Cristelle Rodriguez Dobler wins U23 world gold with a pin in Las Vegas

Rodriguez Dobler captured women's freestyle gold at 53kg as the United States stood second in the women's team race.

Cristelle Rodriguez Dobler delivered U.S. gold on day 6 of the 2026 U23 World Championships in Las Vegas, pinning Turkiye's Sevval Cayir with the score at 4-0 in the women's freestyle 53kg final. Cayir took silver.

Rodriguez Dobler reached the final with decision wins over China's Xiaotong Zeng, 6-2, India's Sweety Sweety, 11-2, and Ukraine's Anastasiia Polska, 3-1.

At 57kg, Belarus' Aryna Dzemchanka Martynava beat Sweden's Tindra Dalmyr 6-0 by decision to claim gold. Dalmyr earned silver. American Sara Sterner lost 0-5 to Mexico's Bertha Rojas Chavez in the opening round.

The 62kg finish contains conflicting outcomes. Mexico's Melanie Jimenez Villalba has gold and Belarus' Yana Tretsiak silver through a 3-0 final decision, but Adaugo Nwachukwu's path also includes victories over both wrestlers and a pending final against Ukraine's Iryna Bondar. Nwachukwu's medal status remains unresolved.

Nwachukwu's bout results include technical-superiority wins over Puerto Rico's Elizabeth Watts, 10-0, Tretsiak, 10-0, and Mongolia's Khulan Byambasuren, 11-0, followed by a 3-1 semifinal decision over Jimenez Villalba. Bronze medalists are not identified for any of the three weights.

Ukraine leads the women's freestyle team race with 112 points, followed by the United States with 100 and Japan with 98. Belarus has 59 and Hungary has 54.

Iran leads Greco-Roman with 119 points, ahead of Kazakhstan with 114, Russia with 105, Georgia with 97 and Azerbaijan with 77.

In men's freestyle, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Brazil are tied at 0 points.