2026 U20 World Championships Day Three Match Notes

Nutter gains the first passivity advantage at 4:12 and goes on top, leading 1-0. He works a pair of guts to take a 5-0 lead, and follows with a lift attempt that lands out-of-bounds, which is scored as one point. Germany is challenging the sequence. The challenge is won, swapping the final point in the sequence from Nutter to Wagner, making the score 5-1. Nutter leads 5-1 at the break. Passivity goes against Nutter, and Wagner goes on top at 2:14. Good parterre defense from Nutter yields no points. The score stands 5-2 Nutter with 1:53 remaining. An arm throw attempt from Wagner with two seconds left is called a slip throw. Nutter takes the match, 5-2.

Saldate on the board first with a step-out point from the grounded position at 4:08. That does it for the period, Saldate leading, 1-0. Saldate hit for passivity, a point and position to Varaev at 2:18. Low-gutwrench lift from Varaev for four points, giving him a 5-1 lead over Saldate. Back to standing at 1:49. Offensive leg foul on a Saldate takedown at 1:29, resulting in no points. Arm spin attempt from Varaev leads to a Saldate step-out point from the grounded position. It’s 5-2 Varaev at 1:39. Saldate earns a chance on top, now trailing 5-3 with 59 seconds left. No points from top and the score remains 5-3 with 37 seconds to go. An overhook drive for Saldate leads to a step-out, cutting the lead to one point with 19 seconds left. Saldate is unable to find an attack, and the match ends, 5-4. The U.S. corner is challenging for fleeing, but it is unsuccessful. The final score is 6-4 for Varaev.

Nutter is hit for passivity at 4:27, a point and position to Abdelrehim. Solid defense from Nutter results in no points. It’s 1-0 at 3:57. That’s it for the first period. Abdelrehim hit for passivity at 2:20, and Nutter gets his chance on top, now tied 1-1. A couple of nice attempts, but no points for Nutter. Back to standing with 1:44 to go. Nutter is put back down from passivity at the 1:15 mark but doesn’t give up any points. There’s 1:02 for Nutter to work. Nutter is unable to find a score and falls on criteria, 1-1.

An arm drag from Rustamov is countered for a Khosravy arm spin takedown at 5:27. Rustamov is hit for passivity, giving Khosravy a chance on top, now leading 3-0 at 4:23. Khosravy attempts a front headlock pinch and gets reversed. Rustamov hits a reverse gut for two points. He goes for it again and Khosravy counters, but is hit for a leg foul. It’s a caution and two against Khosravy at 3:28. The match returns to parterre with a 5-3 Rustamov lead. This time Khosravy successfully counters Rustamov’s reverse gut attempt for a point. It’s 5-4 Rustamov at the break. Rustamov earns the passivity point and top position. His lead is up to 6-4 at 1:37. A low gutwrench from Rustamov converts, and it’s 8-4 with 1:14 remaining. An arm spin attempt from Khosravy is countered for a takedown. The officials confer and reverse the call to a slip. Just under one minute to go. Bull rush takedown from Khosravy to make it 8-6. He can’t get a turn, and we are back standing with 25 seconds left in the match. Khosravy can’t convert, and the match ends 8-6 Rustamov.

Parveen counters a Turner shot attempt to take an early 2-0 lead. A single-leg attempt from Turner is fended off. Parveen hits a headlock from her knees for two exposure points. Turner counters the headlock action right into a cradle and secures the fall at 4:31.

A single-leg drive out-of-bounds for Whiting to lead 1-0 at 5:19. Two-on-one takedown for Coles on the edge of the mat at 5:10 to overtake the lead, 2-1. Blood time for Whiting at 4:56 stops the match. Coles counters a Whiting single leg to go up 4-1 with just over one minute left in the first period. Another takedown for Coles off a Whiting shot attempt, 6-1. Coles nearly adds a step out as time expires, but it doesn’t stick. The score stands 6-1 for Coles at the break. Takedown for Coles moments into the second period. She transitions to a bar arm and gets the pin on Whiting at 2:14.

Donally walks a two-on-one off the mat for a step-out at 5:09 to lead 1-0. Demchuk is warned for passivity at 4:49. An arm spin with grounded exposure for Demchuk at 4:15 gives her a 2-1 lead. It’s 2-1 Demchuk at the break. Demchuk’s arm spin is countered by Donally for a takedown with 1:55 left in the match. Fresh start at 1:41, 3-2, Donally. Snap, go-behind takedown for Demchuk with 0:34 left in the match. Demchuk works on top for the rest of the match and wins it 4-3.

Turner warned for passivity at 5:16. Knee pull single leg for Katsume, drives Turner out-of-bounds to take a 1-0 lead at 4:51. Turner is put on the shot clock at 4:17. The shot clock expires and it’s 2-0 Katsume. Turner nearly scores on a go-behind, but Katsume works out of it. It’s 2-0 Katsume at the break. Outside shot attempt Katsume, transitions to a waterfall position, Turner exposes to make it 4-0 Katsume. Turner exposes a second time and gets caught in an arm turk for multiple exposures before going off the mat. The score is 10-0 Katsume at 1:33. The U.S. corner challenges the call and loses it. Katsume wins, 11-0.

LOSS Khojiakbar Kuchkarov (Uzbekistan), 8-3

LOSS Kazybek Kalmagambetov (Kazakhstan), 1-1

WIN Sebastian Wagner (Germany), 5-2

LOSS Mohamed Abdelrehim (Egypt), 1-1

LOSS Jorge Gomez Garcia (Mexico), tech. fall, 13-5

LOSS Dimitrios Pappas (Greece), 2-1

LOSS Magomed Varaev (France), 6-4

LOSS Bekmurod Rustamov (Uzbekistan), 8-6

WIN Parveen (India), fall, 1:29

LOSS Yuu Katsume (Japan), tech. fall, 11-0

VS Josephine Wrensch (Germany) or Serineh Crane (Armenia)

LOSS Kaura Coles (Canada), fall, 3:46

VS Muskan (India)

LOSS Khrystyna Demchuk (Ukraine), 4-3