World Wrestling Championships 2025 Day 2: Zahid Valencia bags 86kg freestyle gold, Spencer Lee exits after shock elimination

The second day of the World Wrestling Championships 2025 saw several U.S. wrestlers in action, including Spencer Lee, David Carr, Levi Haines, Trent Hidlay, Wyatt Hendrickson, Jax Forrest, and Zahid Valencia.

Lee, Carr, Haines, and Hidlay made their tournament debuts in the men’s freestyle 57kg, 74kg, 79kg, and 92kg weight categories, while other U.S. athletes competed in medal matches for the 61kg, 70kg, 86kg, and 125kg events.

Zahid Valencia won Team USA’s first medal at the 2025 Senior World Championships, claiming gold in the men’s freestyle 86kg with an 11-0 victory over Hayato Ishiguro. Unfortunately, Lee was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men’s freestyle 57kg category by Arsen Harutyunyan, 14-3.

Meanwhile, David Carr reached the quarterfinals, defeating Ramazan Eldarovitch Ramazanov by technical fall, 12-0, but was then defeated by Chermen Valiev, 7-5, and did not advance to the finals.

Levi Haines has advanced to the final in the 79kg category at his debut Senior World Championships. He will face Georgios Kougioumtsidis. Notably, Trent Hidlay is also headed to finals in the 92kg men’s freestyle event with a 15-4 teh fall over Osman Nurmagomedov. Hidlay will wrestle Amanula Gadzhimagomedov for the title.

High Schooler Jax Forrest finished fifth in the men’s freestyle 61kg at his first Senior World Championships. He reached the semifinals but lost to Zavur Uguev, and later fell to Assylzhan Yessengeldi in the bronze medal match.

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World Wrestling Championships 2025: Final results

Here are the finals results from the second day of competition in the 61kg, 70kg, 86kg, and 125kg categories:

61kg

• Gold - Zavur Uguev
• Silver - Ahmad Masoud Mohammadnezhadjavan
• Bronze - Nuraddin Novruzov, Assylzhan Yessengeldi

70 kg

• Gold - Yoshinosuke Aoyagi
• Silver - Tulga Tumur Ochir
• Bronze - Ernazar Akmataliev, Nurkozha Kaipanov

86 kg

• Gold: Zahid Valencia
• Silver: Hayato Ishiguro
• Bronze: Arsenii Dzhioev, Kamran Ghorban Ghasempour

Here are the quarterfinal results from the second day of the World Wrestling Championships 2025:

57kg

• Arsen Harutyunyan defeated Spencer Lee, 14-3 (VSU1)
• Chongsong Han defeated Roman Guillermo Bravo Young, 4-3 (VPO1)
• Gulomjon Abdullaev defeated Musa Mekhtikanov, 4-2 (VPO1)
• Bekzat Almaz Uulu defeated Vladimir Egorov, 16-5 (VSU1)

74kg

• Kota Takahashi defeated Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei, 11-4 (VPO1)
• Zaurbek Sidakov defeated Murad Kuramagomedov, 5-1 (VPO1)
• Taimuraz Salkazanov defeated Magomedrasul Asluev, 6-0 (VPO)
• Chermen Valiev defeated David Aaron Carr, 7-5 (VPO1)

79kg

• Georgios Kougouumtsidis defeated Dzhabrail Gadzhiev, 8-0 (VPO)
• Mohammad Ashghar Nokhodilarimi defeated Vasyl Mykhailov, 2-1 (VPO1)
• Suldkhuu Olonbayar defeated Zelimkhan Khadjiev, 3-1 (VPO1)
• Levi David Haines defeated Akhmed Usmanov, 3-2 (VPO1)

92Kg

• Trent Niemond Hidlay defeated Miriani Maisuradze, 6-1 (VPO1)
• Osman Nurmagomedov defeated Dauren Kuruguliev, 2-0 (VIN)
• Amanula Gadzhimagomedov defeated Kamil Kuruguliev, 9-0 (VPO)
• Amirhossein Biglar Firouzpourbandpei defeated Batyrbek Tsakulov, 7-2 (VPO1)

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US Wrestlers to watch out for the third day of the World Wrestling Championships 2025

The third day of the World Wrestling Championships 2025 will feature medal matches for 57kg, 74kg, 79kg, and 92kg. In other brackets, Real Woods (65kg) and Kyle Snyder (97kg) will be seen in action in the men's freestyle qualification rounds.

World Wrestling Championships 2025: Complete Schedule for Day 3:

• Men’s freestyle qualification rounds: 65kg, 97kg
• Women’s freestyle qualification rounds: 55kg, 59kg
• Men’s freestyle repechage: 57kg, 74kg, 79kg, 92kg
• Men’s freestyle semifinals: 65kg, 97kg
• Women’s freestyle semifinals: 55kg, 59kg
• Men’s freestyle medal matches: 57kg, 74kg, 79kg, 92kg