U20 World Championships Team Standings – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling – FloWrestling

The 2024 U20 World Championships are currently underway in Pontevedra, Spain featuring wrestling’s future stars. The men’s portion of the tournament will place place from September 6-8 and you can see the below article for the final team standings and a breakdown of the team race.

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Team USA Leads After Day 1

Team USA sits in first after Day 1 of the U20 World Championships with a 10-point lead over Russia. The USA had an incredible start to the tournament by putting all five wrestlers who competed on Friday into the semifinals. Of the five semifinalists, only Luke Lilledahl (57 kg) and Zack Ryder (79 kg) while Bo Bassett (65 kg), PJ Duke (70 kg), and Justin Rademacher (97 kg) will all wrestle for bronze.

Russia also has two finalists but trails Team USA with only 2 in the bronze medal match. Justin Rademacher notably defeated his Russian opponent in the opening round keeping Russia from scoring any points at 97 kg.

Team standings after day 1 of U20 Worlds:

Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. 

*Russia and Belarus are not in the official team rankings because they are competing as “Individual Neutral Athletes.” However, we chose to include them in the above standings to show how those countries are performing at U17 Worlds.

What’s Next For The Team Race?

Every weight that began their tournament today will finish their tournament with medal matches tomorrow (Saturday at 12:00 pm ET). Then, the final five weights of the men’s freestyle division will begin their tournament early Saturday morning at 4:00 am (ET). That means there is a lot of wrestling left to go down in Spain and a long ways to go until we crown a team champion. We’ll continue to update this article at the end of each round to keep you up-to-date on the team standings.

USA’s Men’s Freestyle U20 World Team

57 kg: Luke Lilledahl – In the finals

61 kg: Marcus Blaze – Starts tournament on Saturday

65 kg: Bo Bassett – In the bronze medal match

70 kg: PJ Duke – In the bronze medal match

74 kg: Ladarion Lockett – Starts tournament on Saturday

79 kg: Zack Ryder – In the finals

86 kg: Josh Barr – Starts tournament on Saturday

92 kg: Connor Mirasola – Starts tournament on Saturday

97 kg: Justin Rademacher – In the bronze medal match

125 kg: Ben Kueter – Starts tournament on Saturday