The 2024 U20 World Championships took place in Pontevedra, Spain and featured wrestling’s future stars. The women’s freestyle portion of the tournament featured a fantastic team race - you can see the below article for the final team standings and a breakdown of the team race.

Team USA Finishes Third Behind Champion Japan & Runner-Up India

The women's squad for Team USA won a total of four medals at U20 Worlds to take home a third-place team finish from Spain. Cristelle Rodriguez and Jasmine Robinson were the two gold medalists while Alexis Janiak won silver and Naomi Simon won bronze. Team USA was notably trailing China by three points heading into the final match of the tournament when Jasmine Robinson pinned her opponent from China to win gold and clinch the podium finish for the US. 

Japan continued to show it's dominance in women's freestyle by winning 6 total medals (3 golds, 1 silver, and 2 bronze) and finishing with a 19-point lead over second-place India. 

Final Team Standings:

Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. 

*Russia and Belarus are not in the official team rankings because they are competing as “Individual Neutral Athletes.” However, we chose to include them in the above standings to show how those countries are performing at U17 Worlds.

USA’s U20 Women’s Freestyle Team

50 kg: Anaya Falcon - 7th Place

53 kg: Brianna Gonzalez - Eliminated

55 kg: Cristelle Rodriguez - GOLD

57 kg: Carissa Qureshi - Eliminated

59 kg: Alexis Janiak - SILVER

62 kg: Cadence Diduch - 9th Place

65 kg: Reese Larramendy - 10th Place

68 kg: Caitlyn Davis - 10th Place

72 kg: Jasmine Robinson - GOLD

76 kg: Naomi Simon - BRONZE