Women’s Freestyle Takes Center Stage at UWW Wrestling World Championships

2026 Senior World Wrestling Championships
Astana, Kazakhstan, October 24 – November 1

Team USA’s struggles continued at Worlds as the Women’s Freestyle tournament began. A veteran set of athletes failed to make the
semi-finals. 57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Scottsdale, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) and 76 kg – Dymond Guilford (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) been drawn back into the field to compete for Bronze.

Gold Medal Match Pairings
Women’s Freestyle | Group One
50 kg – Neelam (India) vs. Yui Susaki (Japan)
57 kg – Kexin Hong (China) vs. Sena Nagamoto (Japan)
65 kg – Alina Kasabieva (Russia) vs. Irina Ringaci (Moldova)
76 kg – Kajal (India) vs. Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine)

Semifinal Results
Women’s Freestyle | Group One
50 kg
Neelam (India) dec. Zeinep Bayanova (Kazakhstan), 7-3
Yui Susaki (Japan) dec. Ziqi Feng (China), 9-0

57 kg
Kexin Hong (China) tech. fall Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus), 10-0
Sena Nagamoto (Japan) tech. fall Nilufar Raimova (Kazakhstan), 11-0

65 kg
Alina Kasabieva (Russia) dec. Solomiia Vynnyk (Ukraine), 8-4
Irina Ringaci (Moldova) fall Enkhjin Tuvshinjargal (Mongolia), 1:53

76 kg
Kajal (India) dec. Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan), 10-7
Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine) tech. fall Kadriye Kocak Aksoy (Türkiye), 11-0

U.S. Results
Women’s Freestyle | Group One
50 kg – Morgan Turner (Chicago, Ill./All I See Is Gold Academy/Titan Mercury WC), disqualified
WIN Greili Bencosme Carvajal (Cuba), 5-0
LOSS Elizaveta Smirnova (Russia), disq., 4:31

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Scottsdale, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC), repechage
WIN Mia Friesen (Canada), tech. fall, 11-0
LOSS Sena Nagamoto (Japan), 4-2
VS Ulmeken Esenbaeva (Uzbekistan) or Luisa Valverde Melendres (Ecuador)

65 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Valiant WC/Titan Mercury WC), eliminated
WIN Ayse Erkan (Türkiye), fall, 4:47
LOSS Nana Ikehata (Japan), fall, 5:33

76 kg – Dymond Guilford (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC), repechage
WIN Ozoda Zaripboeva (Uzbekistan), fall, 1:54
WIN Damola Ojo (Nigeria), tech. fall, 12-2
LOSS Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine), 6-4
VS Anastasiya Zimiankova (Belarus)