Transfers at the 2023 World Championships
Saturday is the day that the 2023 World Championships kick off. In college wrestling (and college sports), one of the hottest topics is the transfer portal. This isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon for international wrestling as transfers have been relatively prevalent for some time now. While researching for previews, we’ve looked through the entries and found wrestlers slated to compete at the World Championships who have transferred at some point during their international careers.
Those transfers are below and sorted by weight class and style. Each wrestlers has the current country they represent first and their previous country second (first/second).
57 kg Men’s Freestyle
Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania/Russia)
Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico/USA)
Levan Metreveli Vartanov (Spain/Georgia)
61 kg Men’s Freestyle
Stevan Micic (Serbia/USA)
Nikolai Okhlopkov (Romania/Russia)
Georgii Okorokov (Australia/Russia)
Joey Silva (Puerto Rico/USA)
65 kg Men’s Freestyle
Khamzat Arsamerzouev (France/Azerbaijan)
Islam Dudaev (Albania/Russia)
Josh Finesilver (Israel/USA)
Austin Gomez (Mexico/USA) … rest of story at … Intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/international/transfers-at-the-2023-world-championships
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