Team USA picked up its fourth World champion of the week at Arena Zagreb when Helen Maroulis won the 57 kg women’s freestyle gold medal in spectacular fashion, her fourth World title and eighth medal at the Senior World Championships. She is also a three-time Olympic medalist. The U.S. added bronze medals from Kennedy Blades at 68 kg and Kylie Welker at 76 kg, and a fifth-place finish from Macey Kilty at 65 kg.
The U.S. finished in fourth place in the women’s freestyle team rankings. Japan, North Korea and China took the top three spots on the team podium.
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2025 World Championships
At Zagreb, Croatia, Sept. 15-18
Women’s Freestyle Team Rankings
- Japan, 162
- North Korea, 115
- China, 87
- United States, 83
- Ukraine, 75
- Türkiye, 67
- Mongolia, 65
- Ecuador, 47
- Kyrgyzstan, 35
- India, 35
U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results
50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC), 15th Place
LOSS Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy)
53 kg – Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Big Game WC/Titan Mercury WC), 22nd Place
LOSS Jin Zhang (China), tech. fall, 10-0
55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC), 10th place
LOSS Andreea Ana (Romania), 6-3
57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal
WIN Emine Cakmak (Turkey), fall, 1:01
WIN Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), fall, 2:18
WIN Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW), fall, 3:11
WIN Il Sim Son (North Korea), 3-2
59 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC), 22nd place
LOSS Hong Liang (China), fall, 2:05
62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 7th Place
WIN Selvi Ilyasoglu (Turkey), 7-3
WIN Johanna Lindborg (Sweden), 13-6
LOSS Orkhon Purevdorj (Mongolia), 5-2
65 kg – Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), 5th Place
LOSS Alina Kasabieva (UWW), 6-6
WIN Grace Bullen (Norway), fall, 4:39
LOSS Enkhjin Tuvshinjargal (Mongolia), 4-2
68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Tiffin, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal
WIN Radhika (India), tech. fall, 11-0
LOSS Ami Ishii (Japan), tech. fall, 12-1
WIN Manola Skobelska (Ukraine), 9-2
WIN Buse Cavusoglu Tosun (Türkiye), tech. fall, 12-1
72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Menlo Park, Calif./California RTC/Titan Mercury WC), 7th Place
WIN Svetlana Oknazarova (Uzbekistan), fall, 3:31
WIN Masako Furuichi (Japan), 3-2
LOSS Nurzat Nurtaeva (Kyrgyzstan), 8-4
76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal
WIN Vanesa Georgieva (Bulgaria), fall, 4:02
LOSS Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan), 8-3
WIN Elmira Yasin (Turkey), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine), 6-2