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World Championships 2025 Women's Wrestling Entries, Seeds

Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 17:52 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (August 16) -- The Women's Wrestling entry list for the World Championships sees 230 wrestlers participating in the September 13-21 event in Zagreb.

Women's Wrestling will be held on September 15, 16, 17 and 18. For full schedule of the World Championships, click here.

Out of the 24, 11 Paris Olympic medalists are competing in Zagreb with one gold medalist - Sakura MOTOKI (JPN).

FREESTYLE ENTRIES | GRECO-ROMAN ENTRIES

Zagreb

Note: The entries are subject to change. Please refer to UWW for latest entries

50kg

Seeded
Oksana LIVACH (UKR) #1
Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) #2
Gabija DILYTE (LTU) #3
Madison PARKS (CAN) #4
Svetlana ANKICHEVA (KAZ) #5
Munkhnar BYAMBASUREN (MGL) #6
Audrey JIMENEZ (USA) #7
Remina YOSHIMOTO (JPN) #8

Unseeded
Cheima CHEBILA (ALG)
Kamila BARBOSA (BRA)
Yu ZHANG (CHN)
Jacqueline MOLLOCANA (ECU)
Aintzane GORRIA GONI (ESP)
ANKUSH (IND)
Emanuela LIUZZI (ITA)
Jinhee KIM (KOR)
Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR)
Myonggyong WON (PRK)
Chahrazed AYACHI (TUN)
Elizaveta SMIRNOVA (UWW)
Natallia VARAKINA (UWW)
Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA (UZB)
Nohalis LOYO JIMENEZ (VEN)

53kg

Seeded
Lucia YEPEZ (ECU) #1
Hyogyong CHOE (PRK) #2
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR) #3
ANTIM (IND) #4
Natalia MALYSHEVA (UWW) #5
Annika WENDLE (GER) #6
Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) #7
Jonna MALMGREN (SWE) #8

Unseeded
Serena DI BENEDETTO (CAN)
Jin ZHANG (CHN)
Laura HERIN AVILA (CUB)
Carla JAUME SOLER (ESP)
Haruna MURAYAMA OKUNO (JPN)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Laura STANELYTE (LTU)
Namuuntsetseg TSOGT OCHIR (MGL)
Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR)
Roksana ZASINA (POL)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Liliia MALANCHUK (UKR)
Felicity TAYLOR (USA)
Kseniya STANKEVICH (UWW)
Shokhida AKHMEDOVA (UZB)

55kg

Seeded
Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA) #1
Oleksandra KHOMENETS (UKR) #2
Karla GODINEZ (CAN) #3
Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW) #4
Elvira KAMALOGLU (TUR) #5
Kyong Ryong OH (PRK) #6
Amory ANDRICH (GER) #7
Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA) #8

Unseeded
Oleksandra KOGUT (AUT)
Xuejing LIANG (CHN)
Nogona BAKAYOKO (CIV)
Yaynelis SANZ VERDECIA (CUB)
Maria BAEZ (ESP)
NISHU (IND)
Sowaka UCHIDA (JPN)
Zulfiya YAKHYAROVA (KAZ)
Hyerim LEE (KOR)
Mihaela SAMOIL (MDA)
Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Andreea ANA (ROU)

57kg

Seeded
Helen MAROULIS (USA) #1
Kexin HONG (CHN) #2
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU) #3
Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (UWW) #4
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN) #5
Bolortuya KHURELKHUU (MGL) #6
Youngjin KWON (KOR) #7
Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE) #8

Unseeded
Samantha STEWART (CAN)
Graciela SANCHEZ DIAZ (ESP)
Jenna HEMIAE (FIN)
TAPSYA (IND)
Himeka TOKUHARA (JPN)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Bertha ROJAS (MEX)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Il Sim SON (PRK)
Nethmi PORUTHOTAGE (SRI)
Evelina HULTHEN (SWE)
Pei Ying LIAO (TPE)
Chahd JELJELI (TUN)
Emine CAKMAK (TUR)
Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
Iryna KURACHKINA (UWW)

59kg

Seeded
Elena BRUGGER (GER) #1
Erika BOGNAR (HUN) #2
Laurence BEAUREGARD (CAN) #3
Anastasiia SIDELNIKOVA (UWW) #4
Sakura ONISHI (JPN) #5
Bediha GUN (TUR) #6
Jumoke ADEKOYE (NGR) #7
Altjin TOGTOKH (MGL) #8

Unseeded
Victoria CHHEN (AUS)
Hiunai HURBANOVA (AZE)
Hong LIANG (CHN)
Lydia PEREZ (ESP)
SARIKA (IND)
Viktoriia KHUSAINOVA (KAZ)
Zeltzin HERNANDEZ (MEX)
Othelie HOEIE (NOR)
Arian CARPIO (PHI)
Pyol HONG (PRK)
Mariia VYNNYK (UKR)
Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA)
Nadzeya BULANAYA (UWW)
Laylokhon SOBIROVA (UZB)

62kg

Seeded
Sakura MOTOKI (JPN) #1
Ana GODINEZ (CAN) #2
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL) #3
Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL) #4
Johanna LINDBORG (SWE) #5
MANISHA (IND) #6
Amina TANDELOVA (UWW) #7
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR) #8

Unseeded
Birgul SOLTANOVA (AZE)
LILI (CHN)
Nikolett SZABO (HUN)
Aurora CAMPAGNA (ITA)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Hanbit LEE (KOR)
Neevis RODRIGUEZ (MEX)
Alicja NOWOSAD (POL)
Ok Ju KIM (PRK)
Amina CAPEZAN (ROU)
Selvi ILYASOGLU (TUR)
Iryna BONDAR (UKR)
Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA)
Veranika IVANOVA (UWW)
Astrid MONTERO (VEN)

65kg

Seeded
Miwa MORIKAWA (JPN) #1
Macey KILTY (USA) #2
Enkhjin TUVSHINJARGAL (MGL) #3
Kadriye KOCAK AKSOY (TUR) #4
Irina RINGACI (MDA) #5
Elma ZEIDLERE (LAT) #6
Grace BULLEN (NOR) #7
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) #8

Unseeded
Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
Virginia JIMENEZ (CHI)
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Vaishnavi PATIL (IND)
Subeen JO (KOR)
Alexis GOMEZ (MEX)
Aylah MAYALI (PLE)
Natalia KUBATY (POL)
Alina KASABIEVA (UWW)

68kg

Seeded
Buse TOSUN (TUR) #1
Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ) #2
Sol Gum PAK (PRK) #3
Kennedy BLADES (USA) #4
Noemi SZABADOS (HUN) #5
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU) #6
Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) #7
Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) #8

Unseeded
Albina DRAZHI (ALB)
Aniseta ACOSTA (ASA)
Grabriela PEDRO (BRA)
Yuliana YANEVA (BUL)
Jia LONG (CHN)
Sophia SCHAEFLE (GER)
RADHIKA (IND)
Laura GODINO (ITA)
Ami ISHII (JPN)
Beibit SEIDUALY (KAZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Hannah RUEBEN (NGR)
Tindra SJOEBERG (SWE)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)
Khanum VELIEVA (UWW)
Nabira ESENBAEVA (UZB)

72kg

Seeded
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) #1
Bolortungalag ZORIGT (MGL) #2
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU) #3
Pauline LECARPENTIER (FRA) #4
Alla BELINSKA (UKR) #5
Nesrin BAS (TUR) #6
Kseniia BURAKOVA (UWW) #7
Masako FURUICHI (JPN) #8

Unseeded
Zelu LI (CHN)
Rosie TABORA (COD)
Veronika VILK (CRO)
Jyoti BERWAL (IND)
Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ)
Jiseon LEE (KOR)
Auguste GENDVILAITE (LTU)
Zsuzsanna MOLNAR (SVK)
Alexandria GLAUDE (USA)
Svetlana OKNAZAROVA (UZB)

76kg

Seeded
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) #1
Milaimy MARIN (CUB) #2
Genesis REASCO (ECU) #3
Davaanasan ENKH AMAR (MGL) #4
Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR) #5
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) #6
YANGLA (CHN) #7
Nodoka YAMAMOTO (JPN) #8

Unseeded
Vanesa GEORGIEVA (BUL)
Brianna FRASER (CAN)
PRIYA (IND)
Enrica RINALDI (ITA)
Seoyeon JEONG (KOR)
Kamile GAUCAITE (LTU)
Damola OJO (NGR)
Elmira YASIN (TUR)
Kylie WELKER (USA)
Kristina SHUMOVA (UWW)
Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA (UWW)
Ozoda ZARIPBOEVA (UZB)

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Zagreb Open Best Move: Blades Suplex

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 15:22 By Vinay Siwach

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ZAGREB, Croatia (February 14) -- Kennedy BLADES (USA) is making the suplex her own. After thrilling a packed Champs de Mars Arena with a majestic suplex at the Paris Olympics, the 21-year-old star began her 2025 season with two of them at the Zagreb Open last week.

"When I get behind, in my mind, I am like I have to execute this because it's so rare to hit a suplex," Blades said in Zagreb. "So every time I get behind in matches or big stages, I try to hit the suplex. I want to do it at the world stage because I know it will be on the highlights."

At the Zagreb Open, Blades was at 68kg, two weight classes down from 76kg, in which she won the silver medal at the Paris Games. She debuted at 68kg with a fall over Kendra DACHER (FRA) and another fall over world bronze medalist Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE).

The first glimpse of her suplex in the match against Noémi SZABADOS (HUN). Close to a minute had gone in the bout when Blades used her reach for a outside single-leg. Instead of going for a takedown, she stood up and locked Szabados from behind and out came the throw.

However, the perfect arch was missing and it was awarded four points.

Blades wasn't satisfied. In Round 5 and leading 7-0, Blades countered Karolina POK (HUN) in a perfect set up for a suplex. Pok made a half-hearted attempt for a headlock but Blades snuck out and moved behind.

Pok knew it was coming. She did not resist and Blades did not relent. A picture-perfect arch, a beautiful throw, safe landing and a cheeky smile at the end. Blades was content.

"I just feel like when someone gets a headlock, they probably have to throw it really hard because growing up, I used to wrestle Greco in the summer," she said. "So my coach always taught us how to set up the suplex if they grab your head for a headlock and they don't go. When someone gets in a headlock position and they don't go super hard, then the suplex is there. If I would ever be in that position, I just go flat because I know that they can probably throw me. "

While it has become relatively easy for Blades to throw her opponents at 68kg, she still needs to tackle their speed and movement.

"I think at 68kg, the girls just feel lighter and that's what makes it a tiny bit easier," she said. "The difference though is that they wrestle a little bit more so my conditioning and footwork needs to be better. Whereas at 76kg, they're kind of hand fighting. It's more like strength. But at 68kg, it's speed and technique. It's hard to distinguish if it's easier or not, but I think the fact that I was able to lift the girls up easy was the best thing ever."

The suplex isn't new to Blades. She performed one at the U20 World Championships back in 2021, then at the Olympics and now in Zagreb. However, Blades picks the one in Paris as the best one so far.

"The best suplex is probably my Olympic one because that was straight back on her neck, on the Olympic stage, first match." she said. "I was on fire. I kind of want to see that the suplex I just hit because I think it was pretty nice. But the Olympic one is so hard to beat and I was in a pink singlet."