Robideau, James, Boyle, Ross earn semifinal bids at U20 Worlds, Mastny makes bronze match

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – It was an undefeated morning session for the U.S. men’s freestyle team on Saturday at the 2026 U20 World Championships. Landon Robideau, Jayden James, Michael Boyle and Dreshaun Ross all moved to the group three semifinals, while Jimmy Mastny qualified for a bronze medal match in group two.

The big men, Boyle and Ross, put up the points and dominated all comers. The duo racked up five technical falls in five matches, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 55-2.

Boyle, an Ohio State commit, earned wins over returning U20 World bronze medalist Samir Dursunov of Kazakhstan and 2023 U17 Asian bronze medalist Noah Leibowitz of Japan. He will face Azamat Tsarikaev of Belarus in the 97 kg semifinals.

Ross, an incoming freshman at Oklahoma State, closed out three foes in the first period without giving up a point—2026 U20 Asian bronze medalist Baejoon Jang of Korea, 2025 U17 Asian bronze medalist Riza Izakhar of Kazakhstan, and three-time U20 European bronze medalist Aleksandre Abramishvili of Georgia. It’ll be returning U20 World bronze medalist Yusif Dursunov of Azerbaijan in the 125 kg semifinals for Ross.

2026 NCAA champion Robideau, also from Oklahoma State, wrestled aggressively throughout his run to the 70 kg semifinals. He opened with bonus-point wins over Zurab Abalaki of Georgia and Ankh Altangerel of Mongolia before stopping Mairbek Merov of Russia in the quarterfinals, 7-4. Robideau takes on 2025 U23 World silver medalist and two-time Senior Asian bronze medalist Sina Khalili of Iran tonight. Khalili was Iran’s Senior World Team representative in 2024.

2025 U17 World champion James closed out two matches by first-period technical fall—11-0 over Samuel Vokal of Slovakia and 10-0 over Artsiom Bolsun of Belarus—on top of defeating his high school teammate Alessio Perentin, who represents Italy, by 7-5 decision. James, an incoming Penn State freshman, stands opposite 2023 U17 World bronze medalist Nurdaulet Seilbekov of Kazakhstan in the 74 kg semifinals. Seilbekov won the U20 and U23 Asian Championships earlier this summer.

Iowa State commit Jimmy Mastny trailed 10-1 in his 92 kg repechage contest against Russia’s Artur Togoev, then reeled off 21-straight points, including nine consecutive gutwrenches, to finish the match 22-10. Mastny qualified for a bronze medal match, where he will face U20 Asian silver medalist Beibarys Yergali of Kazakhstan.

Three more Americans will wrestle for a medal tonight in Slovakia—2024 U20 World medalists Isaiah Cortez (57 kg) and Bo Bassett (65 kg) shoot for World titles, and Ryan Burton (79 kg) goes for bronze.

With today’s preliminary results locked in, the U.S. placed nine of its 10 men’s freestyle athletes in the semifinals and has guaranteed the nation will wrestle for a medal in every weight class.

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The action continues at 5 p.m. local time with the men’s freestyle group three (70-74-97-125 kg) semifinals, followed by the men’s freestyle group two (57-65-79-92 kg) medal matches at 6 p.m. Bratislava, Slovakia, is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

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