By Richard Immel
USA Wrestling

ZAGREB, Croatia – The Sunday evening semifinal round at Arena Zagreb saw two Americans—Levi Haines and Trent Hidlay—power through to the men’s freestyle World finals. Haines and Hidlay push the U.S. finalist count up to three through eight weights.

Haines leveraged a four-point second period to overtake 2025 Asian bronze medalist Suldkhuu Olonbayar of Mongolia in the 79 kg semifinals. He will face 2024 Olympian Georgios Kougioumtsidis of Greece for the gold medal tomorrow night.

Hidlay motored his way to a 15-4 technical fall against three-time World medalist Osman Nurmagomedov of Azerbaijan. He continued to press his attacks and separated himself with a monster four-point body lock in the second period. It’ll be UWW athlete Amanula Gadzhimagomedov for Hidlay in the gold medal match.

Two-time age-group World medalist David Carr was pulled into the repechage at 74 kg thanks to a buzzer beating comeback from 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Cherman Valiev of Albania against 2020 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Zaurbek Sidakov of UWW in the semis.

Carr’s repechage opponent will either be Tugsjargal Erdenebat of Mongolia or Ibragim Veliev of Belgium. He needs one win to advance to the bronze medal match.

2024 Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee, who was surprisingly ousted in the quarterfinals by three-time World medalist Arsen Harutyunyan of Armenia, received a disappointing result in the 57 kg semis. Harutyunyan was pinned by North Korea’s Chongsong Han, sealing Lee’s fate on the outside looking in of the repechage.

Lee finished with a 1-1 record in his first Senior World Championships as the No. 1 seed in his weight. His lone win was a 10-0 technical fall against Yusuf Demir of Turkey. Lee is a three-time age-group World champion.

For a complete match-by-match breakdown of the semifinal session for Team USA in Zagreb, browse our day two match notes.

The tournament resumes at 6 p.m. local time on Sunday with the men’s freestyle group one (61-70-86-125 kg) medal matches at 6 p.m. Zahid Valencia will go for gold at 86 kg and Jax Forrest battles for bronze at 61 kg. Zagreb, Croatia, is in the GMT +2 time zone, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. 

The Senior World Championships are streaming live on FloWrestling.com to the U.S. market. Brackets and updated results are available on UWW Arena.

USA Wrestling will provide regular updates on TheMat.com and its social media platforms throughout the event.

2025 Senior World Championships 

At Zagreb, Croatia, September 14 

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Men’s Freestyle Results 

Gold Medal Match Pairings (Group Two) 

57 kg – Chongsong Han (North Korea) vs. Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

74 kg – Chermen Valiev (Albania) vs. Kota Takahashi (Japan)

79 kg – Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece) vs. Levi Haines (United States)

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (United States) vs. Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (UWW)

Semifinal Results (Group Two) 

57 kg 

Chongsong Han (North Korea) fall Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia), 3:47

Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) dec. Gulomjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), 8-0

74 kg 

Chermen Valiev (Albania) dec. Zaurbek Sidakov (UWW), 6-4

Kota Takahashi (Japan) dec. Taimuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia), 6-4

79 kg 

Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece) dec. Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (Iran), 8-3

Levi Haines (United States) dec. Suldkhuu Olonbayar (Mongolia), 4-1

92 kg 

Trent Hidlay (United States) tech. fall Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan), 15-4

Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (UWW) dec. Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran), 11-6

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results 

Group Two 

57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC), Eliminated 

WIN Yusuf Demir (Turkey), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia), tech. fall, 14-3

74 kg –David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Repechage 

WIN Rasul Shapiev (North Macedonia), 9-5

WIN Ramazan Ramazanov (Bulgaria), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Chermen Valiev (Albania), 7-5

VS Tugsjargal Erdenebat (Mongolia) or Ibragim Veliev (Belgium)

79 kg –Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal Match 

WIN Khidir Kurban A Saipudinov (Bahrain), 5-2

WIN Bumgue Seo (Korea), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Akhmed Usmanov (UWW), 3-2

WIN Suldkhuu Olonbayar (Mongolia), 4-1

VS Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece)

92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal Match 

WIN Redjep Hajdari (North Macedonia), tech. fall, 11-1

WIN Samuel Scherrer (Switzerland), tech. fall, 10-0

WIN Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia), 6-1

WIN Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall, 15-4

VS Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (UWW)