Photo: Tony Rotundo
Team USA's Greco-Roman run at the 2026 Senior World Championships in Astana is over. The 10-man squad went 3-13 with no medals, and only two Americans made it past their opening match. It was closer than the record suggests, though: five of the losses came by two points or fewer.
Weight by Weight
- 55kg: Max Nowry (1-2). Opened with a tech fall over Tajikistan's Nazarmamad Rakhmonbekov, then lost to Iran's Payam Ahmadi Balootaki in the round of 16. Pulled back into repechage, where India's Lalit beat him 7-0.
- 60kg: Dalton Roberts (0-1). Lost by tech fall to Romania's Razvan Arnaut in the round of 16.
- 63kg: Xavier Johnson (0-2). Both of his matches ended in injury defaults, to Azerbaijan's Nihat Mammadli in qualification and to Norway's Morten Thoresen in repechage.
- 67kg: Otto Black (1-2). Lost to Uzbekistan's Aytjan Khalmakhanov in qualification but got a second life in repechage. He teched Australia's Tsuchika Shimoyamada 9-0, then fell 7-4 to Cuba's Luis Orta Sanchez.
- 72kg: Benjamin Peak (1-1). Beat Belarus' Aliaksandr Liavonchyk 4-1, then lost a one-point match to Russia's Mingiian Goriaev, 5-4, in the round of 16. Goriaev lost in the semifinals, so there was no repechage.
- 77kg: Joel Adams (0-1). Lost 3-1 to Bulgaria's Stoyan Kubatov.
- 82kg: Kamal Bey (0-1). Lost 4-2 to China's Halishan Bahejiang.
- 87kg: Beka Melelashvili (0-1). Pinned by Croatia's Ivan Huklek in the round of 32.
- 97kg: Tim Young (0-1). Lost 4-3 to Croatia's Matej Mandic.
- 130kg: Cohlton Schultz (0-1). Lost 1-1 on criteria to Egypt's Abdellatif Mohamed in the round of 16.
So Close, So Often
The margins tell the story. Schultz lost on criteria at 1-1. Peak lost by one point to a Russian who reached the semifinals. Young lost by one, and Adams and Bey each lost by two. Turn a couple of those around and the week looks very different.
Only Nowry and Black got second chances through repechage, and both came up a win short of a bronze-medal match.
What's Next
Women's freestyle is underway in Astana, and men's freestyle starts Thursday, Oct. 29, with Kyle Snyder, Kyle Dake, Levi Haines, Spencer Lee and the rest of Team USA. Follow every American live on our Team USA Senior Worlds tracker.