Kubicki Captures Gold at Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France; Mahan Earns Silver

NICE, France – Maddie Kubicki won the gold medal at 65 kg in women’s freestyle for Team USA at the 52nd annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France, taking place at The Halle des Sports Charles-Ehrmann in Nice, France.

Making just her third international senior-level appearance, Kubicki rolled through her two round robin matches, needing just 2:30 of mat time to post her two wins en route to the gold.

To start the day, the 2023 U20 World Team Member pinned Anna Mazgajova of Czechia just 1:17 into the contest. Kubicki then sealed her gold medal at 65 kg against Finland’s Silja Kamppinen, picking up another fall, this time just 1:13 into the match after holding a 6-0 lead.

The gold medal is her third international medal and second at the senior level after earning silver at the 2021 U17 Pan American Championships and bronze at the 2023 Grand Prix of Spain.

Alyssa Mahan stormed out of the gates at 55 kg with back-to-back pins against Italy’s Angela Crapio Casarola and Ivory Coast’s Nogona Bakayoko.

After her bye in the third set of matches in the round robin, Mahan battled 2024 U20 World silver medalist Carla Jaume Soler of Spain. After a back-and-forth affair to start the match, Jaume Soler pulled away late in the contest to earn a 12-4 win to move ahead of Mahan in the round robin standings.

Mahan finished with three wins in the round robin after earning a victory by forfeit in her final match against Finland’s Jutta Ala Ranta, who did not compete on Friday.

In her second international appearance, the native of Wilmington, Del., earned her first career international medal following Friday’s silver medal performance.

Action at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France continues tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. local time/4:30 a.m. ET with the men’s freestyle tournament.

A live stream and archived matches of the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France are available online through France Lutte’s YouTube channel. Brackets and updated results are posted to Smoothcomp.

Gold – Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy)

Silver – Josephine Haemmerle (France)

Bronze – Stefania Ivascu Priceputu (Romania)

Round Robin Results: Liuzzi (2-0), Haemmerle (1-1), Ivascu Priceputu (0-2)

Gold – Emma Luttenauer (France)

Silver – Tetiana Profatilova (France)

Bronze – Maelys Rousselet (France)

Round Robin Results: Luttenauer (2-0), Profatilova (1-1), Rousselet (0-2)

Gold – Carla Jaume Soler (Spain)

Silver – Alyssa Mahan (United States)

Bronze – Nogona Bakayoko (Ivory Coast)

4th – Angela Crapio Casarola (Italy)

5th – Jutta Ala Tanta (Finland)

Round Robin Results: Jaume Soler (4-0), Mahan (3-1), Bakayoko (2-2), Crapio Casarola (1-3), Ala Ranta (0-4)

Gold – Fabiana Rinella (Italy)

Silver – Jenna Hemiae (Finland)

Bronze – Heavenly Zion (France)

4th – Lilya Cohen (France)

5th – Laurie Lesaffre (France)

Round Robin Results: Rinella (4-0), Hemiae (3-1), Zion (2-2), Cohen (1-3), Lesaffre (0-4)

Gold – Lydia Perez Tourino (Spain)

Silver – Rosa Molina Rodriguez (Spain)

Bronze – Petra Mrackova (Czechia)

Round Robin Results: Perez Tourino (2-0), Molina Rodriguez (1-1), Mrackova (0-2)

Gold – Ameline Douarre (France)

Silver – Immacolata Danise (Italy)

Bronze – Iris Thiebaux (France)

4th – Tereza Mrackova (Czechia)

Round Robin Results: Douarre (3-0), Danise (2-1), Thiebaux (1-2), Mrackova (0-3)

Gold – Maddie Kubicki (United States)

Silver – Silja Kamppinen (Finland)

Bronze – Anna Mazgajova (Czechia)

Round Robin Results: Kubicki (2-0), Kamppinen (1-1), Mazgajova (0-2)

Gold – Pauline Lecarpentier (France)

Gold – Kendra Dacher (France)

Silver – Enrica Rinaldi (Italy)

Bronze – Fabiana Dattilo (Italy)

4th – Carla Lera Celda (Spain)

Round Robin Results: Dacher (3-0), Rinaldi (2-1), Dattilo (1-2), Lera Celda (0-3)

WIN Angela Crapio Casarola (Italy), fall, 5:46

WIN Nogano Bakayoko (Ivory Coast), fall, 2:44

LOSS Carla Jaume Soler (Spain), 12-4

WIN Jutta Ala Ranta (Finland), forfeit

WIN Anna Mazgajova (Czechia), fall, 1:17

WIN Silja Kamppinen (Finland), fall, 1:13