Senior Worlds 2026: Standings So Far
Five days into the Senior World Championships in Astana, Iran owns Greco-Roman, Japan leads the women, and Team USA has two bronze medals with a shot at gold Thursday.
Greco-Roman is done. Women's freestyle is halfway through. Men's freestyle starts Thursday. Here's where everything stands as of Wednesday evening, U.S. time.
Greco-Roman: Iran runs away with it
Iran won four of 10 golds and the team title with 192 points, nearly double second place.
Team standings (final)
- Iran, 192
- Azerbaijan, 104
- Uzbekistan, 80
- Belarus and Kazakhstan, 63
- Russia, 61
World champions
- 55 kg: Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan)
- 60 kg: Koto Gomi (Japan)
- 63 kg: Karen Aslanyan (Armenia)
- 67 kg: Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran)
- 72 kg: Seyed Sohrabi (Iran)
- 77 kg: Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)
- 82 kg: Gholamreza Farokhisenjani (Iran)
- 87 kg: Semen Novikov (Bulgaria)
- 97 kg: Kiryl Maskevich (Belarus)
- 130 kg: Fardin Hedayati (Iran)
Team USA: A rough week. All 10 Americans were eliminated before the medal rounds, and the U.S. finished tied for 31st with 2 points.
Women's freestyle: Japan leads, USA in the hunt
Four weights are done. Japan's Yui Susaki added another world title at 50 kg, and Japan sits on top of the team race.
Team standings (after four of 10 weights)
- 1. Japan, 60
- 2. China, 55
- 3. Ukraine, 53
- 4. Mongolia, 41
- 5. India, 40
- 7. USA, 32
World champions so far
- 50 kg: Yui Susaki (Japan)
- 57 kg: Kexin Hong (China)
- 65 kg: Alina Kasabieva (Russia)
- 76 kg: Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine)
Team USA
Helen Maroulis, 57 kg: bronze. She beat Kazakhstan's Nilufar Raimova 5-2, wrestling through a cut above her eye with her head wrapped. It's her ninth Senior World medal, tying Bruce Baumgartner, Jordan Burroughs, Kristie Davis and Adeline Gray for the most by an American. No American has ever won 10.
Dymond Guilford, 76 kg: bronze. Her first Senior World medal, a 7-2 win over Türkiye's Kadriye Kocak Aksoy.
Adaugo Nwachukwu, 62 kg: in the final. Three straight wins, including a comeback 5-2 semifinal over Bulgaria's Bilyana Dudova. Next up is Japan's Nonoka Ozaki, a two-time world champ, for gold.
Cristelle Rodriguez-Dobler, 53 kg: wrestling for bronze.
Precious Wieser, 72 kg: wrestling for bronze. The late replacement for Amit Elor won twice, including a 9-4 win over 2023 world champ Buse Cavusoglu Tosun, before Poland's Wiktoria Choluj pinned her in the semis with 21 seconds left.
Kennedy Blades, 68 kg: alive in repechage. She pinned Germany's Laura Koehler in 1:40, then got pinned by Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova at 5:59. That ends the Ishii rematch talk, but not her medal hopes. She faces India's Srishti next, and a win puts her in the bronze match.
Out: Morgan Turner (50 kg) and Kayla Miracle (65 kg, 10th).
What's next
Thursday, October 29. Morning action starts at 12:30 a.m. Central, with Blades' repechage plus the first rounds for Everest Leydecker (55 kg) and Abby Nette (59 kg). Medal matches start around 8 a.m. Central, when Nwachukwu wrestles for gold and Rodriguez-Dobler and Wieser wrestle for bronze.
Men's freestyle starts Thursday too. Bo Bassett (65 kg) and Kyle Snyder (97 kg) lead off. The rest of the U.S. squad follows through Sunday, November 1: Spencer Lee (57), Marcus Blaze (61), Zain Retherford (70), James Green (74), Levi Haines (79), Kyle Dake (86), Trent Hidlay (92) and Wyatt Hendrickson (125).
Every session streams live on FloWrestling.
