2026 U20 World Championships Day Four Match Notes

Zhou warned for passivity at 4:58. Zhou goes on the shot clock at 4:31. The shot clock expires, point to Leydecker. Arm drag to a single-leg snatch for Leydecker, and she finishes on the edge of the mat with 17 seconds left in the period. Leydecker goes up 3-0 heading to the break. Leydecker in on a single leg, pops out the back door, and finishes at 2:26 to go up by five points. Leydecker drives Zhou off the mat from a front headlock position with just over a minute left for a step out point. Leydecker circles a two-on-one, to a front headlock, and finishes on top as time runs out in an 8-0 win.

Knee pick for Kajal in the early stages to go up 2-0. Fowler is put on the shot clock at 4:04. The shot clock expires, point to Kajal. The score is 3-0 Kajal at the break. Kajal wins a seatbelt-whizzer exchange from standing, driving through to a body lock finish to lead 5-0 at 2:09. Kajal adds a step out from that same seatbelt position. Folwer drops the match, 6-0.

A head inside, single-leg attack for Turner, with a limp-arm finish going off the mat to open the scoring 2-0 at 5:26. Turner back in on a low-level single leg on the edge of the mat for another score at 5:00. It’s called a step out rather than a takedown, so it’s 3-0. Batres appears to step out. The whistle was blown, but the officials don’t confirm the call on the mat. A high-level double-leg attack for a Turner takedown at 3:45, 5-0. Turner pancakes a Batres shot attempt. The action is called four points for Turner, making it 9-0 as time expires in the period. A challenge from Batres is successful, bringing the score down to 7-0 as we start the second frame. A four-point knee pick from an underhook tie gives Turner the 11-0 technical fall and the bronze medal.

Shot attempt from Whiting is countered by Li for a takedown. Li locks up a gutwrench, converts it four times, and ends the match 10-0 in 39 seconds.

Single leg off the whistle for a Whiting takedown at 5:51. She locks up a leg lace and gets four turns to end it 10-0 at 5:20.

Fowler works from an underhook and drives a single leg to the back, going off the mat, at 5:37 for four points. The Serbia corner challenges the call. The call stands, giving Fowler another point. Fowler gives up a point on a step-out at 4:24. She comes right back with a takedown, shot from space, to go up 7-1. Fowler fights off a single leg for no points as time expires in the first period. Early in the second frame, Fowler counters a Ujhelji shot with a hip-tip exposure. She circles behind, locks up a lace, and ends it, 11-1, at 2:15.

Williams forces a step out as Rudoi tries to take her back. It’s 1-0 Williams 11 seconds into the match. Rudoi is warned for passivity at 5:07. Williams shrugs the ties, work to a takedown at 4:50 to go up 3-0. Another Williams shrug-to-takedown at 4:12. It’s 5-0 with a minute to go in the first period. A go-behind from the front headlock position gives Williams a 7-0 lead, which stands until the break. Shrug to a body lock, right into a gutwrench ends it 11-0 for Williams at 2:50.

Leydecker warned for passivity at 4:53. A deep outside single-leg attempt for Leydecker, Lamba kicks out. Lamba warned for passivity at 4:18. Lamba is put on the shot clock at 3:55. The shot clock expires, giving Leydecker the 1-0 lead. Leydecker chases a single leg for a score at 3:11 to go up 3-0 heading into the break. Leydecker goes on the clock at 2:20. Leydecker converts a right-side single leg, nullifying the clock. She goes into a leg lace and takes the 7-0 lead. Leydecker stacks Lamba from the leg lace position for the fall at 1:31.

An over-collar tie, shrug for a Hanrahan takedown at 5:11 to go up 2-0. Karavanou warned for passivity at 4:24. That’s it for the first period. Hanrahan warned for passivity at 2:00. Snap, go-behind for Hanrahan with 13 seconds remaining to get the 4-0 win.

A blast double right out of the gate for a Turner takedown. She works a bar-half to get the pin in 52 seconds. The German corner is challenging. The pin is overturned due to an offensive foul. On the video, it looks like the arm bar was lifted too far off the back for the officials’ liking. The score is now 2-0 Turner. Turner is back on the legs for a takedown. She adds a third takedown from a shuck-by counter to a Wrensch shot attempt. A fourth Turner takedown is almost identical to the third. Turner ends it with a final takedown, circling out from underneath and going behind. The final is 10-0 at 3:10.

An early outside shot from Fowler scores. She collects a leg lace for two turns, pushing her lead to 6-0 at 5:09. That’s it for the first period. Fowler comes out in the second period with an underhook, hip toss for 4 points, ending the match, 10-0.

Leydecker goes left side single leg, lifts to standing position and finishes for two at 5:13. Leydecker circles from the front headlock position to a single leg finish, making it 4-0 at 4:14. She adds a trapped-arm gutwrench going out of bounds to make it 6-0 at 3:59. Leydecker puts a two-on-one tie to the mat, circles behind for the score. She finishes the match with an arm bar to the back for a pin at 3:03.

Ankle pick takedown for Onishi to open the match. Onishi with a snap, head outside single leg for a second takedown at 5:03. Onishi with three leg laces to end it 10-0 at 4:46.

Head inside single leg attempt from Hanrahan results in no points. A single leg to the back for Svensson opens up the scoring, 4-0 Svensson at 5:10. Svensson throws an underhook for a takedown with 26 seconds left in the period. It’s 6-0 Svensson at the break. Svensson counters a Hanrahan single leg to the back. Hanrahan is pinned at 1:51.

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

WIN Josephine Wrensch (Germany), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Kayla Batres (Guatemala), tech. fall, 11-0

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

WIN Muskan (India), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Yuxuan Li (China), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Khrystyna Demchuk (Ukraine), 4-3

WIN Hansika Lamba (India), fall, 4:29

WIN Valeryia Mikitsich (Belarus), fall, 2:57

WIN Meilin Zhou (China), 8-0

VS Nana Kozuka (Japan)

WIN Gabriela Rudoi (Moldova), tech. fall, 11-0

LOSS Sakura Onishi (Japan), tech. fall, 10-0

VS Barbara Bager (Hungary) or Miranda Kapanadze (Georgia)

WIN Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece), 4-0

LOSS Saga Svensson (Sweden), fall, 4:09

WIN Evelin Ujhelji (Serbia), tech. fall, 11-1

WIN Sophia Perez Bassino (Brazil), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Kajal (India), 6-0

VS Miyu Takayama (Japan) or Elmira Yasin (Türkiye)