U20 Women’s Wrestling World Championships: Japan Wins Team Title, Russia Claims Four Medals

The women’s wrestling competition at the U20 World Championships concluded on August 21 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Japan won the overall team standings after its wrestlers claimed five gold medals.

The Russian women’s wrestling team finished the tournament with four medals — one gold, one silver and two bronze. Margarita Salnazaryan became Russia’s only U20 world champion, winning the 65 kg weight category.

Margarita Yarygina claimed the silver medal at 50 kg. Liliana Kazmina (72 kg) and Diana Titova (76 kg) won bronze medals.

Japan was the most successful team at the tournament, winning five of the ten weight categories. Wrestlers from the United States, Russia, China, India and Canada each claimed one gold medal.

Japan finished first in the overall team standings with 167 points. India took second place with 133 points, while China finished third with 132. The United States placed fourth with 118 points, while Russia was fifth with 107.

Armenian Representative’s Performance

Armenia was represented by one wrestler in the women’s competition — Serina Crane, who competed in the 50 kg weight category.

Crane opened the tournament with a victory over a wrestler from Kyrgyzstan before losing to eventual world champion Yui Katsumi of Japan. Katsumi’s advancement to the final gave the Armenian representative an opportunity to continue competing for a bronze medal through the repechage. However, she lost to an opponent from Germany and ended her run at the tournament.

U20 Women’s Wrestling World Championships Results

August 16–23. Bratislava, Slovakia

50 kg

1. Yui Katsumi (Japan)
2. Margarita Yarygina (Russia)
3. Morgan Nicole Turner (USA) and Nilufar Nurmukhamadova (Uzbekistan)

53 kg

1. Kaura Michelle Coles (Canada)
2. Alexa Alvarez (Venezuela)
3. Yuquan Li (China) and Sakibzhamal Esbosynova (Uzbekistan)

55 kg

1. Everest Leydecker (USA)
2. Nana Kozuka (Japan)
3. Meilin Zhou (China) and Sara Rantonen (Finland)

57 kg

1. Konami Ono (Japan)
2. Gunay Gurbanova (Azerbaijan)
3. Xinyu Wang (China) and Tanvi Gundesh Magdum (India)

59 kg

1. Sae Noguchi (Japan)
2. Ruzanna Mammadova (Azerbaijan)
3. Komal Komal (India) and Kaylee Graber (USA)

62 kg

1. Sakura Onishi (Japan)
2. Savita Savita (India)
3. Barbara Bager (Hungary) and Ozdenur Omez (Turkey)

65 kg

1. Margarita Salnazaryan (Russia)
2. Mukhayo Narzilloeva (Uzbekistan)
3. Zhengwei Ma (China) and Saga Svensson (Sweden)

68 kg

1. Chenling Song (China)
2. Mansi Lather (India)
3. Tayna Fernandez (USA) and Oleksandra Rybak (Ukraine)

72 kg

1. Chisato Yoshida (Japan)
2. Tanu Sharma (India)
3. Liliana Kazmina (Russia) and Wenjin Qiu (China)

76 kg

1. Kajal Kajal (India)
2. Jingru Sun (China)
3. Elmira Yasin (Turkey) and Diana Titova (Russia)

Team Standings

1. Japan — 167 points
2. India — 133
3. China — 132
4. USA — 118
5. Russia — 107