U.S. wrestling team for World Championships almost set after Final

Paris Olympic medalists Helen Maroulis, Kennedy Blades and Spencer Lee headline the U.S. fumbling team for this September’s World Championships.Maroulis, Blades and Lee were amongst the winners at Saturday’s Final X– a series of best-of-three finals per weight class– to identify the lineup for worlds in Croatia.Maroulis, who in 2016 ended up being the first U.S. female to win Olympic battling gold, swept Amanda Martinez for the 57kg spot.Maroulis, 33, is currently tied with Adeline Gray for the most combined Olympic and world medals for a U.S. female wrestler(10). She is also the lone U.S. female wrestler to win 3 Olympic medals, likewise taking bronze in Tokyo and Paris.Blades, a 76kg silver medalist in Paris in her Olympic debut, moved down to 68kg and swept Brooklyn Hays to make her very first senior world group at age 21. Lee, the Paris Olympic 57kg silver medalist, is going to his first senior worlds after sweeping Luke Lilledahl. Lee is currently a world champion at the U17 and U20 levels.At 86kg, Zahid Valencia swept two-time Olympic 74kg bronze medalist Kyle Dake. It’s the first time that Dake, a

two-time world champ each at 74kg and 79kg, has actually been beaten for a world group spot since 2017. PJ Duke, who recently finished his high school career, turned into one of the youngest Americans to receive a senior world group. He rallied from a 10-0 opening loss to beat four-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis for the 70kg spot.Duke, a Penn State devote, went 152-1 for Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill, New York, and is the 2025 Junior Dan Hodge Prize winner as the nation’s leading preparation wrestler.Neither of the Americans who won gold in Paris completed at Last X. Sarah Hildebrandt has actually retired, and Amit Elor missed out on the occasion for health factors.2025 USA Fumbling Final X Outcomes Women’s Freestyle 50kg: Audrey Jimenez def. Erin Golston 10-2, 12-2 53kg: Felicity Taylor def. Brianna Gonzalez 2-1, 6-4 55kg: Cristelle Rodriguez def. Everest Leydecker 12-8, 8-5 57kg; Helen Maroulis def. Amanda Martinez pin,

fall 59kg: Jacarra Winchester def. Abigail Nette 4-6, 9-7, 11-0 62kg: Adaugo Nwachukwu def. Kayla Wonder 14-8, 3-4, 8-4 65kg: Macey Kilty def. Aine Drury 10-0, 10-0 68kg: Kennedy Blades def. Brooklyn Hays 10-4, 5-2

72kg: Alexandria Glaude wins by forfeit(Amit Elor withdrew for

health factors )76kg: Kylie Welker def. Dymond Guilford 2-1, 9-1 Men’s

Freestyle 57kg: Spencer Lee def. Luke Lilledahl 7-2, 6-0 61kg: Vito Arujau vs. Jax Forrest on July 14 after Arujau got an injury delay.65 kg: Genuine Woods def. Joey McKenna 7-3, 5-4 70kg: PJ Duke def. Yianni Diakomihalis 0-10, 17-10, fall 74kg: David Carr def. Mitchell Mesenbrink 4-3, 4-4 79kg: Levi Haines def. Evan Wick 10-0, 6-1

86kg: Zahid Valencia
def. Kyle Dake 5-3, 4-1 92kg: Trent Hidlay def. Joshua Barr 6-1, 3-2 97kg: Kyle Snyder def. Hayden Zillmer 8-0, 8-2 125kg: Wyatt Hendrickson def.

Trent Hillger 10-0, 20-14

Jordan Burroughs will not bid for the World Championships team, ending a streak dating to 2011.