Pictured: 2021 Gold (freestyle) and Bronze (Greco-Roman) World medalist Braxton Amos. Photo credit: Tony Rotundo.
The final session (session 13) is officially in the books, and the 2021 Junior World Championships in Ufa, Russia, have concluded on Sunday afternoon. The Championships couldn’t have ended on a better note for Team USA, though, as Braxton Amos became a 2021 Greco World bronze medalist.
https://twitter.com/USAWrestling/status/1429469577294012424
The bronze medal marks the second of the week for Amos. The Wisconsin Badger freshman claimed a World gold medal during the men’s freestyle tournament earlier this week.
In his bronze-medal bout with Arkyt Orozbekov of Kyrgyzstan, Amos bounced back dominantly after his semifinal defeat. Against Orozbekov, Braxton jumped to a 5-0 lead roughly 30 seconds in thanks to a takedown with a gut wrench and a step-out point. After the restart, Amos promptly added another step-out and a final takedown to seal the deal and claim his second 2021 World medal with 4:46 left on the clock.
https://twitter.com/theopenmat/status/1429463373301878789
https://twitter.com/wrestlingnomad/status/1429466682653822976
You can watch the full match here on FloWrestling.
COMPETE RESULTS
2021 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aug. 16-22 | Ufa, Russia
97 kg: Braxton Amos (Mineral Well, W.V./Wisconsin RTC) – Bronze Medal
WIN Yerzat YERLANOV (Kazakhstan), 8-0
WIN Mustafa OLGUN (Turkey), fall 5:58
LOSS Aleksei MILESHIN (Russia), 9-0
WIN Arkyt Orozbekov (Kyrgyzstan), 8-0 Bronze-Medal Match
RECAP
Click here for the official release from USA Wrestling.
Session One recap
Session Two recap
Session Three and Four recap
Session Five recap
Session Six recap
Session Seven recap
Session Eight recap
Session Nine recap
Session 10 recap
Session 11 and 12 recap
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