine), 3-0
LOSS Mohamed Hegazy (Egypt), 3-1
LOSS Levan Kelekhsashvili (Georgia), 3-0
90 kg – Jacob Bumgardner, 11th place
LOSS Ibrahim Yusubov (Azerbaijan), 3-0
LOSS Davit Khutsishvili (Georgia), 3-0
LOSS Michail Akritidis (Greece), 4-2
LOSS Oleksii Yakovchuk (Ukraine), 3-1
WIN Brock Howard (United States), 3-0
WIN Sofiane Ben Boubaker (France), fall, 0:10
LOSS Ibrahim Yusubov (Azerbaijan), 4-1
WIN Tariel Gaphrindashvili (Georgia), fall, 0:37
90 kg – Brock Howard, 12th place
LOSS Sofiane Ben Boubaker (France), fall, 0:08
LOSS Jabari Irons (United States), 3-0
LOSS Oleksii Yakovchuk (Ukraine), fall, 0:11
+90 kg – Kyle Ferriter, 7th place
LOSS Oleksandr Veresiuk (Ukraine), 3-0
LOSS Apostolos Tsiovolos (Greece), 2-1
WIN Juan Magallanes (Argentina), fall, 0:17
50 kg – Leila Rosas, 6th place
LOSS Nada Elbasyouny (Egypt), 3-0
LOSS Valerie Carreon (United States), 3-0
LOSS Claudia Cabrera (Argentina), 3-0
50 kg – Valerie Carreon, 5th place
LOSS Claudia Cabrera (Argentina), 3-0
WIN Leila Rosas (United States), 3-0
LOSS Nada Elbasyouny (Egypt), 3-0
60 kg – Alyssa Jackson, 9th place
LOSS Laurie LeSaffre (France), 2-0
60 kg – Breanna Stikkelman, 10th place
LOSS Farah Hussein (Egypt), 3-0
LOSS Olena Nikitinska (Ukraine), fall, 0:55
LOSS Saadia Et Tammar (Morocco), fall, 1:01
LOSS Irina Ringaci (Moldova), fall, 0:23
LOSS Saadia Et Tammar (Morocco), 4-1
70 kg – Jolynn Harris, 10th place
LOSS Shahd Abdelnaby (Egypt), 4-1
WIN Aikaterini Pitsiava (Greece), fall, 1:41
WIN Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine), 3-1
WIN Samar Hamza (Egypt), 2-2
WIN Stefania Zacheila (Greece), 3-0
WIN Iryna Pasichnyk (Ukraine), fall, 0:50
+70 kg – Isabeau Shalack, 9th place
LOSS Samar Hamza (Egypt), 2-0
+70 kg – Erin Kremer, 8th place
LOSS Angelique Gonzalez (France), fall, 0:35
LOSS Stefania Zacheila (Greece), 3-0
LOSS Iryna Pasichnyk (Ukraine), fall, 0:22
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