Group 2 Team USA Athletes Fail to Qualify for the Medal Round

2026 U23 Wrestling World Championship
Thomas & Mack Center, October 12th Thru the 18th
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Photo: John Sachs/Tech-Fall

A solid start for group 2 in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the U23 Wrestling World Championship flamed out in the quarter final round, leaving Team USA empty handed for the second straight day.

U.S. Greco-Roman Results
Group Two

55 kg – Kenneth Crosby (Colorado Springs, Colo./NMU-National Training Center/New York AC), eliminated
WIN Farid Sadikhli (Azerbaijan), 3-3
LOSS Barsbek Asankozhoev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 10-0

63 kg – Landon Drury (Colorado Springs, Colo./NMU-National Training Center), eliminated
WIN Chetan (India), 7-3
LOSS Servet Angi (Türkiye), tech. fall, 12-3

77 kg – Joel Adams (Omaha, Neb./Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC), eliminated
WIN Lars Strandner (Sweden), 5-1
LOSS Sergey Stoev (Bulgaria), 7-2

87 kg – Michael Altomer (Stuyvesant, N.Y./Curby Training Center/New York AC), eliminated
WIN Saimaiti Wajiti (China), 8-1
WIN Daichi Oka (Japan), tech. fall, 9-0
LOSS Martin Ljosaak (Norway), tech. fall, 9-0

130 kg – Aden Attao (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/New York AC), eliminated
WIN Javokhir Shodiyarov (Uzbekistan), fall, 3:58
WIN Murat Botoev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 9-1
LOSS Jokhar Uzarov (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 8-0