Vito Arujau in the 61 kg semifinals at the 2024 Senior World Championships.
Arujau falls in men’s freestyle semifinals, Taylor pulled into repechage at World Championships
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
TIRANA, Albania – Defending 61 kg World champion Vito Arujau was upended by 2024 U20 World champion Masanosuke Ono of Japan in the men’s freestyle semifinals on Wednesday evening at the 2024 Senior World Championships.
The hot streak continued for Ono, who took down Arujau by technical fall, 12-0, in front of a rowdy crowd at Tirana’s Feti Borova Sports Hall. Ono immediately converted on a single leg and turned it into six points with a pair of gutwrenches. He added a front headlock roll for two to end the first period, and a front headlock toss for four to clinch the match early in the second period.
Arujau drops into the bronze medal match where he will await the winner of tomorrow morning’s repechage. The likeliest opponent for Arujau is Tokyo Olympic champion Zaur Uguev, who is an Individual Neutral Athlete.
2020 Olympic champion and three-time World champion David Taylor was pulled into the repechage and will have a chance to end things with a bronze medal. Taylor needs two wins to get into the 92 kg bronze medal match. His first opponent in the morning will be 2021 World bronze medalist Abubakr Abakarov of Azerbaijan.
2012 Olympic champion and six-time World champion Jordan Burroughs did not receive the same fortune when it came to a repechage opportunity at 79 kg. Iran’s Mohammad Nokhodilarimi, who defeated Burroughs 6-4 in the quarterfinals, was upended in a dramatic semifinal, keeping Burroughs from getting a chance to wrestle back for bronze.
The Senior World Championships conclude at 4 p.m. local time tomorrow with the men’s freestyle repechage, followed by the medal matches at 6 p.m. For those planning to follow along live, Tirana, Albania, is located five 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 U.S. match from today in our day three match notes article.
2024 Senior World Championships | Tirana, Albania, October 30
Men’s Freestyle Results
Gold Medal Match Pairings
61 kg
Ahmet Duman (Turkey) vs. Masanosuke Ono (Japan)
70 kg
Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan) vs. Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan)
79 kg
Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgia) vs. Magomed Magomaev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
92 kg
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia)
Semifinal Results
61 kg
Ahmet Duman (Turkey) dec. Tsogbadrakh Tseveensuren (Mongolia), 3-1
Masanosuke Ono (Japan) tech. fall Vito Arujau (United States), 12-0
70 kg
Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan) dec. Inalbek Sheriev (Individual Neutral Athlete), 6-1
Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan) tech. fall Abdulmazhid Kudiev (Tajikistan), 13-2
79 kg
Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgia) dec. Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (Iran), 14-8
Magomed Magomaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Akhsarbek Gulaev (Slovakia), 9-3
92 kg
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. Kamran Ghasempour (Iran), 6-4
Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) dec. Benjamin Honis (Italy), 9-2
U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results
61 kg – Vito Arujau (Syosset, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal match
WIN Udit Udit (India), 4-2
WIN Azamat Tuskaev (Serbia), 6-3
LOSS Masanosuke Ono (Japan), tech. fall, 12-0
70 kg – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC), eliminated
WIN Peiman Biabani (Canada), 5-2
LOSS Akaki Kemertelidze (Georgia), 10-4
79 kg – Jordan Burroughs (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennsylvania RTC), eliminated
WIN Zelimkhan Khadjiev (France), 4-0
WIN Magomet Evloev (Tajikistan), 4-2
LOSS Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (Iran), 6-4
92 kg – David Taylor (Centre Hall, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC), repechage
LOSS Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete), 7-0
VS Abubakr Abakarov (Azerbaijan)
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