2022 World silver medalist Yianni Diakomihalis (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW)57 KG
#1 Thomas Gilman took silver at the world championships between #2 (INT) Zelimkhan Abakarov of Albania. 2018 133 pound NCAA runner-up for Michigan #4 (INT) Stevan Micic won a world bronze medal competing for Serbia over two-time U23 world champion #5 (INT) Reineri Andreu Ortega of Cuba. 2017 125 pound NCAA champion for Lehigh #20 (INT) Darian Cruz (PUR) made the quarterfinals of the world championships after upsetting European champion #17 (INT) Vladimir Egorov of North Macedonia. Cruz was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual world 5th place finisher #17 (INT) Wanhao Zou of China.
61KG
#1 Seth Gross finished fifth at the world championships with losses to #1 (INT) Rei Higuchi of Japan in the semifinals and #5 (INT) Arsen Harutyunyan of Armenia in the bronze medal match. Gross notched strong wins over 2021 European runner-up #17 (INT) Andrey Dzhelep of Ukraine and European bronze medalist #8 Eduard Grigoriev of Poland.
65KG
#1 Yianni Diakomihalis finished as the world runner-up to #1 (INT) Rahman Amouzad of Iran. Rutgers first five-time All-American Sebastian Rivera took fifth place at the world championships competing for Puerto Rico. Rivera lost in his semifinal bout to Diakomihalis and his bronze medal bout to #11 (INT) Bajrang Punia of India. Rivera's best win of the competition came in the quarterfinals when he beat Poland Open champion Tsogbadrakh Tseevensuren of Mongolia. North Carolina's Lachlan McNeil competed for Canada and was eliminated in the qualification round by Asian championships bronze medalist Abbos Rakhmonov of Uzbekistan.
70KG
#1 Zain Retherford finished as the world runner-up to #1 (INT) Taishi Nariukini of Japan. Josh Finesilver of Duke competed for Israel and was eliminated in the round of 16 by #14 (INT) Ilyas Bekbulatov of Uzbekistan.
74KG
#1 Kyle Dake won the world championships over third ranked Taimuraz Salkazanov of Slovakia. Franklin Gomez, the 2009 133 pound NCAA champion for Michigan State now competing for Puerto Rico, was eliminated in the round of 32 by Vasile Diacon of Moldova.
79KG
#1 Jordan Burroughs won his seventh World/Olympic title over #2 (INT) of Mohammad Nokhodilarimi of Iran. #20 (INT) Bekzod Abdurakhmanov, a 2012 3rd place finisher at 165lb for Clarion, took fifth at the world championships competing for Uzbekistan.
86KG
#1 David Taylor won the world championships over returning world champion #1 (INT) Hassan Yazdani Charati of Iran. Ethan Ramos, a 2015 NCAA All-American for North Carolina with a sixth place finish at 165lb, took fifth at the world championships competing for Puerto Rico. #11 (INT) Myles Amine (SMR), a 5x All-American for Michigan, who took 2nd this year at 184, was eliminated in the quarterfinals by #10 (INT) Azamat Dauletbekov of Kazakhstan. Noel Torres, a 2018 D2 NCAA champion for Newman University at 184 pounds, competed for Mexico and was eliminated in the qualification round by Akhmed Magamaev of Bulgaria.
92KG
#1 J'den Cox took silver at the world championships to top ranked Kamran Ghasempour of Iran. Max Lacey, the assistant head coach for West Liberty University and who competed for Wheeling Jesuit at heavyweight at the D2 level, competing for the Costa Rican national team, was eliminated by two-time world bronze medalist #8 (INT) Osman Nurmagomedov of Azerbaijan in the round of 16.
97KG
#1 Kyle Snyder won his fourth World/Olympic title over #3 (INT) Batyrbek Tsakulov of Slovakia. Ben Honis, a 2019 NCAA 8th place finisher for Cornell, was eliminated in the qualification round competing for Italy by Tuerxunbieke Muheite of China.
125KG
#1 Hayden Zillmer was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual bronze medalist of #3 Geno Petriashvili of Georgia. Amarveer Dhesi, a three time All-American for Oregon State competing for Canada, took fifth at the world championships with losses to #1 Taha Akgul of Turkey and #2 Amir Zare of Iran. Youssif Hemida, a two-time All-American for Maryland competing for Egypt, was eliminated from the round of 16 by Amarveer Dhesi of Canada.
Pound for Pound
Small change in the pound-for-pound rankings as #8 J'den Cox gets shuffled ahead to #6 ahead of Seth Gross and #7 Daton Fix. Cox now sits at #6 while Gross and Fix now sit at #7 and #8.
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