Waconia’s Max McEnelly wins Bronze
ROME, Italy – U.S. men’s freestyle won a team title for the first time in history at the U17 World Championships in Rome after going 4-0 in the medal rounds on Sunday.
Team USA put the title out of reach with 190 points. Following in second was India with 126 and Azerbaijan with 122. Continue reading at teamusa.org →
Farmington’s Cole Han-Lindemyer goes 0-1
ROME, Italy – Joel Adams advances to the 65 kg Greco-Roman finals after going undefeated on day one of the U17 World Championships in Rome, Italy. He will wrestle for gold on Tuesday at noon U.S. ET.
Adams had a perfect day, going 4-0 without giving up a single point. He will move to the gold-medal match tomorrow against Ahoura Bouveiri of Iran who placed seventh at the 2022 U17 Asian Championships.
In his semifinal bout, Adams had three swift takedowns, including an arm drag and a duck, on his way to a 6-0 victory over Petro Shafranskyi of Ukraine. Earlier today, he put on a show with two wins by technical fall and one by decision.
The last U17 World Champion in Greco-Roman was Cohlton Schultz in 2017 in Athens, Greece. Continue reading at teamusa.org →