Bonjour mes amis! We are here at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France. Today, Team USA will feature four guys making their senior worlds debuts in Pat Smith (71kg), Mason Manville (75kg), Ben Provisor (85kg), and G'Angelo Hancock (98kg).

America has zero wrestlers competing for medals. We will be doing live updates for every medal match, starting at 98kg.

85kg Gold: Denis Maksymilian Kudla (GER) vs Metehan Basar (TUR)

​1st period - ​We have two stoppages in the first 1:15 for a bloody nose on Kudla.Now we see passive red on point goes up for Basar. It's 1-0 at the break. ​

​2nd period - ​Passivity offered and confirmed now it's 1-1 with Kudla leading on criteria. Right back at ya, another passivity against Kudla and now Basar leads 2-1 with 45 seconds to go. Kudla pressing forward hard at the end but it's not enought. 2-1 victory for Metehan Basar of Turkey for the gold. ​

And that does it for day 1, we will be back tomorrow for the rest of the greco roman weights.

85kg Bronze: Roberti Kobliashvili (GEO) vs Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)

No match. Kobliashvili wins by injury default.

85kg Bronze: Hossein Ahmad Nouri (IRI) vs Islam Abbasov (AZE)

​1st period - ​The Iranian earns a step out in the first minute and then another to go up 2-0. Another step out, it almost looked like he took a shot to get him off the mat, but regardless it's 3-0 Iran at the end of the first period.​

​2nd period - ​Battling for position planted in the center of the mat, passivity red and another point for Nouri of Iran, he now leads 4-0. The Iranian fans are chanting and cheering from the stands.Abbasov goes for it but they call a slip, no points awarded. Time runs out and it's Hossein Nouri of Iran taking hom a bronze medal.

75kg Gold: Aleksandr Chekhirkin (RUS) vs Viktor Nemes (SRB)

1st period - First point on the board for Nemes on passivity after 1:25. They tie up and a charge to the edge leads to a point for the Russian, he ties it 1-1 and now leads on criteria.

2nd period - Passivity red, one point blue makes it 2-1 for Nemes with 2 minutes to go. An arm drag to a rear standing position for Nemes who is looking for the throw. Chekhirkin wisely bails out to his belly and gives up 2, it's 4-1 Nemes leading as time runs out and he is your champion. Just the second ever World Champion for Serbia.

75kg Bronze: Kazbek Kilou (BLR) vs Saeid Morad Abdvali (IRI)

1st Period - Inside the first minute a takedown for Iran, capitalized on a mistake. Add a passivity point and it's 3-0 with under a minute to go. And the period ends 3-0.

2nd Period - Passivity blue and another point makes it 4-0, he adds a takedown to make it 6-0 with 90 seconds to go. Now we see a caution and 2 for hands to the face and the two points make it a tech fall, 8-0 final.

75kg Bronze: Tamas Lorincz (HUN) vs Fatih Cengiz (TUR)

1st period - Passivity point goes on the board for Lorincz. He takes Cengiz to the edge and earns another point to make it 2-0 at the break.

2nd period - Lots of hand fighting in the center of the mat, neither guy able to get to a hold. Both guys have had passivity offered against them but neither time was it confirmed. Now they offer and confirm passivity against Lorincz and shortly after time runs out. Lorincz of Hungary wins 2-1.

71kg Gold: Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ) vs Frank Staebler (GER)

1st Period - Kind of a drag position from Staebler and he catches him on his back picks up 2 points. Staebler then had him in the air looking like he was going to take him for a ride but a leg foul prevented it. Caution and two, 4-0. Staebler gets driven out of bounds, lead cut to 4-1. German crowd is getting into it, chanting for their guy. 4-1 at the break.

2nd Period - Powerful body lock straight to the mat for 2. Another caution and two makes it 8-1, another caution against KAZ would end the match. Passivity makes 8-2 and a step out makes it 8-3 but that's it. Match ends and Staebler of Germany wins his second World Title, final of 8-3.

71kg Bronze: Mohammadali A Geraei (IRI) vs Daniel Cataraga (MDA)

1st period - Cataraga hits a Houdini and disappears for two. Then takes his opponent to the edge for 2 more and a 4-0 lead. Slip throw from the Iranian. He has a body lock, backs up to the edge and tries to throw but ends up on his back. After an official review they give one more for a 5-0 lead. Stuck in a front headlock Cataraga hits a beautiful drag for another takedown and a 7-0 lead at halftime.

2nd Period - Well this one started off exciting. It appeared that Geraei scored a takedown and then four point throw, but the call is being challenged for leg foul.The leg foul is actually against Cataraga, caution and 2 all the sudden it's 8-7 Iran, plus forced par terre. Another turn! 10-7, what a comeback! Passive red one blue, it's 10-8 with 30 seconds left. Time expires and 10-8 is your final, Geraei is your winner. ,

71kg Bronze: Balint Korpasi (HUN) vs Adam Kurak (RUS)

1st Period - Passivity red, first point goes to Korpasi, 1-0 at the break.

2nd Period - Another passivity made it 2-0 nad one more passivity made it 2-1 Korpasi leading. The Russian is picking up his pace but having a tough time controlling the center of the mat. And that will do it, 2-1 finals for Korpasi of Hungary.

98kg Gold: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) vs Musa Evloev (RUS)

1st period -Russian and Armenian flags draped over the front row with passionate fans waving them. Immediately chants from the crowd favoring the Russian. Slip thow by Aleksanyan. Passivity against Russia give Aleksanyan the first point of the match. Passivity against Aleksanyan gives a point to Evloev a 1-1 lead on criteria into the break.

2nd period - Both guys planted in the middle of the mat fighting for position, neither giving an inch. Passivity against Russia gives Aleksanyan a 2-1 lead with 1:25 left. Evloev pulls the head down and tries to control it but gets driven out of bounds. 3-1 Armenia with 30 to go.

Make it a 3x World Champion in Artur Aleksanyan. Final score 3-1.

An Armenian fan jumps out of the stands and ran onto the mat to deliver a flag to Artur to celebrate!

98kg Bronze: Rustam Assakalov (UZB) vs Revazi Nadareishvili (GEO)

1st period - Nadareishvili is one of the largest 98kg you will ever see, and Assakalov continues to impress up a weight from his silver medal in 2015. Georgia takes the 2-0 lead with a correct throw on the edge. Assakalov pulls within one after the passive call against GEO. Another passive and his lead is back up to two.

2nd period - Nadareishvili takes ground and forces an early passive. First minute is over and Assakalov fights off a snap down. Final minute now and a world medal is on the line. The impossibly large Nadareishvili is our first medalist of #Lutte2017 and man is he psyched.

98kg Bronze: Dimitriy TIMCHENKO (UKR) vs Balazs KISS (HUN)

1st period - Slip early on and we have a passive against Kiss, who is considerably shorter. Alternating passives here as Kiss wants a lefty underhook. Kiss takes a 1-0 lead as he continues to hang on that righty underhook. These two did an excellent job holding center that period.

2nd period - Kiss taking a 2-0 lead on more passive calls, but Timchenko answers with one of his own. The passivities continue to pile up on both sides.

We're about 10 minutes out and fans are starting to filter in. Four mats, we've got a great view of all of them here on press row. Mason Manville should be our first wrestler up this morning. He will be taking on Manfred Edsberg of Sweden in a matchup of senior level rookies.

Repechage is starting right away, with only one American left. Aleksanyan with a lightning quick tech in the semis to pull Hancock back in and face Asian champ Seyedmostafa Salehizadeh of Iran. He is up next on Mat D.

98kg - G'Angelo Hancock vs Seyedmostafa Salehizadeh (IRI)

1st period: It's a long road to bronze for last year's Junior World bronze medalist. Hancock will be in blue, Iran will be in red. Coaches Matt Lindland and Mohamed Abdel Fattah in his corner. Hancock takes the lead on passive calls. They immediately hit Hancock with a passive, seatbelt whizzer turns into a stepout for Iran, who now leads 1-1 on criteria entering the final minute of the first. Hancock almost pushed out but circles back in. A second passive and he falls behind 2-1 entering the break against the 2015 World Military bronze.

2nd period: G'Angelo pummeling hard to start the period. Lefty underhook by Iran forces another passive against Hancock. Neither can stand in for a tie very long, and Hancock circles bak in once again. Trying to break through the Iranian's elbows but is giving up ground in the process to go down 3-1 hitting the final minute. Front head position for Iran, fought off. Last 30 seconds and fighting his opponent's right arm. Hancock loses 3-1, all Americans are out.

Turns out, the French love their American music, and some crazy electronic stuff. The 200 people here are in for quite a treat. I've got my eye on 2015 world champ Rasul Chunayev on Mat C to start us off. Over on Mat D is Frank Staebler, so we could see these two world champs from Vegas two years ago meet in the next round. Chunayev getting it done early, 8-0. Crazy pin by the Frenchman Evrik Nikoghosyan over 2015 world bronze Zakarias Tallroth (SWE). Manville time!

75kg Mason Manville vs Manfred Edsberg (SWE)

1st period: Up on B, Manville trying to dig left side early. Meanwhile, we've got a Belarusian drum section cheering someone on another mat. Manville takes a 1-0 lead on passivities. Arm spin attempt for Manville, slip called. Manville looking frustrated, throwing his hands up wanting a passive. Period ends 1-0.

2nd period: Manville up 2-0 now a minute in after another passive against Sweden. Slip called, no takedown for Manville. Edsberg locks up a front head, tries to go over. Manville holds on him back for a 2 and 2, Manville pointing at either his coach or the scoreboard to make sure the score is right. 4-2 and we're in the final minute. Manville wins 4-2! Getting us off to a good start in his first world championships and you can hear the excitement from his mother Susan in the stands.

Back to regular updates, but Pat Smith should be up soon. Defending world champ and top seed Balint Korpasi is dominating on Mat C. The Belarusian drums have quieted a little as Hamzatau is down 3-0 late in his match with Turkey. Sweet arm spin from 98kg Russian Evloev. Korpasi with the snap, into a chest wrap, over the top for 4, ball game. Joe Rau just said "Hungary is like the Iowa of Greco, they train incredibly hard." Pat Smith's family getting some love on the Jumbotron in the arena. Drmola (SVK) with some very creative scoring on Mat D, cross wrist seat belt and a reverse lift.

Slowed down a little bit here, with only one match going on. Uzbekistan's singlets are fire. Literally, there's fire on them. Asian champ and No. 7 ranked Izumi (JPN) coming up.

71kg: Pat Smith vs Matous Morbitzer (CZE)
1st period: Smith keep the Manville momentum going with a takedown, stepout, and passivity point in the first two minutes. He said yesterday in an interview that he's feeling very relaxed. 4-0 at the break with coach Dan Chandler in his corner.

2nd period: Underhook from hell and Smith forces a stepout. Massive 5 on Mat B while Smith continues to handfight his way into the final minute. Smith wins 5-0 for Team USA!

Huge one on Mat C! Olympic bronze Shmagi Bolkvadze taking on Geraei of Iran. Geraei beat world No. 1 Chunayev earlier this year. Geraei is massive, at least 5 inches taller than Bolkvadze. Passive offered after it looked like Geraei snuck a headbutt in. This one is getting immensely chippy. Bolkvadze up 2-0 at the break on passive points. Double unders for Shmagi fought off. I love how the Georgians do Greco, they just bury their head and come forward. Geraei finally gets his throw on the edge to take the lead on criteria. Another point and Geraei leads 3-2, he takes out Bolkvadze, our second Olympic medalist to lose today. Provisor up on Mat D!

So many good guys up right now. Tamas Lorincz is up 5-0 on Mat C, Chunayev and Staebler up on Mat A. Lorincz just got a tech, still waiting for Provisor to start, as well as the battle of the world champs. First passive goes against Staebler. Trading passive now, next one scores. Provisor has been taken off the mat, and we have France up now. And the drums are back! Staebler up 1-0 on the passive, not a lot of committed attempts early on. Both guys staying in the pocket, but Staebler a little more active and moving Chunayev around more. Staebler still holding ground and leading 2-0. Amazing scramble on Mat C between IRI and LTU, followed by a challenge after a big pancake. The Western Europeans give a very respectful round of applause after Staebler beats Chunayev.

Press row seems to agree that if Staebler runs the table and wins his second world title he deserves OW. After beating Chunayev he now gets 2 seed Pavel Liakh (BLR).

85kg: Ben Provisor vs Oleksandr Shyshman (UKR)
1st period: Passive confirmed against Provisor. Chakvetadze is right next to him on Mat C. Takedown for Provisor called back on a slip. Heading into the final minute, Provisor down 1-0 but leaning and pressing forward. Passive against UKR now. Shyshman seems aware Provisor wants to force mistakes. Ben takes the lead on criteria now and Ukraine goes right into a choke. Into the final 90 seconds and the ref doesn't like Provisor burying his head, gives up a passive to fall behind. Provisor drives him out and lead 2-2 now! Not sure if Ben caught an eye poke or got headbutted, but the ref grabs him and forces him to continue. Provisor motions to the chairman that UKR is headbutting him. Olympic gold Chakvetadze wins a tight one on Mat C. Shyshman gets rear standing and a late four to move on. He will have to make the finals to pull Ben back in.

Olympic and world champ Kim-Hyeon Woo up now on C against Brazil. Some of the most powerful legs you'll see in this tournament and there's his first four, rolls him up twice for the 9-0 win. Starting to slow down a little here, fans a little more subdued. Lots of chatter and discussion on press row about Aleksanyan before the 98kg guys get started. No. 8 Nemes up 2-1 on world champ Abdvali from Iran.

75kg - Mason Manville vs Mindia Tsuludkize (GEO)

1st period: Manville in the red pacing back and forth before the match. Manville tries trapping the elbow but GEO breaks the tie, and then Mason immediately gets hit for passive to trail 1-0. More passives as Manville's opponent's height is presenting some issues, trailing 2-0 at the break. Herb House in the corner for Mason.

2nd period: Body block for Mason and he takes a 2-2 lead, first time breaking through for Manville. He's trying to lift but back to their feet. Passive against Manville white paddled, they're saying he's burying his head but the Georgian is much taller. Passive against Manville now as we near the final minute. The Georgian's scored only off passives, moving Manville back. Last second attempt for Manville! The brick is thrown. Manville is going to lose with all of the Georgian's points coming from passives and the lost challenge.

98kg - G'Angelo Hancock vs Fatih Baskoy (TUR)
1st period: World champ Aleksanyan on the mat next to him, but Hancock gets a passive point as his takedown attempt is called a slip. Stays 1-0 at the break. Aleksanyan might be battling a knee injury.

2nd period: A stepout and a passive in the first minute gives Hancock a 3-0 lead. After two straight losses, Hancock gets USA back in the win column with a 3-0 win. Hancock previously lost to Turkey at junior worlds.

French world champ Noumonvi gets a huge ovation and horn blasts from the home crowd. The fans seem to have pepped up a bit as the 71kg guys take the mat and Noumonvi gets a win. Pat Smith will be coming up soon on Mat D. Geraei of Iran who earlier upset Olympic bronze Bolkvadze is beating France 7-1 at the break after a big throw on the edge. And the world champ Korpasi finishes off his tech with emphasis, big five on the edge.

75kg - Pat Smith vs Nurgazi Asangulov (KGZ)

1st period: Asangulov wearing the Burroughs gold shoes, Smith rocking some Nikes. Old school blue singlet for KGZ. Smith tries a high dive against the Asian bronze medalist. Smith forces a passive and is keeping that right elbow tight as he yanks on Asangulov's head. Smith goes up 1-0 halfway through the first on a passive as Smith circles out of a collar tie. Flurry on the edge and KGZ hits out, 2-0 lead now entering the final minute. Smith is holding center very well here, KGZ having a hard time keeping a foot on the mat. Smith somehow gets hit for passive. 10 seconds left and Asangulov digs an underhook into a hard headlock for the 4-2 lead.

2nd period: Chandler and Momir keeping Smith focused as Asangulov is getting extensive medical attention. KGZ wants to dig underhooks as he had success late in the first. Arm throw attempt by Smith pushed off. Hard clubs now by Smith and into rear standing for Asangulov. Side arch for 4 breaks it open and puts Smith in an 8-2 hole. Smith loses and will need Asangulov to beat Zhadrayev (KAZ) to have a chance to be pulled back in.

Sorry about that folks, had to grab an interview with Ben Provisor, who could be moving to Happy Valley to train with Mason Manville at Penn State. Hancock lost 10-1 to Olympic champ Aleksanyan, and could very well be pulled back into the repechage. Manville is still alive after a Tsulukdize win. The French fans LOVE Noumonvi, it gets much louder in here when he's on the mat.

Quarters have started after an absurd hype up show. Asangulov of KGZ was up on Kazakhstan to try and keep Smith alive. World champ Staebler is battling the Iranian sensation Geraei on Mat C. Geraei is up 1-0 after a passive, but Staebler runs through a takedown on the edge. Zhadrayev with the 4-4 lead on criteria and held Asangulov on his back. The mauling machine of Musberg leads 2-1 at the break. Zhadrayev still up 4-4 over Asangulov. Staebler almost send Geraei for a ride but it was blown dead after the takedown. Geraei digging overhooks and Zhadrayev is working a 2-on-1. Staebler looks incredible today, and Asangulov trails 6-4 now. Staying focused on this KAZ/KGZ match, Smith's hopes are still alive entering the final minute. Pat Smith has been eliminated from competition. Staebler remains on a war path and beats Geraei 6-3.

Three Americans have now been eliminated heading into the semifinals. Only G'Angelo Hancock remains eligible for repechage, he needs Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia to make the finals.

Staebler is taking on last year's silver medalist from Budapest in Daniel Cataraga of Romania. Staebler has criteria heading into the second. Staebler gets the passive point to take a 3-2 lead late in the match, and the German is back in the world finals after a big stepout. What an incredible run for him through the toughest draw in the weight. He will be taking on Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan.

In the 85kg semis, we've got Davit Chakvetadze of Russia taking on Metehan Basar of Turkey, and Hossein Ahmad Nouri of Iran battling Denis Kudla of Germany.

Chakvetadze is hurt! He's trailing 6-2 right now in the second and appears to have difficulty walking. Meanwhile, Kudla is up 4-1 on Nouri. Olympic bronze Kudla is on to the finals, and Chakvetadze's left leg is completely wrapped. And the Turk knocks off the returning Olympic gold medalist! Basar vs Kudla for gold.

The 75kg semis have started, with Tamas Lorincz (Hungary) taking on Aleksandr Chekhirkin (Russia). On the other mat, Viktor Nemes (Serbia) is facing Kazbek Kilou (Belarus). Nemes takes a 1-0 lead on a passive call. Chekhirkin is in the same position with a passive call. Nemes gets another point on a passive call and almost earns himself a caution and two, but it was white paddled. Nemes continues to pad his lead and goes up 7-0, while Hungary and Russia are locked up 1-1. Nemes will face Chekhirkin for a world title at 75kg.

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