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Micic Captures Gold; Amine, Parris Take Bronze at World Championships

By: Leah Howard

BELGRADE, Serbia — University of Michigan wrestling alumnus Stevan Micic captured the 57kg freestyle gold medal, while fellow Wolverine alums Myles Amine and Mason Parris claimed bronze at 86kg and 125kg, respectively, at the 2023 World Championships over Sunday and Monday (Sept. 17-18) at Stark Arena. With three medals, it was the most successful world performance in the history of the Michigan program.

Micic became Michigan’s first ever freestyle world champion and the program’s first champion since Joe Warren claimed the 60kg Greco-Roman gold in 2006. It was Micic’s second straight world medal after claiming 57kg bronze last year. It was the first senior-level medal for both Amine and Parris. Amine previously captured 86kg Olympic bronze for San Marino at the Tokyo Games, while Parris is a junior world champion (2019).

Micic and Amine both qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics — and their second straight Olympic Games — with their performances, while Parris also qualified in the weight class for the United States and earned an automatic berth to the championship finals at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials next April.

Representing Serbia in front of a spirited home crowd, Micic posted a 5-0 record and defeated world champions in each of his last three bouts, including a 7-4 win over Japan’s Rei Higuchi — the 2022 61kg world champion and an Olympic silver medalist at 57kg — in the championship final. After trading takedowns in the first period and giving up an early single in the second, Micic scored five unanswered points, taking the lead with a single-leg takedown of his own before countering a Higuchi shot to go up 6-4. He avoided giving up points on the edge on a deep single shot in the waning seconds of the bout and tacked on another point after a lost Japanese challenge. … rest of story at … Mgoblue.com/news/wrestling-micic-captures-gold-amine-parris-take-bronze-at-world-championships

September 24, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized