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Talented U.S. World Team in women’s freestyle receives draw at U23 World Championships

TIRANA, Albania – The talented U.S. U23 World Team in women’s freestyle has received its draw for the U23 World Championships. The U.S. women freestylers will compete in Tirana, October 25-27.
Two-time Senior World champion and returning U23 World champion Amit Elor opens her 72 kg competition against 2020 Olympian and 2020 African Senior champion Zaneb Sghaier of Tunisia. In the top half-bracket, she could again face Wiktoria Choluj of Poland, who she beat in the 2022 U23 World finals.
At 65 kg, 2023 Senior World silver medalist and five-time age-group World medalist Macey Kilty draws Gilbery Garcia Franco of Venezuela, who was ninth in 2021 Pan American U23 Championships, in a pig-tail match. Kilty is in the top half-bracket. A win would put her against 2023 U20 World bronze medalist Ksenia Tsiarena (AIN-Belarus). Also in her half bracket is 2021 Senior World champion and three-time Senior World medalist Irina Ringaci of Moldova.
Overall, there are eight athletes on the U.S. U23 World Team who are on the Senior National Team for the United States, earning a ranking in the top three in the nation at their weight class. Seven of these athletes have won at least one age-group World medal in the past. Joining Elor and Kilty from the Senior National Team are Audrey Jimenez (50 kg), Katie Gomez (53 kg), Alisha Howk (55 kg), Xochitl Mota-Pettis (57 kg), Adaugo Nwachukwu (62 kg) and Kennedy Blades (76 kg). 
Jimenez, who boasts three age-group World medals, opens against Ana Maria Torres Rubio of Spain, who was fifth in the 2016 and 2017 U17 World Championships. Jimenez is in the bottom bracket, and faces athletes from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, AIN-Russia, UWW-India and Moldova in her half-bracket.
Gomez, a 2021 U17 World champion and two-time age-group World medalist, will compete first against Beatrice Ferent of Romania, … rest of story at … Themat.com/Talented-u-s-world-team-in-women-s-freestyle-receives-draw-at-u23-world-championships

October 26, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized