Mongolia crowned its first U17 women’s world champion, Uzbekistan claimed its second, the United States secured two gold medals, and Saika Uchida of Japan emerged as another rising star as five titles were decided on the fourth day of the U17 World Championships in Baku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ariunzul Boldbaatar made history by becoming Mongolia’s first U17 world champion in Women’s Wrestling after defeating Aisha Abdimalik of Kazakhstan 4-0 in the 65kg final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two had previously met at the U17 Asian Championships, where Boldbaatar cruised to an 11-2 victory. Neither wrestler had a lengthy international resume heading into Baku, but both advanced to the final, with Boldbaatar already guaranteeing Mongolia its best-ever finish in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boldbaatar opened the final with a stepout and added a passivity point before capitalizing during a scramble to score two exposure points for a 4-0 lead, which she held until the final whistle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boldbaatar’s historic title run featured two victories by fall and two wins on points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uzbekistan also celebrated another milestone as Mukhlisa Masharipova became the country’s second U17 women’s world champion with a 4-1 victory over Finja Strauch of Germany in the 43kg final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Uzbekistan wrestler scored two takedowns to build her lead and then successfully defended against Strauch, who struggled to create scoring opportunities. Although Masharipova conceded an activity-clock point in the second period, Strauch never looked to threaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Masharipova follows Shohista Shonazarova of Uzbekistan, who became Uzbekistan’s first U17 women’s world champion by winning the 40kg title in Athens last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Epenesa Elison of the USA went one step further after settling for silver at 53kg last year, capturing the 57kg world title with a dominant performance in Baku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elison defeated Nikita Sehrawat of India by fall in the final after racing to a 6-0 lead, capping an impressive campaign in which she won all five of her bouts in commanding fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 73kg, American Kaili Manuel claimed the gold medal with an 8-1 victory over U17 European champion Solomiia Petriv of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manuel controlled the match from start to finish, scoring five stepouts, forcing Petriv onto the activity clock for another point, and adding a takedown to complete the convincing victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bronze medals at 73kg went to Aisha Williams of Panama and U17 Asian champion Garima of India. Williams made history by becoming the first Panama wrestler to win a world medal after defeating Bianka Barany of Hungary by fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 49kg, Uchida showcased her immense potential by winning the world title in dominant fashion. The younger sister of Asian champion Sowaka Uchida overwhelmed Olena Kolubai of Ukraine in the final, using a series of gut wrenches to secure a 12-2 technical superiority victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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43kg<\/strong> BRONZE: Sera FURUICHI (JPN) df. Maya NAICKER (CAN), 10-10 49kg<\/strong> BRONZE: Kamna BABAL (IND) df. Irina TSYDEEVA (RUS), 3-2 57kg<\/strong> BRONZE: Rion SUZUKI (JPN) df. Gurleen DHILLON (CAN), 10-0 65kg<\/strong> BRONZE: Margarita LISITA (MDA) df. Vasiliki KARAVANOU (GRE), 5-0 73kg<\/strong> BRONZE: Aisha WILLIAMS (PAN) df. Bianka BARANY (HUN), via fall Mongolia crowned its first U17 women’s world champion, Uzbekistan claimed its second, the United States secured two gold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[91],"class_list":["post-15187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-wrestling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
GOLD: Mukhlisa MASHARIPOVA (UZB) df. Finja STRAUCH (GER), 4-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRONZE: Daria MASLENNIKOVA (RUS) df. Tola RUDNIK (POL), 10-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOLD: Saika UCHIDA (JPN) df. Olena KOLUBAI (UKR), 12-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRONZE: Isla Belle SILVA (USA) df. Ayanat MEINAMBAY (KAZ), 6-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOLD: Epenesa ELISON (USA) df. Nikita SEHRAWAT (IND), via fall (6-0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRONZE: Mariia POLTORAK (UKR) df. Su SOYALP (TUR), 4-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOLD: Ariunzul BOLDBAATAR (MGL) df. Aisha ABDIMALIK (KAZ), 4-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRONZE: Palina BRAHINETS (BLR) df. Iryna BUKHTINA (UKR), 11-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOLD: Kaili MANUEL (USA) df. Solomiia PETRIV (UKR), 8-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRONZE: GARIMA (IND) df. Paula BENAIXA (ESP), 10-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"