Terek Becomes Hungary's First Women's U23 World Champion

LAS VEGAS, United States (October 15) -- Greda TEREK (HUN) gave Hungary its first-ever U23 World Championships gold medal in Women's Wrestling with a stunning performance at 55kg in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Hungary has won four gold medals in U23 World Championships, all coming in Greco-Roman and the last coming in 2022. The four-year drought ended when Terek pinned Yuna SAWATANI (JPN) in the 55kg final.

That was not the only exceptional match from Terek in Las Vegas, She won three of her four bouts via fall, including one in the semifinal against U20 world champion Everest LEYDECKER (USA), handing the United States wrestler her first-ever international loss.

At 76kg, Kylie WELKER (USA) defended her gold medal with a 50-second 10-0 technical superiority win over Evelin UJHELJI (SRB). She used a leg-lace to finish off the final.

The gold medal makes Welker the first U.S. wrestler to win the U23 world title three times.

RESULTS

50kg
GOLD: Haruna MORIKAWA (JPN) df. Aida KERYMOVA (UKR), 3-0

BRONZE: Morgan TURNER (USA) df. Ana ROTARU (ROU), 6-2
BRONZE: Xinyu LIU (CHN) df. Milena DAVITADZE (RUS), 4-0

55kg
GOLD: Gerda TEREK (HUN) df. Yuna SAWATANI (JPN), via fall

BRONZE: Shugyla OMIRBEK (KAZ) df. Snizhana ONUFRIIEVA (UKR), 11-10
BRONZE: Everest LEYDECKER (USA) df. Ulmeken ESENBAEVA (UZB), 11-0

59kg
GOLD: Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR) df. Hiunai HURBANOVA (AZE), 4-4

BRONZE: Natsuki YAMAGUCHI (JPN) df. Camila AMARILLA (ARG), 10-2
BRONZE: KOMAL (IND) df. Viktoriia KHUSAINOVA (KAZ), 7-2

68kg
GOLD: Alina SHEVCHENKO (RUS) df. Kseniya TSIARENIA (BLR), 11-0

BRONZE: Laura GODINO (ITA) df. Karolina POK (HUN), 6-1
BRONZE: Ray HOSHINO (JPN) df. Gilbery GARCIA (VEN), via fall (4-2)

76kg
GOLD: Kylie WELKER (USA) df. Evelin UJHELJI (SRB), 10-0

BRONZE: Elmira YASIN (TUR) df. Mariia SILINA (RUS), 5-1
BRONZE: Nadiia SOKOLOVSKA (UKR) df. Diksha MALIK (IND), via fall

Semifinals

53kg
SF 1:  Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA) df. Anastasiia POLSKA (UKR), 3-2
SF 2: Carla JAUME SOLER (ESP) df. Sevval CAYIR (TUR), via fall

57kg
SF 1: Aryna DZEMCHANKA MARTYNAVA (BLR) df. Ichika ARAI (JPN), 7-0
SF 2: Tindra DALMYR (SWE) df. Bertha ROJAS (MEX), 3-1

62kg
SF 1: Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA) df. Melanie JIMENEZ (MEX), 3-1
SF 2: Iryna BONDAR (UKR) df. Eniko ELEKES (HUN), via fall

65kg
SF 1: Ekaterina KOSHKINA (RUS) df. Narkhajid NYAMSUREN (MGL), via fall
SF 2: Yuqi RAO (CHN) df. Reese LARRAMENDY (USA), 11-0

72kg
SF 1: Amruta PUJARI (IND) df. Wenjin QIU (CHN), via fall (10-8)
SF 2: Iryna ZABLOTSKA (UKR) df. Cassie CORBETT (CAN), 11-4