The U.S. Greco-Roman team saw some bright spots throughout its time in Zagreb, but failed to medal at any weight. 2024 U17 World champion Jayden Raney won two matches at 55 kg and hung with four-time World champion Eldaniz Azizli of Azerbaijan in the quarterfinals. Kamal Bey once again proved he’s right there with the best in the World at 77 kg—going 1-2 with his only two losses being 2-1 to eventual World champion Malkhas Amoyan of Armenia and 4-2 to eventual bronze medalist Ahmet Yilmaz of Türkiye.
First-time World Team members Max Black and Michial Foy looked solid in their inaugural Senior Worlds showing, each winning a match. Black earned a repechage opportunity and came one win shy of the bronze medal match at 60 kg. 2012 Olympian Ellis Coleman also notched a nice, opening-round win for the group.
Jacobson and Raney finished with seventh-place finishes, and Bey picked up a 10th-place honor, to give Team USA 18 team points and an 18th-place result in the team rankings out of 57 countries.
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2025 World Championships
At Zagreb, Croatia, Sept. 18-21
Greco-Roman Team Rankings
1 Iran, 180
2 Azerbaijan, 89
3 Uzbekistan, 72
4 Georgia, 65
5 Armenia, 63
6 Kazakhstan, 57
7 Hungary, 57
8 Serbia, 45
9 Kyrgyzstan, 45
10 Ukraine, 42
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18 United States, 18
U.S. Greco-Roman Results
55 kg – Jayden Raney (Sturgis, Ky./Union County/New York AC), 7th Place
WIN Koriun Sahradian (Ukraine), 2-1
WIN Sajjad Ali Albidhan (Iraq), fall, 4:23
LOSS Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan), 5-1
60 kg – Max Black (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center/New York AC), 13th Place
LOSS Aidos Sultangali (Kazakhstan), 7-1
WIN Melkamu Fetene (Israel), 5-1
LOSS Se-Ung Ri (North Korea), tech. fall, 9-0
63 kg – Ellis Coleman (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 11th Place
WIN Moamen Mohamed (Egypt), tech. fall, 10-2
LOSS Azatjan Achilov (Turkmenistan), tech. fall, 12-1
67 kg – Alston Nutter (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 33rd Place
LOSS Dominik Etlinger (Croatia), tech. fall, 10-0
72 kg – Alejandro Sancho (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 22nd Place
LOSS Ibrahim Ghanem (France), 4-0
LOSS Gor Khachatryan (Armenia), 6-1
77 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 10th Place
LOSS Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia), 2-1
WIN Mateusz Bernatek (Poland), tech. fall, 11-2
LOSS Ahmet Yilmaz (Türkiye), 4-2
82 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), 19th Place
LOSS Shahin Badaghimofrad (Qatar), 6-4
87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center/New York AC), 7th Place
WIN Karan Kamboj (India), tech. fall, 8-0
LOSS Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia), 5-1
WIN Soh Sakabe (Japan), tech. fall, 9-1
LOSS Islam Yevloyev (Kazakhstan), 5-1
97 kg – Michial Foy (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 16th Place
WIN Mindaugas Venckaitis (Lithuania), 4-0
LOSS Giorgi Melia (Georgia), tech. fall, 9-0
130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Tempe, Ariz./Atreus WC), 16th Place
LOSS Sergei Semenov (UWW), 5-2