<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=44xxDq_0wO8ovfl00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=44xxDq_0wO8ovfl00" width="1200" height="630" ><h2>To see sponsored ads, please enable JavaScript.</h2>TIRANA, Albania – The U.S. collected two medals in men’s freestyle on Saturday evening at the U23 World Championships. Jacob Cardenas finished with a silver medal at 92 kg and Mitchell Mesenbrink battled back to win bronze at 74 kg.Cardenas battled hard in an 11-4 defeat at the hands of Iranian powerhouse Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei in the 92 kg gold medal match under the lights at Tirana’s Feti Borova Sports Hall. Cardenas held the criteria advantage, 4-4, at the break. It was all Firouzpourbandpei and his underhook offense in the second period.It was the third-straight U23 World medal earned by Cardenas. He finished with silver two years ago, also losing to Firouzpourbandpei in the finals, and scored bronze last year.Mesenbrink chipped away at Magomedrasul Asluev of Bahrain in the 74 kg bronze medal match to bag a 6-0 win. He led 1-0 at the break thanks to a step out point. Asluev surrendered a shot clock midway through the second period to put Mesenbrink up by two. Mesenbrink broke through with two takedowns in the final minute to ice the match.The win gave Mesenbrink his third age-group World medal and first at the U23 level. He earned two medals at the U20 level, a gold medal in 2023 and a silver medal in 2022.Also competing in a medal match for Team USA was Lucas Stoddard at 125 kg. Stoddard was ousted for bronze, 10-0, by Individual Neutral Athlete Abdulla Kurbanov and wound up in fifth place.Two Americans in men’s freestyle group two were pulled into tomorrow afternoon’s repechage round and are still in the mix for a bronze medal—Max Gallagher at 57 kg and Massoma Endene at 97 kg.Gallagher will need one win to qualify for a bronze medal match, while Endene must collect two wins. Gallagher’s repechage opponent is Qingkan Xie of China. Endene opens the repechage with Aslan Abakarov of Azerbaijan. With a win, he would follow with a match against 2023 U20 World silver medalist Ivan Prymachenko of Ukraine.79 kg representative Patrick Kennedy was still in the running for a repechage match entering the Saturday evening session but wasn’t pulled through by Japan’s Masaki Sato.The U23 World Championships continue tomorrow at 4 p.m. local time with the men’s freestyle group two (57-66-70-79-97 kg) repechage followed by the medal matches at 6 p.m. For those following along live, Tirana, Albania, is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.Updated brackets and match-by-match results are available on UWW Arena. A live broadcast of the event is available for the U.S. market at FloWrestling.com.Revisit the details of each match from today in our day six match notes article.2024 U23 World Championships | At Tirana, Albania, October 26Men’s Freestyle ResultsFinal Results (Group One)61 kgGold – Bashir Magomedov (Individual Neutral Athlete)Silver – Ruslan Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)Bronze – Ebrahim Khari (Iran)Bronze – Abhishek Dhaka (India)5th – Levik Mikayelyan (Armenia)5th – Mykyta Abramov (Ukraine)7th – Elkin Espana Santa (Colombia)8th – Endrio Avdyli (Albania)9th – Iukhan Dokturbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)10th – Meiryu Akamine (Japan)Gold – Bashir Magomedov (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Ruslan Abdullayev (Azerbaijan), 4-0Bronze – Ebrahim Khari (Iran) dec. Levik Mikayelyan (Armenia), 3-3Bronze – Abhishek Dhaka (India) dec. Mykyta Abramov (Ukraine), 3-174 kgGold – Kota Takahashi (Japan)Silver – Orozobek Toktomambetov (Kyrgyzstan)Bronze – Dzhabrail Gadzhiev (Azerbaijan)Bronze – Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States)5th – Ismail Khaniev (Individual Neutral Athlete)5th – Magomedrasul Asluev (Bahrain)7th – Ali Rezaeiaghouzgeleh (Iran)8th – Narek Harutyunyan (Armenia)9th – Ismet Ciftci (Turkey)10th – Luka Chkhitunidze (Georgia)Gold – Kota Takahashi (Japan) dec. Orozobek Toktomambetov (Kyrgyzstan), 3-1Bronze – Dzhabrail Gadzhiev (Azerbaijan) dec. Ismail Khaniev (Individual Neutral Athlete), 8-6Bronze – Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) dec. Magomedrasul Asluev (Bahrain), 6-086 kgGold – Arslan Bagaev (Individual Neutral Athlete)Silver – Arsenii Dzhioev (Azerbaijan)Bronze – Eugeniu Mihalcean (Moldova)Bronze – Yudai Takahashi (Japan)5th – Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia)5th – Joshua Morodion (Germany)7th – Steven Rodriguez Torreyes (Venezuela)8th – Aaron Ayzerov (Israel)9th – Deepak Deepak (India)10th – John Gunderson (United States)Gold – Arslan Bagaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Arsenii Dzhioev (Azerbaijan), 6-3Bronze – Eugeniu Mihalcean (Moldova) dec. Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia), 6-5Bronze – Yudai Takahashi (Japan) dec. Joshua Morodion (Germany), 9-292 kgGold – Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran)Silver – Jacob Cardenas (United States)Bronze – Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov (Individual Neutral Athlete)Bronze – Ion Demian (Moldova)5th – Musza Arsunkaev (Hungary)5th – Fatih Altunbas (Turkey)7th – Gkivi Bliatze (Greece)8th – Andro Margishvili (Georgia)9th – Junpeng Zhou (China)10th – Adlan Viskhanov (France)Gold – Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) dec. Jacob Cardenas (United States), 11-4Bronze – Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Musza Arsunkaev (Hungary), 10-1Bronze – Ion Demian (Moldova) fall Fatih Altunbas (Turkey), 5:39125 kgGold – Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran)Silver – Alen Khubulov (Bulgaria)Bronze – Abdulla Kurbanov (Individual Neutral Athlete)Bronze – Volodymyr Kochanov (Ukraine)5th – Lucas Stoddard (United States)5th – Aydin Ahmadov (Azerbaijan)7th – Pavel Dziatlau (Individual Neutral Athlete)8th – Toyoki Hamada (Japan)9th – Batmagnai Enkhtuvshin (Mongolia)10th – Omarkhan Nadirov (Kazakhstan)Gold – Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran) tech. fall Alen Khubulov (Bulgaria), 11-0Bronze – Abdulla Kurbanov (Individual Neutral Athlete) tech. fall Lucas Stoddard (United States), 10-0Bronze – Volodymyr Kochanov (Ukraine) tech. fall Aydin Ahmadov (Azerbaijan), 11-0Gold Medal Match Pairings (Group Two)57 kgChirag Chirag (India) vs. Abdymalik Karachov (Kyrgyzstan)65 kgKaiji Ogino (Japan) vs. Ibragim Ibragimov (Individual Neutral Athlete)70 kgMagomed Khaniev (Azerbaijan) vs. Magomed Eltemirov (Individual Neutral Athlete)79 kgMahdi Yousefihajivar (Iran) vs. Feng Lu (China)97 kgMahdi Hajiloueian Morafah (Iran) vs. Rizabek Aitmukhan (Kazakhstan)Semifinal Results (Group Two)57 kgChirag Chirag (India) dec. Allan Oralbek (Kazakhstan), 8-0Abdymalik Karachov (Kyrgyzstan) dec. Ali Momenijoujadeh (Iran), 4-365 kgKaiji Ogino (Japan) dec. Abbas Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi (Iran), 11-7Ibragim Ibragimov (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Umidjon Jalolov (Uzbekistan), 3-070 kgMagomed Khaniev (Azerbaijan) fall Sujeet Sujeet (India), 5:49Magomed Eltemirov (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Ali Khorramdel (Iran), 5-379 kgMahdi Yousefihajivar (Iran) tech. fall Masaki Sato (Japan), 12-1Feng Lu (China) dec. Arsen Balaian (Individual Neutral Athlete), 4-297 kgMahdi Hajiloueian Morafah (Iran) dec. Vicky Vicky (India), 12-8Rizabek Aitmukhan (Kazakhstan) dec. Shamil Gadzhialiev (Individual Neutral Athlete), 7-4U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results (Group One)61 kg – Nic Bouzakis (Dallas, Pennsylvania/Ohio RTC), 13th placeLOSS Levik Mikayelyan (Armenia), 10-374 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Hartland, Wis./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), bronze medalWIN Murat Dzhakupov (Kazakhstan), 7-2LOSS Kota Takahashi (Japan), 11-8WIN Ali Rezaeiaghouzgeleh (Iran), 16-7WIN Magomedrasul Asluev (Bahrain), 6-086 kg – John Gunderson (Baraboo, Wis./Panther WC-RTC), 10th placeWIN Emre Ciftci (Turkey), 11-11LOSS Arslan Bagaev (Individual Neutral Athlete), tech. fall, 11-0WIN Miko Elkala (Finland), 7-5LOSS Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia), 5-092 kg – Jacob Cardenas (Kearny, N.J./Cliff Keen WC), silver medalWIN Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov (Individual Neutral Athlete), tech. fall, 10-0WIN Filip Szucki (Poland), 5-1WIN Andro Margishvili (Georgia), fall, 5:12WIN Musza Arsunkaev (Hungary), 5-2LOSS Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran), 11-4125 kg – Lucas Stoddard (Chardon, Ohio/West Point WC), 5th placeWIN Nicolae Stratulat (Moldova), 8-1WIN Pavel Dziatlau (Individual Neutral Athlete), 1-1LOSS Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran), tech. fall, 10-0LOSS Abdulla Kurbanov (Individual Neutral Athlete), tech. fall, 10-0U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results (Group Two)57 kg – Max Gallagher (Blue Point, N.Y./Pennsylvania RTC), repechageWIN Daniil Yushkouski (Individual Neutral Athlete), tech. fall, 10-0LOSS Abdymalik Karachov (Kyrgyzstan), 1-1VS Qingkan Xie (China)65 kg – Joshua Saunders (St. Louis, Mo./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC), eliminatedLOSS Kumar Mohit (India), 9-270 kg – John Wiley (Mustang, Okla./Oklahoma RTC), eliminatedWIN Davit Patsinashvili (Georgia), 5-4LOSS Tigran Ghazaryan (Armenia), 5-379 kg – Patrick Kennedy (West Concord, Minn./Hawkeye WC), eliminatedWIN Mukhammad Abdullaev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 11-0WIN Umar Mavlaev (Switzerland), fall, 2:49LOSS Masaki Sato (Japan), 8-697 kg – Massoma Endene (Waverly, Iowa/Burg Training Center), repechageLOSS Mahdi Hajiloueian Morafah (Iran), 10-6VS Aslan Abakarov (Azerbaijan)</div></body>

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TIRANA, Albania – The U.S. collected two medals in men’s freestyle on Saturday evening at the U23 World Championships. Jacob Cardenas finished with a silver medal at 92 kg and Mitchell Mesenbrink battled back to win bronze at 74 kg. Cardenas battled hard in an 11-4 defeat at...