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U.S. to send two athletes to the 2026 Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series

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by Zack Chavez, USA Wrestling

CJ Composto Competes at the 2025 U23 Pan American Championships in Queretaro, Mexico

The U.S. will send two men’s freestyle athletes to the 2026 Ulaanbaatar Open in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which will serve as the third United World Wrestling Ranking Series event of the season.


CJ Composto will represent the U.S. in the men’s 65 kg division, while Cross Wasilewski will compete in the 70 kg division. Composto and Wasilewski are both members of the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center and will be coached by Matthew Valenti.


The 2026 Ulaanbaatar Open will be hosted at Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace, June 4-7. Both Composto and Wasilewski’s men’s freestyle brackets will be contested on Sunday, June 7, with qualification rounds slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. local time.


Composto is a three-time NCAA Division I All-American at the University of Pennsylvania. On the international stage, he won a gold medal for the U.S. at the 2025 U23 Pan American Championships, where he earned four technical falls, including a 16-6 win over Cuba’s Juset Martinez Deprestre in the final.


Wasilewski is a current member of the University of Pennsylvania wrestling program and is a 2026 All-American following a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. As a freshman, he qualified for the 2025 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships after earning second-team All-Ivy distinctions at 149 pounds.


The complete U.S. roster for all men’s freestyle, plus the U.S. delegation list, is available below.


The Ulaanbaatar Open spans four days, with weight classes running from start to finish in one day. Greco-Roman leads things off on Thursday, followed by the start of women’s freestyle on Friday and men’s freestyle on Saturday. A complete schedule for each day is available below.


A live stream of the Ulaanbaatar Open will be available to the U.S. audience through FloWrestling. Brackets and updated results will be hosted on UWW Arena.


More information on the Ulaanbaatar Open can be found at uww.org.

2026 Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series  

At Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 4-7  



Event Schedule  

Thursday, June 4 
GR 55-67-72-77-82-87-97 kg 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

4:30 p.m. – Opening ceremony

5 p.m. – Medal matches

Friday, June 5
GR 60-63-130 kg, WFS 50-53-57-59-72 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds

1:00 p.m. – Semifinals

2:00 p.m. – Repechage

4:30 p.m. – Opening ceremony

5 p.m. – Medal matches


Saturday, June 6  
WFS 55-62-65-68-76 kg, MFS 74-86-92 kg 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds

12:30 p.m. – Semifinals

1:30 p.m. – Repechage

5 p.m. – Medal matches


Sunday, June 7  
MFS 57-61-65-70-79-97-125 kg 

10:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds

12:30 p.m. – Semifinals

1:30 p.m. – Repechage

5 p.m. – Medal matches


*All times listed local to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which is located 12 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.


U.S. Men’s Freestyle Roster  

65 kg – CJ Composto (Westfield, N.J./Pennsylvania RTC)

70 kg – Cross Wasilewski (Parsippany, N.J./University of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania RTC)


U.S. Support Staff 

Personal coach – Matthew Valenti