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2025 World Championships Day Five Match Notes

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Kennedy Blades at the 2025 Zagreb Open Ranking Series.

Kennedy Blades at the 2025 Zagreb Open Ranking Series.

The 2025 Senior World Championships continue on Wednesday from Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Today will feature women’s freestyle group two (50-57-65-76 kg) repechage and medal matches, plus women’s freestyle group three (53-62-68-72 kg) preliminary rounds. Updates and results from each Team USA match can be found below.



Event Schedule 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds (WFS 53-62-68-72 kg), Repechage (WFS 50-57-65-76 kg)

4:30 p.m. – Semifinals (WFS 53-62-68-72 kg)

6 p.m. – Medal Matches (WFS 50-57-65-76 kg)


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

Session One Match Notes 

68 kg R16 – Kennedy Blades (United States) vs. Radhika (India) 

Bout 544, Mat D


62 kg R32 – Adaugo Nwachukwu (United States) vs. Selvi Ilyasoglu (Turkey) 

Bout 520, Mat C


72 kg R16 – Alexandria Glaude (United States) dec. Masako Furuichi (Japan), 3-2 

Glaude pushes a two-on-one off the mat for a step out 47 seconds into the match. Furuichi goes on the shot clock at with 49 second to go in the first period, still 1-0 Glaude. Clock expires and point to Glaude. It’s 2-0 going into the break. Back to the two-on-one and Glaude drives Furuichi out for another point, 3-0. Furuichi strikes back with a double leg takedown to make it 3-2. Glaude fights off the final sprint from Furuichi to get the win.


53 kg R32 – Jin Zhang (China) tech. fall Felicity Taylor (United States), 10-0 

A snap down, go-behind for Zhang to open the scoring. Taylor fights off a deep ankle lace and the score stays, 2-0. Shot from Taylor, head in the hold Zhang, but no points as time expires in the first. Zhang leads 2-0 at the break. Zhang goes high-c, Taylor cuts the corner and gets caught in a leg lag. She gave up the takedown but no turn to keep it 4-0 with 2:02 left. Four-point counter for Zhang off Taylor’s shot attempt and it’s 8-0. Zhang heavy on the head, runs through a single to win it 10-0 over Taylor.


72 kg R32 – Alexandria Glaude (United States) fall Svetlana Oknazarova (Uzbekistan), 3:31 

A step out for Glaude to open the match 1-0 in 20 seconds. A drag setup, blast double to the back for Glaude makes it 5-0 in the first minute. It’ll be 5-0 at the break, Glaude controlling things from the front headlock position. A short drag from the front headlock, Glaude transitions to another double leg, to the back, gets the pin at 3:31.


76 kg Repechage – Kylie Welker (United States) tech. fall Elmira Yasin (Turkey), 10-0 

Welker goes low level single to the right side, circles around behind, and pops Yasin through for two exposure going off the mat. A go-behind takedown for Welker, right into a trapped arm gutwrench for two turns makes it 8-0 halfway through the first period. Welker nabs a go-behind to end it 10-0 in 2:36.


65 kg Repechage – Macey Kilty (United States) fall Grace Bullen (Norway), 4:39 

Step out for Bullen early, 1-0. A go-behind takedown for Kilty right before the break to lead it 2-1. Bullen goes on the shot clock with 2:10 left in the match. A single leg to the back for Kilty and she gets the pin in 4:39.

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results 

Group Two 
50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Eliminated 

LOSS Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy)


57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal Match 

WIN Emine Cakmak (Turkey), fall, 1:01

WIN Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), fall, 2:18

WIN Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW), fall, 3:11

VS Il Sim Son (North Korea)


65 kg – Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal Match 

LOSS Alina Kasabieva (UWW), 6-6

WIN Grace Bullen (Norway), fall, 4:39

VS Enkhjin Tuvshinjargal (Mongolia)


76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women's WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal Match 

WIN Vanesa Georgieva (Bulgaria), fall, 4:02

LOSS Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan), 8-3

WIN Elmira Yasin (Turkey), tech. fall, 10-0

VS Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine)


Group Three 
53 kg – Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Big Game WC/Titan Mercury WC), Awaiting Repechage 

LOSS Jin Zhang (China), tech. fall, 10-0


62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), Round-of-32 

VS Selvi Ilyasoglu (Turkey)


68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Tiffin, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), Round-of-16 

VS Radhika (India)


72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Menlo Park, Calif./California RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Quarterfinals 

WIN Svetlana Oknazarova (Uzbekistan), fall, 3:31

WIN Masako Furuichi (Japan), 3-2