Non-Olympic Weight World Championships Recap

Non-Olympic Weight World Championships Recap

Weight-by-weight recap of the 2016 non-Olympic weight world wrestling championships

Dec 12, 2016 by Wrestling Nomad
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The non-Olympic weight world championships were held over the weekend in Budapest, Hungary. Since this is the heart of wrestling season and the event was overseas, here is a complete recap of how all six Americans did in case you missed any of it. It was a mixed bag of performances, highlighted by two medals and Team USA going 11-6 overall.

Logan Stieber (Titan Mercury)

The champ. A silver medal at the 2011 junior world championships is the last time Stieber had represented Team USA on this level. Saturday evening, he finally won his senior world title. You can re-watch every one of Stieber's 61kg matches here.

Alli Ragan (Sunkist Kids)

No stranger to the international stage, Ragan has been to a world championship every year since her 2011 junior bronze in Bucharest, Romania. On her fourth try on the senior level, Ragan won four matches to reach the finals. The two-time WCWA champ for King proved she is one of the best in the world at 58kg or 60kg with her silver medal.

James Green (Titan Mercury)

Expectations came in very high for Green, Mike Mal and I even predicted him to win on Malicious Intent. The 2015 world bronze medalist ran into a brick wall in the quarters though, and his opponent there Rashid Kurbanov would lose in the semis to the eventual champ. Green's 7th place finish at 70kg was highlighted by a thrilling 4-1 win in his second match in which he barely avoided giving up a last second takedown.

Christopher Gonzalez (Army WCAP)

No one really knew what to expect of 71kg Chris Gonzalez in his first senior world championships. His first ever senior level tournament win was last month's world team trials. Gonzalez dominated his first match with an 8-0 tech, getting two takedowns and a nice gut wrench. He led 2-0 on eventual bronze medalist Ilie Cojocari (ROU), but gave up a passive point and a stepout to lose 2-2 on criteria. He ultimately wound up 10th.

Sarah Hildebrandt (NYAC)

The entire first day trio was making their senior world championships debut. Hildebrandt had a tough draw as she saw the eventual 55kg world champ in the first round. That pulled her back into repechage, but she lost 7-4 to junior bronze medalist Ramona Galambos.

Patrick Martinez (Army WCAP)

This was Martinez's second straight worlds at 80kg. Unfortunately for Martinez, he was teched early on by Asian medalist Askhat Dilmukhamedov, who would go on to lose in the quarterfinals.


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