Michael Macchiavello walks to the mat during the finals of the 2023 U.S. Open.
Men’s freestyle draws set for 10-man U.S. crew at Henri Deglane Grand Prix
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
NICE, France – 10 Americans have received draws for Saturday’s men’s freestyle competition at the 51st annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France being held at Halle des sports Charles Ehrmann in Nice, France.
2024 Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee anchors the U.S. lineup in this his first competitive appearance since the Paris Games. Lee is scheduled for three matches in pool play at 57 kg to start the event. The top challenger to Lee in his pool is 2022 U17 World bronze medalist Ben Tarik of Morocco, who Lee will wrestle right out of the shoot. Lee is the heavy gold medal favorite in his bracket.
2023 U.S. World Team member and reigning Pan American champion Chance Marsteller will take on Ayman Nissr of Germany to open his day at 86 kg. A win pushes Marsteller to the quarterfinals against Miko Elkala of Finland. Marsteller is the considerable favorite against either man.
Returning Henri Deglane Grand Prix champion Michael Macchiavello will face Benjamin Greil of Austria, Alexander Weiss of Germany and Juho Ruusila of Finland in pool play at 92 kg. Macchiavello was a Pan American champion and Final X runner-up at 92 kg in 2023.
The toughest on-paper draw for the U.S. comes at 125 kg with two-time age-group World Team member Jordan Wood facing three experienced opponents, including matches against Tokyo Olympian Gennadij Cudinovic of Germany and 2022 U17 World silver medalist Levan Lagvilava of France.
Also navigating round-robin brackets are 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist Nahshon Garrett and Killian Delaney at 61 kg, 2024 Grand Prix of Spain champion Quincy Monday at 74 kg and 2024 Bill Farrell Memorial International runner-up Jack Wehmeyer at 92 kg.
New Jersey RTC teammates and Grand Prix of Spain champions Yahya Thomas and Kennedy Monday both sit in the round-of-16 of their respective brackets. Thomas begins his run at 70 kg against 2022 U20 European silver medalist Muhammad Abdurachmanov of Belgium. Monday is up against Umar Mavlaev of Switzerland at 79 kg.
The men’s freestyle action from France kicks off at 10:30 a.m. local time/4:30 a.m. (ET) on Saturday. All 10 men’s freestyle weight classes will compete start to finish.
A live stream and archived matches of the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France are available online through France Lutte. Brackets and updated results are posted to Smoothcomp.
2025 Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France #
At Nice, France, January 18 #
Quick Links #
• Brackets
Event Schedule #
Saturday, January 18 #
10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds Through Finals (MFS All Weights)
8:30 p.m. – Awards
*All times listed local to Nice, France, which is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
U.S. Men’s Freestyle Draws #
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Ben Tarik (Morocco)
VS Gaspard Cheynoux (France)
VS Sayed Jamshidi (Switzerland)
61 kg – Nahshon Garrett (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley WC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Konstantin Valassis (Germany)
VS Nils Leutert (Switzerland)
VS Arman Eloyan (France)
61 kg – Killian Delaney (West Chester, Pa.)
VS Dario Dittrich (Germany)
VS River Perlungher (Switzerland)
70 kg – Yahya Thomas (Chicago, Ill./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Muhammad Abdurachmanov (Belgium)
74 kg – Quincy Monday (Princeton, N.J./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Dennis Aleksandryuk (Germany)
VS Adam Thomson (Canada)
79 kg – Kennedy Monday (Chapel Hill, N.C./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Umar Mavlaev (Switzerland)
86 kg – Chance Marsteller (Reading, Pa./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Ayman Nissr (Germany)
92 kg – Jack Wehmeyer (Sellersville, Pa./New York City RTC)
VS Samuel Scherrer (Switzerland)
VS Adlan Viskhanov (France)
92 kg – Michael Macchiavello (Northampton, Pa./Lehigh Valley WC/Titan Mercury WC)
VS Benjamin Greil (Austria)
VS Alexander Weiss (Germany)
VS Juho Ruusila (Finland)
125 kg – Jordan Wood (Gilbertsville, Pa./Lehigh Valley WC/New York AC)
VS Johannes Ludescher (Austria)
VS Levan Lagvilava (France)
VS Gennadij Cudinovic (Germany)
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