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Six Women’s Freestyle Storylines To Follow At The World Championships

The star-studded American women’s freestyle team is headed to Belgrade with a squad filled with World champions.

The 2023 Senior World Championships begin Saturday, returning to Belgrade, Serbia for the second straight year. The U.S. women’s freestyle team will compete from the 18th through the 21st.

Here are six storylines to keep an eye on heading into Worlds.

1. Gray’s Pursuit Of Gold #7

In what’s already been a stellar and legendary career, Adeline Gray heads to Belgrade seeking her 10th World-level medal and seventh title. She’s looking to pass Kristie Marano-Davis for tops on the American women’s freestyle World medal list. Davis’ resume includes two golds, five silvers, and two bronzes. Gray’s resume boasts six golds, an Olympic silver, and two bronzes. Should Gray come home with hardware, she would also tie Jordan Burroughs with 10 medals. Legendary Bruce Baumgartner holds the top spot on the American list with 13 World-level medals.

2. Can Helen Maroulis Do It Again?

It’s a big story whenever Helen Maroulis is on the mat. The 2016 Olympic gold medalist made another World team and will head to Belgrade in search of her fifth World title. In all, she’s won eight World-level medals, including four golds. She’ll compete at 57 kilograms. 

3. Amit Elor Seeking Second Straight Triple Crown

Returning World champ Amit Elor seeks to secure her second straight trifecta after winning the U20, U23, and Senior World titles last year. In Belgrade last year, she became the youngest wrestler in U.S. history to win a Senior World title at 18. She has a chance to do it again this year and she’s off to a good start, winning the U20 World title again last month in Amman, Jordan.

4. Three Seasoned Wrestlers Get Their First Opportunity At Worlds

After a lot of success domestically and internationally, Jennifer Page (59 kg), Macey Kilty (65 kg), and Emma Bruntil (68 kg) are each heading to the Senior World Championships for the first time.

Page, 30, broke through to earn the spot at 59 kg, where she looked tough at the World Team Trials and Final X. The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club member dropped from 62 kg at the U.S. Open to 59 kg at the Challenge Tournament, and dominated her way to earn the spot. Having made two Junior world teams almost a decade ago, she heads to Belgrade with a lot of experience under her belt and can certainly make some noise at this weight. … rest of story at … Flowrestling.org/Six-womens-freestyle-storylines-to-follow-at-the-world-championships

September 19, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized