Attao earns two pins, U.S. goes without medals on U23 Worlds Day 4

Aden Attao reached the quarterfinals in Las Vegas as Iran claimed two Greco-Roman titles and led the team race.

Aden Attao opened with two pins, but the United States finished Day 4 of the 2026 U23 World Championships in Las Vegas without a medal. Attao pinned Javokhir Shodiyarov of Uzbekistan and Murat Botoev of Kyrgyzstan before falling to Kazakhstan's Jokhar Uzarov by technical superiority, 0-8, in the Greco-Roman quarterfinals.

At GR 55kg, Georgia's Koba Karumidze edged India's Vishvajit More by a 13-12 decision to win gold. More took silver in the highest-scoring final of the day.

Iran's Erfan Jarkani claimed gold at GR 63kg with a 2-1 decision over Japan's Manato Nakamura, who earned silver.

Egypt's Moustafa Alameldin won the GR 77kg title, defeating Hungary's Levente Levai by a 5-2 decision. Levai finished with silver.

Yasin Yazdi added another gold for Iran at GR 87kg, shutting out Kazakhstan's Temirlan Turdakyn in a 4-0 decision. Turdakyn took silver.

China's Wenhao Jiang secured gold at GR 130kg with a 5-0 decision over Russia's Ali Iliasov, the silver medalist.

Among the other U.S. wrestlers, Michael Altomer beat Saimaiti Wajiti and Daichi Oka before losing to Martin Ljosaak in the quarterfinals. Kenneth Crosby and Landon Drury each won their opener before quarterfinal losses to Barsbek Asankozhoev and Servet Angi, respectively. Joel Adams defeated Lars Strandner in qualifying before losing to Sergey Stoev.

Iran led the Greco-Roman team race with 119 points, followed by Kazakhstan with 114 and Russia with 105. Georgia stood next with 97, ahead of Azerbaijan with 77.

In women's freestyle, Japan led with 75 points, Ukraine had 72 and the United States was third with 55. Russia followed with 49 and Hungary with 35. Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Brazil were tied atop the men's freestyle standings with 0 points.