#Trnava2018

World Champs Susaki, Larroque Lead #Trnava2018 Field

Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 13:54 By Eric Olanowski

TRNAVA, Slovakia (September 2) - The final women's wrestling entries for the #Trnava2018 World Championships have been submitted and the most surprising entry comes from reigning senior-level world champion, Yui SUSAKI (JPN).

Susaki, Japan's 19-year-old superstar won three straight Cadet World Championships before heading to Paris last year to claim her first senior-level World Championship, defeating current world No.1 Alina VUC (ROU), 14-4.

The 2018 Junior World Championships will be Susaki's first junior-level competition ever.

Another surprising entry comes from France's U23 world champion and 2017 world bronze medalist, Koumba LARROQUE. Larroque enters her first junior-level competition since winning the 2016 Junior World Championship gold medal.

Reigning champions Sae NANJO (JPN) and Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) also make their return to the Junior World Championships with hopes of winning back-to-back gold medals.

ROSTERS
AZE
50kg - Yasaman MAJIDLI
53kg - Tatyana VARANSOVA
65kg - Jeyla NAGHIZADE

BLR
50kg - Viktoryia APALONIK
53kg - Yuliya ZHAUNERYK
55kg - Darya SINKAVETS
59kg - Maryia HULIDA
62kg - Krystsina SAZYKINA
65kg - Hanna SADCHANKA
68kg - Yauheniya ANDREICHYKAVA
72kg - Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA

BRA
72kg - Thais DE LUCAS DE OLIVEIRA

BUL
50kg - Raymyal ZIBEROVA
53kg - Kremena PETROVA
55kg - Sezen BELBEROVA
57kg - Aleksandrina KASHINOVA
62kg - Yuliana YANEVA
68kg - Siyka IVANOVA

CAN
50kg - Samantha ROMANO
53kg - Jayd DAVIS
57kg - Hannah TAYLOR
59kg - Sara BRINKAC
62kg - Xiao LIU
65kg - Megan FENDELET
68kg - Dejah SLATER

CHN
50kg - Yumei ZHONGCHN
53kg - Yuhong ZHONG
55kg - Jiajing HOU
57kg - Qi ZHANG
59kg - Xiuyun CHEN
62kg - Xinyuan SUN
65kg - Yue ZHANG
68kg - Man ZHANG
76kg - Yuanyuan HUANG

EGY
50kg - Nada MOHAMED
65kg - Mona AHMED

France's U23 World Champion, Koumba LARROQUE. (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne.)

FRA
72kg - Koumba LARROQUE

GER
50kg - Ellen RIESTERER
55kg - Anne NUERNBERGER
57kg - Serena BOELKE
59kg - Debora LAWNITZAK
62kg - Janny SOMMERMEYER
65kg - Eyleen SEWINA

HUN
55kg - Szimonetta SZEKER
57kg - Tamara DOLLAK
59kg - Erika BOGNAR
62kg - Viktoria FELHO
76kg - Bernadett NAGY

IND
50kg - Shivani PAWAR
53kg - Swati SHINDE
55kg - Reena REENA
57kg - Mansi MANSI
59kg - Sangeeta SANGEETA
62kg - Anshu ANSHU
65kg - Tina TINA
68kg - Divya KAKRAN
72kg - Sonika HOODA
76kg - Karuna KARUNA

ITA
50kg - Emanuela LIUZZI
53kg - Carmen DI DIO
55kg - Teresa LUMIA
59kg - Morena DE VITA
62kg - Aurora CAMPAGNA
65kg - Elena ESPOSITO
72kg - Enrica RINALDI
76kg - Eleni PJOLLAJ

Reigning Junior World Champion, Sae NANJO (JPN). (Photo by Marion Stein)

JPN
50kg - Yui SUSAKI
53kg - Umi IMAI
55kg - Saki IGARASHI
57kg - Andoriahanako SAWA
59kg - Sae NANJO
62kg - Rin KONDO
62kg - Atena KODAMA
65kg - Miyu IMAI
68kg - Miwa MORIKAWA
72kg - Naruha MATSUYUKI
76kg - Yasuha MATSUYUKI

KAZ
50kg - Marina ZAKSHEVSKAYA
53kg - Ellada MAKHYADDINOVA
55kg - Aigerim IBRASHEVA
57kg - Zhanerke ASSANOVA
59kg - Yekaterina FIRSTOVA
62kg - Irina KUZNETSOVA
65kg - Albina KAIRGELDINOVA
68kg - Valeriya GONCHAROVA
72kg - Gulnaz ZHAPPAROVA
76kg - Inkara ZHANATAYEVA

KOR
50kg - Miran CHEON
53kg - Haeyeong IM
55kg - Eunyoung PARK
57kg - Jeongae BARK
59kg - Hwa Young SUNG
62kg - Ohyoung HA
65kg - Hyerim YUN
68kg - Hyeonyeong PARK
72kg - Jisu KIM

LTU
72kg - Kamile GAUCAITE

Anastasia NICHITA, 2018 Junior European Champion. (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

MDA
53kg - Mariana DRAGUTAN
59kg - Anastasia NICHITA

MGL
50kg - Anudari NANDINTSETSEG
53kg - Enkhtsetseg BATBAATAR
55kg - Khaliunaa BAYARAA
57kg - Enkhtuvshin BALJINNYAM
65kg - Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN
68kg - Davaanasan ENKH AMAR
72kg - Namuunzaya BATBOLD
76kg - Ariunjargal GANBAT

NOR
59kg - Laura AAK
62kg - Hedda STRAND

POL
50kg - Magdalena MAJOS
53kg - Alicja CZYZOWICZ
55kg - Patrycja GIL
57kg - Magdalena GLODEK
65kg - Wiktoria CHOLUJ
72kg - Kamila KULWICKA

PUR
55kg - Gabriela RAMOS DIAZ
59kg - Andribeth RIVERA BELLIARD

ROU
50kg - Stefania PRICEPUTU
53kg - Andreea ANA
72kg - Maria NITU

Reigning Junior World Champion, Khanum VELIEVA (RUS). (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

RUS
50kg - Veronika GURSKAYA
53kg - Mariia TIUMEREKOVA
55kg - Aleksandra NITSENKO
57kg - Viktoriia VAULINA
59kg - Alina KAZYMOVA
62kg - Daria BOBRULKO
65kg - Alena TIMOFEEVA
68kg - Khanum VELIEVA
72kg - Evgeniia ZAKHARCHENKO
76kg - Elmira KHALAEVA

SVK
53kg - Nina KOLLAROVA
59kg - Reka BACSFAIOVA
62kg - Kristina OROSZOVA
72kg - Zsuzsanna MOLNAR

SWE
57kg - Sara LINDBORG
62kg - Linnea SVENSSON
68kg - Tindra SJOEBERG
76kg - Denise MAKOTA STROEM

TPE
50kg - Meng HSIEH
53kg - Ya Ling PENG
59kg - Yu Han CHENG
72kg - Hui Tsz CHANG

TUN
50kg - Sarra HAMDI
55kg - Siwar BOUSETTA
57kg - Khouloud EL OUNI
62kg - Fatma INOUBLI
68kg - Rihem AYARI

TUR
50kg - Aynur ERGE
53kg - Zeynep YETGIL
55kg - Nurife DUMAN
57kg - Ozge FINDIKCI
59kg - Sule KABAK
62kg - Gamze Nur ADAKAN
65kg - Asli DEMIR
68kg - Kadriye AKSOY
72kg - Tugba KILIC
76kg - Aysegul OZBEGE

UKR
50kg - Mariia VYNNYK
53kg - Veronika RYABOVOLOVA
55kg - Khrystyna Zoryana DEMKO
57kg - Alina AKOBIIA
59kg - Tetiana RIZHKO
62kg - Anhelina LYSAK
65kg - Iryna KOLIADENKO
68kg - Alina RUDNYTSKA LEVYTSKA
72kg - Romana VOVCHAK
76kg - Anna TISLICHENKO

Reigning Cadet World Champion, Macey KILTY (USA). (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

USA
50kg - Alleida MARTINEZ
53kg - Alisha HOWK
55kg - Ronna HEATON
57kg - Alexandra HEDRICK
59kg - Brenda REYNA
62kg - Alexandria LILES
65kg - Jayden LAURENT
68kg - Macey KILTY
72kg - Alyvia FISKE

UZB
50kg - Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA
55kg - Khodicha NAJIMOVA
59kg - Nabira ESENBAEVA
65kg - Bakhtigul BALTANIYAZOVA

#WrestleAthens

Uzbekistan closer to Women's Wrestling history at U17 Worlds

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 14:55 By Vinay Siwach

ATHENS, Greece (July 30) -- Mukhayyo RAKHIMJONOVA (UZB) is on the verge of creating history for Uzbekistan in Athens.

Wrestling at the World U17 Championships on Wednesday, Rakhimjonova became the first wrestler from Uzbekistan to reach the final of U17 Worlds.

On Thursday, she will try to become the first wrestler to win a gold medal at any World Championships for Uzbekistan in Women's Wrestling.

She reached the 65kg final after beating European silver medalist Feenja HERMANN (GER), 6-1. In her earlier bouts, she had defeated Zuzanna HORBIK (POL), 6-4, and Alexandra MOISEI (MDA), 12-1.

Standing between her and the historic gold medal is Asian U17 champion Ashvini VISHNOI (IND), who was one of India's four finalists on Wednesday.

Vishnoi, who outscored her opponents 41-0 in four bouts, defeated European U17 champion Lilia ERMOKHINA (UWW), 7-0, in the semifinal. After a slow start, Vishnoi got two takedowns in the second period, adding to her two stepouts and one passivity point in the match.

Former world U17 champion KAJAL (IND) will get a chance to avenge her loss from Asian Championships after she reached the final against Asian champion Wenjin QIU (CHN) at 73kg.

Qiu had humbled Kajal 10-0 in the final of the Asian U17 Championships a month ago in Vietnam. But if Kajal is in the form she showed on Wednesday, her chances to avenge that loss are high.

She defeated Pan-Am champion Ella Jo POALILLO (USA), 11-0, giving no chance to Poalillo. Kajal hit a couple of double-leg as counters to take down Poalillo.

Qiu pinned Deborah GARCIA (MEX) in the other semifinal when the Mexican tried to outside trip her. Qiu stood her ground and slammed Garcia before securing the fall.

Another Asian U17 Championships final will be replayed on Thursday, at 57kg, as champion MONI (IND) and silver medalist Madkhiya USMANOVA (KAZ) won their respective semifinals and book their spots in the gold-medal bout.

Usmanov used a four-pointer against Sayuki TANADA (JPN) and secured the fall in two minutes and 36 seconds. With the loss of Tanada, Japan was left with only one finalist on Wednesday when five weight classes were in action.

Moni, like she had done all day, kept her defense and scored takedown whenever she could find an opening. After a passivity point, Moni scored three takedown to beat Alina BAROEVA (UWW), 7-0, in the semifinal.

At 43kg, RACHNA (IND) and Xin HUANG (CHN) made it to the final after contrasting wins. Rachna defended her 1-1 criteria lead over Madison HEALEY (USA) to win and make the final, Huang put on a takedown masterclass to beat European champion Raniia RAKHMANOVA (UWW) 8-0.

Turner closer to second world title

She is already a world U17 champion but there has been no lack of motivation for Morgan TURNER (USA) as she chases another at U17 level.

Morgan spent only two minutes and 24 seconds on the mat to win her three bouts on Wednesday and reach the final at 49kg in Athens.

A gold medalist from 2023 and bronze medalist from 2024, Morgan will face Yu KATAOKA (JPN) for the gold on Thursday. Like in typical Japanese style, Kataoka used five different takedowns to win 10-0 in her semifinal against Polina BOCHKAREVA (UWW).

Morgan used a cradle to secure a fall over Polina BOCHKAREVA (UWW), a returning bronze medalist and European champion.

RESULTS

43kg
GOLD: RACHANA (IND) vs. Xin HUANG (CHN)

SF 1: RACHANA (IND) df. Madison HEALEY (USA), 1-1
SF 2: Xin HUANG (CHN) df. Raniia RAKHMANOV (UWW), 8-0

49kg
GOLD: Morgan TURNER (USA) vs. Yu KATAOKA (JPN)

SF 1: Morgan TURNER (USA) df. Anhelina BURKINA (UWW), via fall (8-0)
SF 2: Yu KATAOKA (JPN) df. Polina BOCHKAREVA (UWW), 10-0

57kg
GOLD: Madkhiya USMANOVA (KAZ) vs. MONI (IND)

SF 1: Madkhiya USMANOVA (KAZ) df. Sayuki TANADA (JPN), via fall (5-0)
SF 2: MONI (IND) df. Alina BAROEVA (UWW), 7-0

65kg
GOLD: Mukhayyo RAKHIMJONOVA (UZB) vs. Ashvini VISHNOI (IND)

SF 1: Mukhayyo RAKHIMJONOVA (UZB) df. Feenja HERMANN (GER), 6-1
SF 2: Ashvini VISHNOI (IND) df. Lilia ERMOKHINA (UWW), 7-0

73kg
GOLD: KAJAL (IND) vs. Wenjin QIU (CHN)

SF 1: KAJAL (IND) df. Ella Jo POALILLO (USA), 11-0
SF 2: Wenjin QIU (CHN) df. Deborah GARCIA (MEX), via fall

World Champs Susaki, Larroque Lead #Trnava2018 Field

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