The 2024 U17 World Championships is currently underway in Amman, Jordan, featuring some of the future stars of wrestling. The men's freestyle portion of the tournament will take place from August 23-25, with Team USA looking to compete for the team title. Check out the article below for the current team standings and a breakdown of the team races in the men's freestyle division.
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USA and Iran tied for first place after first day
The first day of competition in the men's freestyle ended Friday morning with Iran and the U.S. team tied for first place in the team standings. The U.S. sent four athletes to the semifinals, but only one, Michael Mocco in the 110 kg class, made it to the finals, while Henry Aslikyan (48 kg), Keanu Dillard (55 kg) and Emmitt Sharrock (80 kg) will compete for the bronze medal on Saturday. Of the first five U.S. athletes to take to the mat, only Nathaniel Askew in the 65 kg class is not competing for a medal.
Iran has qualified for the finals in the 48kg and 80kg weight classes, and one other wrestler (110kg) will compete for the bronze medal. Iran's 55kg wrestler dropped in the rankings, but the 65kg wrestler can still compete for the bronze medal.
Country454851556065718092110TotalUnited States
10
10
10
Iran 2050
20
20
1050 Kyrgyzstan
20
20
40 Kazakhstan
10
Russia 2030
10
20
30 Georgia
20
1030 Uzbekistan
20
20 Puerto Rico
20
20 Ukraine
10
10 Azerbaijan
10
10 Türkiye
10
10
Team points are calculated according to the top 10 ranking points in UWW's World Championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. At this time, only wrestlers who advance to the semi-finals and finals in the 68 kg weight class are earning team points.
What's next for the team race?
The top five weight classes have to finish their tournament on Friday, while the remaining five weight classes will begin competing early on Saturday. Team USA's Samuel Sanchez (45kg), Dom Munaretto (51kg), Jordyn Rainey (60kg), Melvin Miller (71kg) and Elijah Diakomihalis (92kg) will compete starting at 3:30 a.m. ET. There's still a lot of wrestling left, so come back to this article to update your team's results once all wrestling is complete on Saturday.
USA Men's U-17 World Team
45 kg: Samuel Sanchez
48 kg: Henry Aslikian
51kg: Domenic Munaretto
55kg: Keanu Dillard
60 kg: Jordyn Lunny
65 kg: Nathaniel Ascue
71kg: Melvin Miller
80kg: Emmitt Sherlock
92 kg: Elijah Diakomihalis
110 kg: Michael Mocco
U17 World Championships Men's Freestyle Schedule
All times are Eastern Standard Time
Friday, August 23
3:30 a.m.: Men's freestyle preliminaries at 48, 55, 65, 80 and 110 kg; women's repechage at 40, 46, 53, 61 and 69 kg
10.15am: Men's freestyle semi-finals 48, 55, 65, 80, 110kg
11am: Women's Medal Matches 40, 46, 53, 61, 69kg
Saturday, August 24
3:30 a.m.: Men's freestyle prelims: 45, 51, 60, 71, 92 kg; Men's freestyle repechage: 48, 55, 65, 80, 110 kg
10:15am: Men's freestyle semi-finals 45, 51, 60, 71, 92kg
11am: Men's Freestyle Medal Match 48, 55, 65, 80, 110kg
Sunday, August 25
10:15am: Men's Freestyle Repechage – 45, 51, 60, 71, 92kg
11am: Men's Freestyle Medal Matches 45, 51, 60, 71, 92kg
