David Taylor at the 2024 Senior World Championships.
Taylor to men’s freestyle bronze medal match at World Championships
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
TIRANA, Albania – 2020 Olympic champion and three-time World champion David Taylor advanced to the 92 kg bronze medal match on Thursday afternoon at the 2024 Senior World Championships.
Taylor went 2-0 during the repechage rounds at Tirana’s Feti Borova Sports Hall to position himself one win away from a fifth World medal. He defeated 2021 World bronze medalist Abubakr Abakarov of Azerbaijan 3-1 to open the session and followed with an 11-1 technical fall over 2021 U23 World bronze medalist Lars Schaefle of Germany.
It will be a primetime matchup between World champions in the bronze medal bout. Taylor goes up against two-time World champion Kamran Ghasempour of Iran this evening in what is likely to be the final match of his competitive career.
2023 World champion Vito Arujau will also compete for a medal. His 61 kg bronze medal match opponent is Tokyo Olympic champion and two-time World champion Zavur Uguev, an Individual Neutral Athlete.
The Senior World Championships conclude at 6 p.m. local time tonight with the men’s freestyle medal matches. 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 four match notes article.
2024 Senior World Championships | Tirana, Albania, October 31
Men’s Freestyle Results
Medal Match Pairings
61 kg
Gold – Ahmet Duman (Turkey) vs. Masanosuke Ono (Japan)
Bronze – Tsogbadrakh Tseveensuren (Mongolia) vs. Nuraddin Novruzov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Vito Arujau (United States) vs. Zavur Uguev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
70 kg
Gold – Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan) vs. Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Inalbek Sheriev (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Vasyl Shuptar (Ukraine)
Bronze – Abdulmazhid Kudiev (Tajikistan) vs. Akaki Kemertelidze (Georgia)
79 kg
Gold – Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgia) vs. Magomed Magomaev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
Bronze – Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (Iran) vs. Kota Takahashi (Japan)
Bronze – Akhsarbek Gulaev (Slovakia) vs. Suldkhuu Olonbayar (Mongolia)
92 kg
Gold – Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) vs. Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia)
Bronze – Kamran Ghasempour (Iran) vs. David Taylor (United States)
Bronze – Benjamin Honis (Italy) vs. Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia)
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
VS Zavur Uguev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
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), bronze medal match
LOSS Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete), 7-0
WIN Abubakr Abakarov (Azerbaijan), 3-1
WIN Lars Schaefle (Germany), tech. fall, 11-1
VS Kamran Ghasempour (Iran)
