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Leydecker vs Zhou China 55kg Semi Zhou has won 11-0, 12-0 so far and 2nd at Asian U20

Leydecker backs out of inner circle but is hand fighting and circling. Snatch single for nothing. China warned. Leydecker holding center. half a swing single as Zhou goes on the clock. Clock point Leydecker. Leydecker working 2 on 1 up 1-0. Snatch pushed to edge. Zhou working whizzer before Leydecker goes behind for TD 3-0. Leydecker up 3-0 at the break.

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Leydecker holding center as Zhou warned for head slaps. Leydecker head inside single to scramble that Leydecker wins for TD. 5-0 USA. Leydecker warned for fingers. Leydecker into front headlock and trying to bulldoze on the edge. Finally gets the step out 6-0 with minute left. Leydecker gets defensive and gets warned for backing. Snaps to front headlock and gets 2 on a go behind close to the buzzer. Wins 8-0 to move on to the Finals.
 
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Fowler vs Kajal India 76kg Semis. Kajal beat Dymond Guilford in Hungary last month 3-3.

Fowler Gives up a Td off the whistle. Kajal seems much more muscular. 2-0 Fowler working 2 on 1 as Kajal tries a snatch double to nothing. Fowler now trying to fight in underhooks before being warned and on clock. Down 3-0 at the break.

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Kajal holding center with underhook. Kajal with double unders as Fowler tries a throw on the edge and is taken down easily. Down 5-0. Kajal pushing Fowler to the edge at will Fowler fights off push out with Whizzer but needs to get moving in the last minute. Gives up double unders again. Tries for whizzer off a step out but can't. 6-0. Kajal wins 6-0.
 
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Onishi's first period 10-0 TF brings Williams back into repechage at 62Kg

Saga Svensson needs to win to bring Hanrahan back at 65kg Svensson is the most Swedish looking wrestler one could imagine. Sweden heartbroken as she got a last second step out and thought she won but lost 4-4 on criteria. Hanrahan eliminated.
 
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Turner and Whiting are both on B. Turner is after 2 GR Bronze and 2 GR Gold so probably closer to 1pm Eastern before she starts.


Edit: This guess was pretty darn close.
 
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Turner vs Batres Guatemala/Milford Connecticut 50kg Bronze

Turner with a quick single. Staying low and gets the TD on the edge 2-0. Turner with single to other leg to step out. 3-0. Shots twice right before whistle to get warned. Turner holding center Batres steps out on her own 4-0 but point not going up. Turner driving with a high double but only gets 2. 5-0 as step out must have been white paddled. Turner with a throw to back for 4. 9-0 and Batres challenge. Cancelled challenge at the last second but officials changed to 2 pt 7-0 at the break.

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Turner shoots from space and pushes Batres to the edge and gets the TD to back for 4 pts and 11-0 win.

Turner wins Bronze.

After looking again, I understand why the 4 at the end of the first was changed to 2 as Bartes shot and Turner pancaked her so her knee was on the ground so not feet to back. I don't get how the step out wasn't a step out. It was clear and obvious that Bartes was out.
 
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Kaura Coles Canada/Bishop McCort's new girls coach vs Alvarez Venezuela 53kg gold

Coles with the half shot off the whistle. Working 2 on 1. Coles tries foot sweep. Alvarez half shot. Alvarez snap to go behind but Coles quad pods for 30 seconds before giving up the TD. 2-0 Alvarez. Blood time for Alvarez. Coles low single off the whistle for TD but no turns 2-2. Alvarez single that Coles gets exposure. Coles up 4-2 and get the 4 pt trip. Coles runs the wing to get the fall with .4 seconds left in the first period while winning 10-2.

Included due to the PA ties.
 
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U.S. receives men’s freestyle draw at 2026 U20 World Championships in Slovakia

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – United World Wrestling has released the men’s freestyle brackets for the 2026 U20 World Championships being held at A4 Studio in Bratislava, Slovakia. The men’s freestyle team features a pair of past U17 World champions—Bo Basset...
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A few super tough draws. Seidel gets Khateri first round. I had those two guys winning gold and silver. Boyle gets Dursunov first who won bronze here last year. Robideau as well. He likely gets the guy I picked bronze second round, Russia 3rd, and Khalili in the semis. Super tough

Sinclair has a tough road as well. First match is winner of Yepremyan or Khajiyev and win that he likely gets Shamsipour

James with a pretty good draw. Germany, Russia, and Iran all on the other side

Cortez with a nice draw. His quarter bracket is pretty weak. I think he has a good chance to make the semis and most likely see Rashidov. Magomedov, Ogawa, Petrosyan, and Rupesh all in the same quarter
 
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A few super tough draws. Seidel gets Khateri first round. I had those two guys winning silver and bronze. Boyle gets Dursunov first who won bronze here last year. Robideau as well. He likely gets the guy I picked bronze second round, Russia 3rd, and Khalili in the semis. Super tough

Sinclair has a tough road as well. First match is winner of Yepremyan or Khajiyev and win that he likely gets Shamsipour

James with a pretty good draw. Germany, Russia, and Iran all on the other side

Cortez with a nice draw. His quarter bracket is pretty weak. I think he has a good chance to make the semis and most likely see Rashidov. Magomedov, Ogawa, Petrosyan, and Rupesh all in the same quarter
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Robideau did get a really tough draw as did Sinclair since there's multiple on their side of the bracket.

I know you mentioned Seidel and Khateri getting picked for Silver and Bronze but that can still happen. Getting only one strong opponet on one's side is ideal. Doesn't matter much when they meet.

Look at Morgan Turner's bracket. It was absolute crap since it was India first round with the winner getting the privilege of getting TF'd by Katsume. India was probably the 3rd best wrestler in the field and went one and done as she got the second best in Turner while the far and away best in Katsume was on the same side.
 
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Didn't know they were out but will check them out. Thanks for the heads up.
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Based on some offline discussions, I'm not clear how long Basch will continue to be allowed to scrape from UWW in the way he is, and I've learned that he once did something similar with USAW that was eventually shut down.

I dig the way he's arranged what I consider non-proprietary sporting results data (others disagree), onto his likely AI-constructed website--especially the catering it does to the American fan experience.

But I've now also been taught that if I'm using the UWW site and get prompted to download a .pdf just to view a bracket, that it's either my user navigation error and/or my browser's erroneous settings. My successful nav path, in firefox, to view brackets direct on UWW:

Weight Categories

arena.uww.org arena.uww.org
- click a style + weight
- click the bracket icon that looks like streams crossing
Then it populates inside the same window. I share that b/c one of the mainest reasons I was enjoying Basch's site more than UWW, was that I could see an entire bracket in one screen without download. A 'thing I learned' if you will, and one that will aid me in future uses of UWW site itself.

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I know I have been using basch and UWW's bout board. I only trust the official source, which is why I use UWW but still use Basch since it's so easy to miss a wrestler on uww. USAW bracketing doesn't work as that would be the best case scenario as I could put US team into my wrestlers plus add other wrestlers I want to follow like Ono's sister.

USAW bracketing took some getting use to as some things are counterintuitive be it is my preferred option for most things as it's great once you are familiar.
 
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Coastal2 said:
Robideau did get a really tough draw as did Sinclair since there's multiple on their side of the bracket.

I know you mentioned Seidel and Khateri getting picked for Silver and Bronze but that can still happen. Getting only one strong opponet on one's side is ideal. Doesn't matter much when they meet.

Look at Morgan Turner's bracket. It was absolute crap since it was India first round with the winner getting the privilege of getting TF'd by Katsume. India was probably the 3rd best wrestler in the field and went one and done as she got the second best in Turner while the far and away best in Katsume was on the same side.
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Agreed about Seidel. It’s still the toughest match available and they hit first. The loser should come back for bronze though. Also I initially wrote silver and bronze but I picked Seidel to win gold and Khateri for silver
 
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Agreed about Seidel. It’s still the toughest match available and they hit first. The loser should come back for bronze though. Also I initially wrote silver and bronze but I picked Seidel to win gold and Khateri for silver
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I don't think Seidel is much of a cutter. Don't know about Khateri. If I'm Seidel and have proper weight management, I'd love to have the toughest guy right off the scale.
 
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Brooks US vs Gibalska Poland 57Kg Qual

Brooks with he snap to front headlock and tries to spin to nothing. Single to lace 4-0 Brooks back to feet. Another front headlock to nothing. Single for TD 6-0. Handfighting snap to go behind and runs a wing but no turn 8-0. 8-0 Brooks at the break.

2nd

Brooks holding center then single for TD and 10-0 TF in 3:56 to advance.
 
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Aaron Seidel v Khateri Iran 61 kg qual

Seidel holding center. defends deep single but gets bulldozed out for step out. 1-0 Iran. Seidel loses a single but gets step out. 1-1. Seidel tries circling on the edge but steps out 2-1 Iran. Seidel keeps pushing Iran to the edge but Iran keeps circling away. 2-1 Iran at the break.

2nd

Iran quick single and lifts Seidel but Seidel comes out behind for TD and 2 quick trap arm gut turns. 7-2 Seidel. Iran is challenging. Quick guy is on replay controls this morning. Changed to 1 turn. 5-2. Seidle single with leg raised but Iran fights it off. Iran high crotch that Seidel scrambles into double legs for the TD. 7-2. Iran shoots from space and wild scramble ends with 11-4 Seidel. Iran is gassed and playing the sitting game. Iran quits as Seidel gets a TD and turn for 15-4 win. Seidel was playing with his calf and limping at the end.
 
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Why wasn’t that a td for Seidel? He was still inbounds when he was finishing the shot

Wow! Incredible mat awareness by Seidel! Could’ve been 4 for Khateri and ended up 4 for Seidel

Great match by 2 really elite guys. Seidel broke him
 
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