Day 1 action at the 2023 U23 world championships have concluded and all 5 wrestlers from Team USA are still in the hunt for a medal with 3 of them competing for gold tomorrow.
Keegan O’Toole (74kg), Aaron Brooks (86kg), and Wyatt Hendrickson (125kg) have all won their semifinal bouts and will compete for gold.
Semifinal Results:
74kg- Keegan O’Toole VFA Sonny Santiago (Puerto Rico) 3:32
86kg- Aaron Brooks VPO1 Arslan Bagaev (AIN) 5-4
125kg- Wyatt Hendrickson VPO1 Azamat Khosonov (Greece) 4-2
Additional:
Bashir Magomedov (AIN) won by tech 10-0 over Ivan Hramyka (AIN) in the semifinals and pulled Julian Chlebove back into repechage
Muhammed Gimre (Turkey) defeated Pruthviraj Patil (UWW) 8-5 in the semifinals and pulled Jacob Cardenas back into repechage.
