Brooklyn Hays hand raise at the U23 World Championships
Hays advances to women’s freestyle bronze medal match at U23 World Championships
by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
TIRANA, Albania – Brooklyn Hays picked up her third win at the U23 World Championships during the Thursday morning repechage round to qualify for a bronze medal bout in the women’s freestyle division. She became the fourth U.S. woman to qualify for a medal match so far in Albania.
Hays won a decisive 7-0 decision against Luciana Beda in the repechage. She led 1-0 at the break from a shot clock point. In the second period, Hays flexed her muscle with three takedowns to ice it.
In her 68 kg bronze medal bout, Hays will face Individual Neutral Athlete Alina Shauchuk, who went 2-1 yesterday and fell in the semifinal by fall to Nesrin Bas of Turkey in a rematch of last year’s U23 World final. Shauchuk is the current U23 European champion and is a two-time age-group World medalist.
Accompanying Hays in tonight’s medal round for Team USA are Sage Mortimer and Yelena Makoyed, who will wrestle for gold, and Amani Jones, who is up for a bronze.
The women’s freestyle group one (50-55-59-68-76 kg) medal matches are scheduled for 6 p.m. local time this evening. For those following along live, Tirana, Albania, is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
Updated brackets and match-by-match results are available on UWW Arena. A live broadcast of the event is available for the U.S. market at FloWrestling.com.
Revisit the details of each match from today in our day four match notes article.
2024 U23 World Championships | At Tirana, Albania, October 24
Women’s Freestyle Results
Medal Match Pairings (Group One)
50 kg
Gold – Sage Mortimer (United States) vs. Natalia Pudova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
Bronze – Umi Ito (Japan) vs. Laura Ganikyzy (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Natallia Varakina (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Nataliia Klivchutska (Ukraine)
55 kg
Gold – Emma Malmgren (Sweden) vs. Zeltzin Hernandez Guerra (Mexico)
Bronze – Ekaterina Karpushkina (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine)
Bronze – Amani Jones (United States) vs. Bhavika Patel (India)
59 kg
Gold – Solomiia Vynnyk (Ukraine) vs. Anjli Anjli (India)
Bronze – Himeka Tokuhara (Japan) vs. Anastasiia Sidelnikova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
Bronze – Aurora Russo (Italy) vs. Hong Liang (China)
68 kg
Gold – Ami Ishii (Japan) vs. Nesrin Bas (Turkey)
Bronze – Xinze Du (China) vs. Monika Monika (India)
Bronze – Alina Shauchuk (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Brooklyn Hays (United States)
76 kg
Gold – Yelena Makoyed (United States) vs. Shuiyan Cheng (China)
Bronze – Nodoka Yamamoto (Japan) vs. Alina Yertostik (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Zsofia Virag (Hungary) vs. Valeriia Trifonova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results (Group One)
50 kg – Sage Mortimer (Springville, Utah/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal match
WIN Khrystyna Basych (Slovakia), tech. fall, 11-0
WIN Laura Ganikyzy (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 14-4
WIN Umi Ito (Japan), fall, 2:27
VS Natalia Pudova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
55 kg – Amani Jones (Jonesboro, Ga./Cardinal WC), bronze medal match
WIN Antonia Valdes Arriagada (Chile), fall, 5:00
WIN Ying Lu (China), fall, 4:49
WIN Roza Szenttamasi (Hungary), 9-3
LOSS Zeltzin Hernandez Guerra (Mexico), fall, 3:34
VS Bhavika Patel (India)
59 kg – Skye Realin (Mililani, Hawaii/Iowa Women’s WC), eliminated
LOSS Alesia Hetmanava (Individual Neutral Athlete), tech. fall, 10-0
68 kg – Brooklyn Hays (Lindon, Utah), bronze medal match
WIN Aleah Nickel (Canada), 10-2
WIN Beibit Seidualy (Kazakhstan), 6-4
LOSS Nesrin Bas (Turkey), 10-4
WIN Luciana Beda (Moldova), 7-0
VS Alina Shauchuk (Individual Neutral Athlete)
76 kg – Yelena Makoyed (Orangevale, Calif./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC), gold medal match
WIN Alina Yertostik (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 11-0
WIN Mariia Orlevych (Ukraine), fall, 1:59
WIN Nodoka Yamamoto (Japan), fall, 5:46
VS Shuiyan Cheng (China)
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2024 U23 Women’s Freestyle World Team Bios
Match Notes: U23 World Championships Day Four
Match Notes: U23 World Championships Day Three
Mortimer, Makoyed get semifinal pins, Jones to go for bronze at U23 World Championships
Makoyed, Jones and Mortimer advance to women’s freestyle semifinals at U23 World Championships
