The 2023 U20 World Championships took place in Amman, Jordan with the men’s freestyle team competing on August 14-16. Check out the below article for a summary of the team race from Jordan.

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Iran Takes Wins The Team Title, USA Finishes Second

Iran and Team USA dominated the U20 World Championships with USA winning 8 medals and Iran winning 7. Though USA edged Iran in medals, Iran came out on top with 4 gold medalists compared to the United States with 2. That difference in gold medals ultimately proved to be the difference in team points with Iran edging the United States by 13 total points - 165-152. 

Check out the final standings for the top 10 teams:

Here's how the team scores break down by weight:

In the above table, you'll notice Russia is listed as "AIN" which means "Individual Neutral Athlete". These athletes cannot earn team points, however, it's still interesting to keep track of and helps in organizing points for every weight. Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2.

Watch Mitchell Mesenbrink's finals win over Iran's Hossein Mohammad Aghaei:

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Historic Performance For Team USA

The eight medals won by Team USA at the U20 World Championships set a record for most medals by a Team USA men's freestyle team at U20/Junior Worlds. The previous record was 7 medals by the 2017 team. In total, this year's team went a combined 33-9 while outscoring their opponents 339-155. Team USA wrestler's also showed off their dominance by securing 15 techs and 1 fall. Check out the finishes for every member of Team USA below:

57 kg: Luke Lilledahl - SILVER

61 kg: Nic Bouzakis - BRONZE

65 kg: Jesse Mendez - SILVER

70 kg: Meyer Shapiro - GOLD

74 kg: Mitchell Mesenbrink - GOLD

79 kg: Matt Singleton - BRONZE

86 kg: Bennett Berge - BRONZE

92 kg: Jack Darrah - 12th

97 kg: Camden McDanel - BRONZE

125 kg: Christian Carroll - 10th

Watch Meyer Shapiro's finals win over Iran's Ali Rezaeiaghouzgeleh:

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