Georgia Wins, Team USA Takes Third At U23 World Championships

A look at the team race at the U23 World Championships.

Oct 21, 2022 by JD Rader

Georgia Wins, Team USA Takes Third At U23 World Championships

For full match results and updated brackets, check out FloArena. My colleague Andrew Spey also has a full results article you can view HERE. There are two days until a team champion is crowned and I'll continue to update this article after each session.

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2022 U23 World Championship

Final Update

Georgia Wins, USA Takes 3rd

Few would have predicted it coming in, but Georgia wrestled great and outlasted both the US and Iran for the U23 World title. Georgia was in a medal match at every weight except 65 kg. Trent Hidlay and Jacob Cardenas took silver today for the US while Anthony Cassioppi won bronze via medical forfeit over Ukraine, which was huge for taking 3rd. If Ukraine would have won that match, the US would have finished in fourth behind them.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Georgia	141
2	Iran	134
3	United States	112
4	Ukraine	104
5	Turkey	95
6	Kazakhstan	92
7	Armenia	85
8	Japan	72
9	Azerbaijan	60
10	Kyrgyzstan	55
11	Moldova	34
12	India	25
13	Germany	24
14	Greece	24
15	Hungary	14
16	Colombia	14
17	Switzerland	14
18	Canada	12
19	Mongolia	8
20	Romania	8
21	Puerto Rico	6
22	Israel	4
23	Poland	4
24	Venezuela	4
25	Bulgaria	4

Day 2 Session 2 Update

After a rocky morning, the US recovered by winning both its semifinal matches and getting two medals. Georgia and Iran have separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Carter Starocci teched his way to a bronze medal and Tanner Sloan was seconds away from winning gold but unfortunately fell to Iran in the finals. Before Trent Hidlay and Jacob Cardenas wrestle their finals matches tomorrow, Aaron Nagao and Anthony Cassioppi will wrestle in the repechage.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Georgia	136
2	Iran	119
3	United States	87
4	Turkey	68
4	Ukraine	68
6	Armenia	66
7	Japan	60
8	Kazakhstan	52
9	Kyrgyzstan	45
9	Azerbaijan	45
11	India	25
12	Moldova	24
13	Germany	16
14	Switzerland	14
15	Greece	10
15	Canada	10
15	Sri Lanka	10
18	Mongolia	8
19	Hungary	4
19	Isreal	4
21	Puerto Rico	2

Day 2 Session 1 Update

Team USA Slides To 6th Place

The US slid from tied for 2nd after day one to fifth place after session one. That will happen when you don't have any wrestlers in the repechage, however. With three in the medal matches tonight, the US can make up some ground. Trent Hidlay and Jacob Cardenas made the semis and while Aaron Nagao, David Carr, and Anthony Cassioppi failed to do so as well, all three are still eligible for repechage.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Georgia	116
2	Iran	82
3	Turkey	68
4	Kazakhstan	62
5	United States	60
6	Ukraine	58
7	Armenia	46
8	Japan	40
9	Azerbaijan	30
10	Moldova	24
11	India	20
12	Kyrgyzstan	20
13	Germany	14
14	Switzerland	14
15	Greece	10
16	Canada	10
17	Sri Lanka	10
18	Mongolia	6
19	Hungary	4
20	Isreal	4
21	Puerto Rico	2

Day 1 Update

Sloan The Lone Finalist For USA

Tanner Sloan is coming home with some hardware. He'll have Iran tomorrow in a big head-to-head match for the gold medal. Yahya Thomas and Carter Starocci both dropped close semis but will wrestle for bronze and are guaranteed fifth place. Vito Arujau went 0-1 and Cole Matthews 1-1. Unfortunately for Iran, their very good 79 kg drew Isreal first round and were eliminated when Isreal lost in the next round.

Tomorrow Aaron Nagao, David Carr, Trent Hidlay, Jacob Cardenas, and Anthony Cassioppi will start their tournaments.