2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

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Men's freestyle 61 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates26–27 October
Competitors21 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 26 and 27 October 2025. [1]

Contents

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)14
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)17

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Bazarbayev  (KAZ)6
Flag of Turkey.svg  Tolga Özbek  (TUR)11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Tolga Özbek  (TUR)6
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Fedor Baltuev  (AIN)7RFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jeyhun Allahverdiyev  (AZE)4
Flag of India.svg  Shubham  (IND)4Flag of India.svg  Shubham  (IND)5
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jeyhun Allahverdiyev  (AZE)16
Flag of Turkey.svg  Tolga Özbek  (TUR)1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)12
Flag of Albania.svg  Endrio Avdyli  (ALB)7
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Blayne Helou  (CAN)12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Blayne Helou  (CAN)3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Roger Dos Santos  (BRA)2 Flag of Albania.svg  Endrio Avdyli  (ALB)2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Luo Yongquan  (CHN)0 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)12
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)11Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)12
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Erdal Galip  (BUL)0

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Moldova.svg  Vasile Marcu  (MDA)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)13
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)10
Flag of Armenia.svg  Levik Mikayelyan  (ARM)2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Abramov  (UKR)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Reza Momeni  (IRI)0 Flag of Armenia.svg  Levik Mikayelyan  (ARM)2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Abramov  (UKR)3
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)15
Flag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)5
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Besir Alili  (MKD)2
Flag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)10Flag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)13
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Mikita Berazun  (AIN)0 Flag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)13
Flag of Georgia.svg  Nika Zangaladze  (GEO)11
Flag of Georgia.svg  Nika Zangaladze  (GEO)4F
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Amir Hamaýun  (TKM)0

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Luo Yongquan  (CHN)0Flag of Albania.svg  Endrio Avdyli  (ALB)1Flag of Turkey.svg  Tolga Özbek  (TUR)11
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Erdal Galip  (BUL)2FFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Erdal Galip  (BUL)9Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Erdal Galip  (BUL)1
Flag of Moldova.svg  Vasile Marcu  (MDA)2Flag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)10
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Abramov  (UKR)3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Abramov  (UKR)0

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Omurbek Asan Uulu  (KGZ)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Tolga Özbek  (TUR)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Akito Mukaida  (JPN)
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Erdal Galip  (BUL)
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Abramov  (UKR)
7Flag of Georgia.svg  Nika Zangaladze  (GEO)
8Flag of India.svg  Shubham  (IND)
9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jeyhun Allahverdiyev  (AZE)
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Blayne Helou  (CAN)
11Flag of Albania.svg  Endrio Avdyli  (ALB)
12Flag of Armenia.svg  Levik Mikayelyan  (ARM)
13Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Bazarbayev  (KAZ)
14Flag of Brazil.svg  Roger Dos Santos  (BRA)
15Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Besir Alili  (MKD)
16Flag of Moldova.svg  Vasile Marcu  (MDA)
17Flag of Iran.svg  Reza Momeni  (IRI)
18Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Fedor Baltuev  (AIN)
19Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Amir Hamaýun  (TKM)
20Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Mikita Berazun  (AIN)
21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Luo Yongquan  (CHN)

References

  1. "U23 World Championships". uww.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.