2025 World Championships Day Seven Match Notes
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Alejandro Sancho in action at the 2025 Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.
The 2025 Senior World Championships continue on Friday from Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Today will feature Greco-Roman group one (55-77-82-130 kg) repechage and medal matches, plus Greco-Roman group two (60-72-97 kg) preliminary rounds. Updates and results from each Team USA match can be found below.
10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds (GR 60-72-97 kg), Repechage (GR 55-77-82-130 kg)
4:45 p.m. – Semifinals (GR 60-72-97 kg)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (GR 55-77-82-130 kg)
*Listed times reflect local time in Zagreb, Croatia, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
Bout 754, Mat C
Bout 752, Mat C
Foy drives to an underhook, Venckaitis throws a headlock, Foy covers, but it’s called a slip. Foy was about to be called for passivity, but he counters a Venckaitis attack, floating hips over the top for a takedown and early 2-0 lead. A high dive takedown for Foy to go up 4-0. Fresh start with 1:40 to go. Foy finishes off the match, 4-0.
Sancho going down to force par terre at the 4:11 mark, 1-0 Ghanem. Ghanem attempts a low gut, and Sancho holds him off nicely. Back to standing at 3:41. That’ll do it for one. Ghanem presses forward, Sancho trips, Ghanem covers but it’s white paddled and blown up. Sancho is being put down a second time at the 2:03 mark, now 2-0. Ghanem doesn’t get a turn again. Ghanem drives Sancho out for a 3-0 lead with just over a minute to go. Another step out point for Ghanem with 42 seconds left, 4-0. That’s the match.
Left side underhook, Bey drives Bernatek out-of-bounds at 5:14, 1-0 Bey. Bernatek will get the first chance on top at 4:23, score tied up at one apiece. Bernatek jumps out to a front headlock, Bey stands up with it, Bernatek goes for the roll and Bey counters for a reversal point. Now 2-1 with a fresh start at 3:57. Bernatek drives Bey straight off the mat to tie it 2-2. It’s 2-2 at the break, Bernatek with criteria. Bey presses for a step out, which is called by the mat official, but not confirmed. It’s 2-2 with 2:33 to go. Bey ducks under the left side and transitions right into a gutwrench going off the mat to take a 6-2 lead with 2:17 to go. Bernatek knocks Bey in the face, he’s shaken up. Another duck left side for Bey off Bernatek’s pressure to take an 8-2 lead. Bernatek is giving up with 20 seconds left, just stopped wrestling. A caution and two awarded to Bey for unnecessary roughness. Bernatek is challenging the call with 10 seconds left, loses it, and Bey wins by technical fall, 11-2.
WIN Koriun Sahradian (Ukraine), 2-1
WIN Sajjad Ali Albidhan (Iraq), fall, 4:23
LOSS Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan), 5-1
LOSS Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia), 2-1
WIN Mateusz Bernatek (Poland), tech. fall, 11-2
VS Ahmet Yilmaz (Türkiye)
LOSS Shahin Badaghimofrad (Qatar), 6-4
130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Tempe, Ariz./Atreus WC), Eliminated
LOSS Sergei Semenov (UWW), 5-2
VS Aidos Sultangali (Kazakhstan)
LOSS Ibrahim Ghanem (France), 4-0
WIN Mindaugas Venckaitis (Lithuania), 4-0
VS TBD
