Team USA scored three World champions—Kyle Snyder at 97 kg, Zahid Valencia at 86 kg, and Trent Hidlay at 92 kg—plus a silver medal from Levi Haines at 79 kg and a bronze medal from Real Woods at 65 kg. Fifth-place honors went to Jax Forrest at 61 kg and David Carr at 74 kg, who came up short in hotly contested bronze medal matches.
The U.S. finished as runner-up to Iran in a down-to-the-wire team race. Iran took the team title with 145 total points, nine ahead of the U.S. mark of 134. Japan slotted in third with 111 team points.
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2025 World Championships
At Zagreb, Croatia, Sept. 13-16
Men’s Freestyle Team Rankings
- Iran, 145
- United States, 134
- Japan, 111
- Azerbaijan, 83
- Bahrain, 53
- Kazakhstan, 48
- Kyrgyzstan, 41
- North Korea, 35
- Mongolia, 30
- Uzbekistan, 30
U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), 9th Place
WIN Yusuf Demir (Türkiye), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia), tech. fall, 14-3
61 kg – Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), 5th Place
WIN Sangboum Han (Korea), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Takara Suda (Japan), 7-2
WIN Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan), 13-8
LOSS Zavur Uguev (UWW), 10-3
LOSS Assylzhan Yessengeldi (Kazakhstan), 10-8
65 kg – Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal
WIN Maxim Sacultan (Moldova), tech. fall, 14-4
LOSS Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran), tech. fall, 12-1
WIN Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Sujeet (India), 7-5
WIN Peiman Biabani (Canada), 3-1
70 kg – PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC), 11th Place
WIN Shuang Chen (China), tech. fall, 11-0
LOSS Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan), 11-7
74 kg –David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC), 5th Place
WIN Rasul Shapiev (North Macedonia), 9-5
WIN Ramazan Ramazanov (Bulgaria), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Chermen Valiev (Albania), 7-5
WIN Tugsjargal Erdenebat (Mongolia), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Zaurbek Sidakov (UWW), 2-2
79 kg –Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), Silver Medal
WIN Khidir Kurban A Saipudinov (Bahrain), 5-2
WIN Bumgue Seo (Korea), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Akhmed Usmanov (UWW), 3-2
WIN Suldkhuu Olonbayar (Mongolia), 4-1
LOSS Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece), 3-2
86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal
WIN Mukul Dahiya (India), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Fateh Benferdjallah (Algeria), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Ivars Samusonok (Latvia), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Kamran Ghasempour (Iran), 7-0
WIN Hayato Ishiguro (Japan), tech. fall, 12-0
92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal
WIN Redjep Hajdari (North Macedonia), tech. fall, 11-1
WIN Samuel Scherrer (Switzerland), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia), 6-1
WIN Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall, 15-4
WIN Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (UWW), 13-10
97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal
WIN Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland), 5-0
WIN Arash Yoshida (Japan), 9-1
WIN Amirali Azarpira (Iran), 4-2
125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP), 17th Place
LOSS Abdulla Kurbanov (UWW), tech. fall, 14-4