Macey Kilty in action at the 2024 Senior World Championships.
Kilty makes women’s freestyle bronze medal match at Senior World Championships
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
TIRANA, Albania – Macey Kilty advanced to the 65 kg bronze medal match in women’s freestyle on Wednesday morning at the 2024 Senior World Championships and is one win away from collecting her second Senior World medal.
Kilty took out 2019 World bronze medalist and Tokyo Olympian Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan 12-2 in the repechage round at Tirana’s Feti Borova Sports Hall. Kilty was the first to get on top and made the most of it, locking up a leg lace for four turns and finishing it off with an arm turk-claw finish.
In the bronze medal match, Kilty is paired against Individual Neutral Athlete Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova. Kilty defeated Dondupova Suvorova 10-0 in the opening round of last year’s World Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Also wrestling in tonight’s medal round for the U.S. women are two-time age-group World champion Kylie Welker at 72 kg and first-time World Team member Areana Villaescusa at 55 kg. Both women are looking for their first Senior World medals and will go for bronze, Welker against 2022 World bronze medalist Alexandra Anghel of Romania and Villaescusa against Tatiana Debien of France.
The women’s freestyle medal matches will be held at 6 p.m. local time. 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
Women’s Freestyle Results
Medal Match Pairings
55 kg
Gold – Jin Zhang (China) vs. Moe Kiyooka (Japan)
Bronze – Areana Villaescusa (United States) vs. Tatiana Debien (France)
Bronze – Iryna Kurachkina (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Ramona Galambos (Hungary)
59 kg
Gold – Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia) vs. Risako Kinjo (Japan)
Bronze – Mansi Mansi (India) vs. Laurence Beauregard (Canada)
Bronze – Svetlana Lipatova (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Elena Brugger (Germany)
65 kg
Gold – Kateryna Zelenykh (Romania) vs. Jia Long (China)
Bronze – Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Macey Kilty (United States)
Bronze – Miwa Morikawa (Japan) vs. Manisha Manisha (India)
72 kg
Gold – Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan) vs. Ami Ishii (Japan)
Bronze – Bolortungalag Zorigt (Mongolia) vs. Adela Hanzlickova (Czech Republic)
Bronze – Kylie Welker (United States) vs. Alexandra Anghel (Romania)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results
55 kg – Areana Villaescusa (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP), bronze medal match
WIN Zulfiya Yakhyarova (Kazakhstan), fall, 1:45
WIN Elvira Suleyman Kamaloglu (Turkey), 11-4
LOSS Jin Zhang (China), fall, 1:28
VS Tatiana Debien (France)
59 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC), eliminated
LOSS Mansi Mansi (India), 2-1
65 kg – Macey Kilty (Stratford, Wis./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal match
WIN Alexis Gomez (Mexico)
LOSS Kateryna Zelenykh (Romania), 11-4
WIN Elis Manolova (Azerbaijan), tech. fall, 12-2
VS Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
72 kg – Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal match
WIN Aleah Nickel (Canada), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Pauline Lecarpentier (France), 4-0
WIN Qian Jiang (China), fall, 5:30
LOSS Ami Ishii (Japan), tech. fall, 12-1
VS Alexandra Anghel (Romania)
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