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Miracle receives No. 1 seed for Senior Worlds, five U.S. women get No. 2, another at No. 8

United World Wrestling released its seeds for women’s freestyle at the 2023 Senior World Championships, which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, September 16-24.

The United States, which placed second in the 2022 Senior World Championships, has seven athletes seeded for Belgrade, including one No. 1, five No. 2 and a No. 8

Two-time World silver medalist Kayla Miracle secured the No. 1 seed at 62 kg.

The five U.S. wrestlers coming in with No. 2 seeds are Olympic and World medalist Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), 2022 World champion Dom Parrish (53 kg), 2019 World champion Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), 2016 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Helen Maroulis (57 kg) and 2022 World champion Amit Elor (72 kg).

.Jennifer Page, competing in her first Senior World Championships, secured the No. 8 seed at 59 kg.

No nation had more than one No. 1 seed, as 10 different nations had one top seed.

No Individual Neutral Athletes (from either Russia or Belarus) received a seed.

2023 SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Belgrade, Serbia

Women’s Freestyle seeds

50kg

No. 1 – Yui SUSAKI (JPN)

No. 2 – Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA)

No. 3 – Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL)

No. 4 – Ziqi FENG (CHN)

No. 5 – Anna LUKASIAK (POL)

No. 6 – Madison PARKS (CAN)

No. 7 – Jasmina IMMAEVA (UZB)

No. 8 – Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR)

53kg

No. 1 – Lucia YEPEZ (ECU)

No. 2 – Dominique PARRISH (USA) … rest of story at … Themat.com/news/september/04/miracle-receives-no-1-seed-for-senior-worlds-five-u-s-women-get-no-2-another-at-no-8

September 11, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized