Kilty, Welker Battle Back to Wrestle for Bronze

ZAGREB, Croatia – The U.S. women picked up a couple signature wins during the Wednesday morning session at the 2025 World Championships, with the duo of Macey Kilty and Kylie Welker winning repechage, and three athletes qualifying for the quarterfinal round.

Felicity Taylor at 53 kg, Adaugo Nwachukwu at 62 kg, Kennedy Blades at 68 kg and Alexandria Glaude at 72 kg also wrestled on Wednesday. Nwachukwu, Blades and Glaude each made the quarterfinals before falling, staying in the mix for repechage. Taylor dropped her opener and was eliminated from the tournament.

Snyder Wins Fourth World Gold, Woods Reels in Bronze

ZAGREB, Croatia – For the fourth time in a decade, Kyle Snyder took the top spot on the World Championships podium.

The surprise story of the tournament for Team USA came at 65 kg with Real Woods catapulting to a bronze medal in one of the traditionally toughest weight classes in the world.

Maroulis Reaches Sixth World Finals; Kilty, Welker Enter Repechage

ZAGREB, Croatia – The marvelous Helen Maroulis is back where she belongs—the finals of the 2025 World Championships.

The U.S. women received more good news when Macey Kilty and Kylie Welker were both pulled into the repechage and live to fight for a bronze medal.

Maroulis to Semis, Woods Reaches Bronze Medal Match at World Championships

ZAGREB, Croatia – Olympic champion and three-time World champion Helen Maroulis qualified for the women's freestyle semifinals at the 2025 Senior World Championships while Real Woods broke through the repechage and into a bronze medal match on the men’s freestyle side.

Hidlay Takes World Title By Force, Haines Earns Silver

ZAGREB, Croatia – Trent Hidlay won a gold medal at 92 kg while Levi Haines earned a silver at 79 kg and David Carr finished fifth at 74 kg at the 2025 World Championships.

Snyder Returns to World Finals, Woods Enters Repechage

Kyle Snyder of the United States will search for his fourth World title and eighth World medal overall in the finals at 97 kg on Tuesday at the 2025 Senior World Championships.

American Real Woods was pulled back into repechage and must win two matches to qualify for a bronze medal match.

Snyder Advances to Semifinals, Carr to Wrestle for Bronze

ZAGREB, Croatia – Kyle Snyder earned a spot in the 97 kg semifinals at the 2025 World Championships and is a win away from capturing his eighth-straight World Championships medal dating back to 2015 while two-time age-group World medalist David Carr moved into the 74 kg bronze medal match. Carr is a win away from securing his first Senior-level medal.

Valencia Wins World Title; Forrest Finishes Fifth

ZAGREB, Croatia – Zahid Valencia was dominant in winning the gold medal at 86 kg at the Senior World Championships, shutting out all five of his opponents.

His gold is the first U.S. medal of the 2025 World Championships. He was the only member of men’s freestyle group one to find a place on the medal stand.