Welker wins third straight U23 World title, 38-0
Kylie Welker went through the entire U23 World Championships at 76kg without giving up a single point, 38-0, and needed 48 seconds to tech her way to gold. No American woman had ever won three in a row.
Read the whole week in one goWelker goes 38-0 at U23s, US men's 74kg melts down
The one that matters
Welker three-peats at U23 Worlds, unscored on all tournament
Kylie Welker won her third straight U23 World title at 76kg in Las Vegas and never surrendered a point, outscoring the field 38-0. Justin Basch says she is the first American woman to win three consecutive U23 World titles. Morgan Turner and Everest Leydecker both took bronze to cap the US women's day.
she only needed 48 seconds for a tech in the finals
Why it matters: Welker is now the benchmark at 76kg in US women's freestyle heading toward the Senior level.
- Friday 9 ET: Rodriguez-Dobler and Nwachukwu wrestle for gold
On the mat
Jayden James pins his way into U23 World semifinals at 74kg
Penn State's Jayden James is into the U23 World semifinals at 74kg after a 7-4 win in the quarters. He opened the day with a fall over U20 World finalist Adilet Akylbekov of Kyrgyzstan while leading 14-8, per Justin Basch. Men's freestyle started Friday with five Americans on the mat.
Kyrgyzstan could only score off counters and Jayden just kept firing til the match was over
Why it matters: James is two wins from adding U23 gold to the age-group resume he brings into Penn State's lineup.
- Semifinals at 7:45 p.m. ET Friday
Shumate medically defaults in U23 quarters with pec injury
Ohio State's Seth Shumate had to medical default his U23 World quarterfinal at 92kg while leading 7-1 after hurting his pec, per Christian Pyles. It ended a day in which he teched Dovletgeldi Myradov of Turkmenistan 10-0 and then scored 14 straight points from a seven-point hole to beat Ukraine 14-7. Nobody has said more about the injury.
Was up 7-1 and looking great, hurt his pec, tried to wrestle, then couldn't.
Why it matters: A pec injury for Shumate is a problem for Ohio State's lineup before the college season.
- Our take: watch Ohio State for word on the pec