Bronze Medal Match: 79kg - Christopher Basil Minto, JAM vs Kanata Yamaguchi, JPN

Though not wrestling for Team USA, Minto is from Cape Coral, Florida and is an All-American for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He'll try to earn a bronze for Team Jamaica against Yamaguchi of Japan.

Bronze Medal Match: 79kg - Ibrahim Metehan Yaprak, TUR vs Chandermohan Chandermohan, IND

Chandermohan defeated Joe Sealey in the Penn State's first bout of the tournament. He'll have Yaprak of Turkey. No word yet if the Turk is a fan of Yacht Rock but investigations are still ongoing. 

Gold Medal Match: 70kg - Ebrahim Esmaeil Elahichouran, IRI vs Magomed Emi Eltemirov, RUS

Classic Russian versus Iran matchup for gold. Elahi has more international experience but Eltemirov is as tough as they come. Big team race implications as well. 

Slow start to the match. Tactical, some might call it. Eltemirov goes on the clock halfway through the period. As the passivity clock nears zero Eltermirov tries an arm throw but Elahi defends. 1-0 Iran with under a minute to go in the period. The hand fight is violent as under hooks are the technique of choice for both grapplers. No more attacks for flurries before the period ends, still 1-0 for Elahi. 

Elahi likely going on the clock if we don't a score early in the second period. After about 30 seconds we get a flurry, then a scramble on the mat near the boundary, and Eltemirov wins the battle and earns two points and the lead. 2012 Olympic gold medalist Dzhamal Otarsultanov in the corner for Eltemirov. 

Elahi has the trainer out looking at his right hand. Looks like his thumb and wrist are giving him trouble. Cold spray is applied and Elahi is good as new. The pace picks up when action resumes and both wrestler attempt to score off under hooks. There's a long scramble and Elahi gets behind Eltemirov, who defending in a quadpod. Elahi eventually tries a suplex and he'll secure the takedown and regains the lead. Another scramble, similar position but it's Eltemirov who gains the advantage. The lead swings back to Eltemirov, 4-3. 

Eltemirov returns to his favorite position, hip to hip on the mat with an arm around the waist. Action is stalemated with just 11 seconds on the clock. Elahi is slow to get up. His Iranian coaches hit the challenge button, perhaps strategically to give their wrestler some more recovery time. The challenge is lost, and in fairness, Elahi was close to getting a step out. But it's 5-3 now as the whistle blows with 11 ticks on the board. Eltemirov runs out the clock and Russia will get the gold. Big team points for Team Russia. 

Bronze Medal Match: 70kg - Abdullah Toprak, TUR vs Taiga Ogino, JPN

Luke Stanich defeated Toprak in the 2025 U20 World finals. I'm guessing Taiga is related to 65kg silver medalist Kaiji Ogino but I'm just basing that brilliant deduction off their last names. 

Topkrak gets a hold of a foot and he'll convert for two. His gut wrench is working and he twirls Ogino around the mat at will. Four turns makes it a 10-0 tech-fall in the first period for Toprak. He doesn't quite make it to the top of the rock but he will get close. 

Bronze Medal Match: 70kg - Emrakh Hashymov, UKR vs Alexandr Gaidarli, MDA

Gaidaril impressed me earlier this tournament. I don't recall seeing Hashymov so call this one a toss up. 

Gaidarli with an early takedown to lead 2-0 a minute into the match. Snap down go behind from Gaidarli makes it 4-0. Gut wrench doesn't work, so back to their feet. Another takedown and now Gaidarli goes to a leg lace. Two turns and that's all she wrote. 10-0 tech in the first. Finishing nearly simultaneously to the other mat and with the same score, Gaidarli earns a bronze for Moldova. 

Gold Medal Match: 65kg - Ahora Farhad Khateri, IRI vs Kaiji Ogino, JPN

Khateri is going to be very tough to beat here. And he shows why with an attack off the whistle that drives Ogino out of bounds to take an early 1-0 lead. Decent amount of Iranian fans in the arena making their presence known. Now it's Ogino taking real estate from Khateri and Japan will even the score with a step out for themselves. 1-1, Ogino leads via criteria, but were not even at the halfway mark of the period. Action slows down. Then with 30 seconds left in the period, Khateri shoots in deep but Ogino counters with some nifty scrambling on the edge and Ogino will finish the flurry on top for two points and a 3-1 lead. That's how the period ends. 

Ogino showing off that power again in the second, driving Khateri to the boundary. Khateri circle and then has Ogino disadvantaged before Ogino muscles up and gets behind Khateri. He drives him down to the mat for two as they go out of bounds. It's 5-1 and Japan is proving to be more than up to the takes against Iran. Two minutes remain. Ogino needs to get a finger taped up, which appeared to have been bothering him for most of the match. Back to action. Ogino continues to frustrate Khateri in neutral, winning the hand fight, forcing Khateri back on his heels in the pummel position. Another step out makes it 6-1 for Ogino. Less then a minute and Khateri is in a deep hole. Deep shot for Khateri and the Iranian finally gets a takedown. Then a gut wrench just before going out of bounds and it's 6-5 with 26 seconds left. Match isn't over it. Under 20 seconds. Khateri sprinting. Ogino defending. Desperation arm drag, Khateri in position, and he'll backtrip and go behind and Khateri steals it in the final seconds. Brilliant final minute of wrestling for the Iranian. Devastating loss for Japan. 

Bronze Medal Match: 65kg - Shattyk Alaidar, KAZ vs Eldar Akhmadudinov, RUS

Russia usually the favorite in a matchup with Kazakhstan but Alaidar has been wrestling really well this tournament. Scorless first minute. Russia goes on the clock halfway through the period. Attack from Akhmadudinov gets a step out quickly and that erases the clock. Another takedown and turn runs the score up to 5-0 for Russia. It'll be 5-1 when the period expires thanks to a step out from Alaidar

First score in the second period is another step out for Akhmadudinov. It's 6-1 but now Russia needs injury time after recieving a hit to the eye. Wrestling resumes. In an extended scramble, Akhmadudinov proves superior in these positions. He gets a turn, then another, and another, and Russia will win by tech fall, 12-1. 

Bronze Medal Match: 65kg - Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov, BLR vs Singh Jaskaran, IND

Jaskaran defeated Bo Basset in the quarterfinals. He should pick up another win against Belarus for bronze. Also scorless after 60 seconds. Magamedkhanov counters Jaskaran and he'll get a go behind for the first score. 2-0 Belarus. Jaskaran answers with a deep single leg but nimble scrambling gets Jaskaran from scoring. Jaskaran had another great scoring opportunity after downblocking a shot from Magamedkhanov but again, the Belarusian's defense prevails. It's 2-0 at the break. 

Magamedkhanov shoots off the whistle and gets a step out to make it 3-0. Another opportunity for for Jaskaran to score and after a struggle, he finally gets on the board with a takedown. Magamedkhanov answers with another takedown to make it 5-2 in his favor. Double leg for Jaskaran on the edge and Magamedkhanov attempts a futile chest wrap. it'sll be four points for Jaskaran. Belarus taking injury time again and India wants him back on his feet, saying this is a lung injury. Belarus back up, trailing by a point. The Belarusian keeps attacking but Jaskaran is too strong. He powers Magamedkhanov to the mat and scores two more, taking a commanding 8-5 lead. Desperation shots in short time but Magamedkhanov is a spent force. Time runs out and Magamedkhanov needs a brief nap before returning to the center to shake hands. India wins the bronze medal. 

Gold Medal Match: 57kg - Merey Bazarbayev, KAZ vs Bekir Keser, TUR

Eight matches to go before Rademacher closes out the tourney in the final tournament. No American wrestlers until then. Turkey can gain ground on the USA in the team race. Turkey is currently fourth, USA third. 

Bazarbayev takes Keser to the mat and gets two exposure points. Bazarbayev can't get his lace to work to they're back up to their feet, still 2-0. Bazarbayev drives Keser out of bounds and it's 3-0 halfway through the period. Keser has no answer for Bazarbayev's power and it's 4-0 after another step out. Keser attempts an ill-advised duck under and Bazarbayev makes him pay. Pancake to the back and Kazakhstan has a gold medal! Pinfall to win for Bazarbayev

Bronze Medal Match: 57kg - Luke Joseph Lilledahl, USA vs Daito Katsume, JPN

Americans will bookend this final session, with Luke Lilledahl getting a very tough Katsume of Japan in the first match. Justin Rademacher will wrestle for gold in the final match of the event. Team USA currently sits in third place in the team standings, with Turkey hot on their heels, so this bout has big implications for the final standings. 

Some computer issues delayed the start by a couple of minutes but we're eventually underway. Scoreless first minute and then Luke gets poked in the eye and needs a brief respite. Arm throw attempt from Kastume and it's rules a slip or 'risk' so Lilledahl doesn't get points for the counter. Lilledahl put on the passivity clock. Lilledahl snags an ankle towards the end of the 30 second passivity clock but Katsume jumps away and Lilledahl conceded a point. The period ends 1-0 in Katsume's favor. 

Jake Varner and Cody Sanderson in the corner for the Nittany Lion NCAA champ Luke Lilledahl. Katsume in on a single leg. Lilledahl defends and they're in an extended scramble. Katsume eventually finishes with a takedown on the edge and it's 3-0 for Japan. Lilledahl answers with a single leg of his own but can't finish as Katsume kicks free. A little over a minute to go. Katsume backing away. But then times a double leg and that's trouble for Luke. Plus a leg lace turn and it's 7-0 with only 32 seconds left in the match. Katsume gives up a takedown but Lilledahl can't get a turn and it's only 7-2 as time runs out. Katsume will earn the bronze and Lilledahl fails to medal for the first time in six age-level world championships. 

Bronze Medal Match: 57kg - Rohit Rohit, IND vs Arman Harutyunyan, ARM

Both the Indian nor the Armenian are backups to more accomplished senior level wrestlers but both are still dangerous. A furious flurry in the first minute yielded no points. It's still scoreless after 90 seconds, but then Rohit connects on a low single and converts for two, so no passivity clock needed. Another takedown late in the period makes it 4-0 for Rohit. that's how the period ends. 

A step out early in the second makes it 5-0 Rohit. Or is it? Hrutyunyan challenges. Challenges successful and the score is changed to 4-1. Rohit answers with another takedown and it's 6-1. Now Harutyunyan gets a takedown of his own. Rohit responds with a takedown and it's 8-3 in short time. And Rohit will take the bronze. 

A round of repechage preceded the medal matches, with Luke Lilledahl being the lone American participant still looking to advance to a bronze medal match. 

Lightning Luke took care of business against his French opponent. The Penn State junior and 2026 NCAA All-American put up four points in the first and shut down his opponent in the second, eventually winning 5-0.

That was all Lilledahl needed to do for an opportunity to earn his second U23 World medal. Luke won gold in the 2025 championships. He'll have to defeat Katsume of Japan to earn more U23 hardware. 

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