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2025 World Championships Day Two Match Notes

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Spencer Lee and Coach Dan Dennis at the 2025 Zagreb Open.

Spencer Lee and Coach Dan Dennis at the 2025 Zagreb Open.

The 2025 Senior World Championships continue on Sunday from Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Today will feature men’s freestyle group one (61-70-86-125 kg) repechage and medal matches, plus men’s freestyle group two (57-74-79-92 kg) preliminary rounds through semifinals. Updates and results from each Team USA match can be found below.



Event Schedule 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds (MFS 57-74-79-92 kg), Repechage (MFS 61-70-86-125 kg)

4:30 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 57-74-79-92 kg)

6 p.m. – Medal Matches (MFS 61-70-86-125 kg)


*Listed times reflect local time in Zagreb, Croatia, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

Session One Match Notes 

57 kg R16 – Spencer Lee (United States) vs. Yusuf Demir (Turkey) 

Match 18, Mat B


74 kg R32 –David Carr (United States) vs. Rasul Shapiev (North Macedonia) 

Match 13, Mat D


79 kg R32 – Levi Haines (United States) dec. Khidir Kurban A Saipudinov (Bahrain), 5-2 

The match is coreless midway through the first period—Haines goes on the shot clock. Saipudinov takes the 1-0 lead after the shot clock expires. Not much going on in the first, neither man with a credible attack. Saipudinov is put on the shot clock at 2:23. Haines steps out, nullifying the shot clock, and goes down, 2-0. Haines comes back with a high-c, converts for the takedown to take 2-2 criteria advantage. Saipudinov challenges the call, and it stands. Point to Haines for the lost challenge makes it 3-2 with 1:14 to go. Haines gets in deep on a single leg, Saipudinov tries to spin and counter, Haines comes around behind for two to finish the match on top, 5-2.


92 kg R32 – Trent Hidlay (United States) tech. fall Redjep Hajdari (North Macedonia), 11-1 

Hidlay drives through his hooks, and tries to spin going out-of-bounds, but it’s called grounded. The exact same scenario happens again, still scoreless. Hidlay has a front headlock and gets driven out-of-bounds. Hajdari takes the early 1-0 lead. Hidlay presses forward into a low-level single leg and converts, 2-1. Hajdari is called fleeing on the exchange, giving Hidlay an extra point and par terre advantage. No turn for Hidlay on the restart, so it’s 3-1 with 1:17 left in the period. A front drag converts for another Hidlay takedown going off the mat. Hajdari is dinged for fleeing once more, putting Hidlay up 6-1 going into the break. Hidlay comes out with an over/under to a double leg going out-of-bounds, which could have been called four. Instead, he gets a step out point and 7-1 lead. Back to the over/under, an ankle pick-to-turn sequence ends the match, 11-1.

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results 

Group One 
61 kg – Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal Match 

WIN Sangboum Han (Korea), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Takara Suda (Japan), 7-2

WIN Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan), 13-8

LOSS Zavur Uguev (UWW), 10-3

VS Assylzhan Yessengeldi (Kazakhstan)


70 kg – PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC), Eliminated 

WIN Shuang Chen (China), tech. fall, 11-0

LOSS Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan), 11-7


86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal Match 

WIN Mukul Dahiya (India), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Fateh Benferdjallah (Algeria), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Ivars Samusonok (Latvia), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Kamran Ghasempour (Iran), 7-0

VS Hayato Ishiguro (Japan)


125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP), Eliminated 

LOSS Abdulla Kurbanov (UWW), tech. fall, 14-4


Group Two 
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), Round-of-16 

VS Yusuf Demir (Turkey)


74 kg –David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Round-of-32 

VS Rasul Shapiev (North Macedonia)


79 kg –Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), Round-of-16 

WIN Khidir Kurban A Saipudinov (Bahrain), 5-2

VS TBD


92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC), Round-of-16 

WIN Redjep Hajdari (North Macedonia), tech. fall, 11-1

VS Samuel Scherrer (Switzerland)