Kennedy Blades in Astana: How Year Two Ended
Same color. Different story. Blades fought back from a buzzer-beater loss to win her second straight World bronze, and the Ishii rematch never came.
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Wrestling
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.
3 Front Headlock Habits Every Beginner Wrestler Should Build
The front headlock is where a lot of beginner points go to die. You get the snap, you get the head, and then you rush the finish and give it all back.
3 Sins Every Beginner Wrestler Commits
Every beginner wrestler makes these mistakes. Every coach has watched them happen a thousand times. And every time, the punishment is the same: you end up on the wrong end of a scramble wondering what just happened.
Amit Elor Out of 2026 Worlds
Olympic champion Amit Elor will miss the 2026 Senior World Championships while she recovers from pericarditis, an inflammation of the tissue around the heart.
Kennedy Blades' First Worlds: Bronze, a Lesson and a Rematch Waiting in Astana
She walked into her first Senior Worlds as an Olympic silver medalist and walked out with bronze. For Blades, it was a down payment.
Folkstyle, Freestyle, Greco: A Grappler's Guide to Wrestling's Three Styles
From the high school mat to the Olympics, here's how wrestling's three styles score and differ.