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The Penn State wrestling mat at the Bryce Jordan Center. (Pickel/BWI)Penn State wrestlers are back on the mat Tuesday at the U20 World Championships. Freshman William Henckel wrestles later today for a gold medal at 79 kilograms (174.1 pounds) while redshirt freshman Connor Mirasola goes for bronze at 92 kilograms (202.8 pounds). They will both compete in today’s third session, which starts at 11 a.m. ET. Before that, freshman Marcus Blaze wrestles in the semifinals after a good start to his tournament at 61 kilograms (134.4 pounds). That round starts at 9:45 a.m. ET.
Two Nittany Lions have already medaled at the event. Freshman PJ Duke won 70-kilogram gold on Monday. Redshirt freshman Cole Mirasola finished third at 125 kilograms.
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By:Greg PickelBlaze is up first on mat A
08/19/2025 08:45:10 AM
Penn State freshman Marcus Blaze will go for a spot in the finals to start today’s second session. He’ll face Magomedkhan Magamedkohnov of Russia.
U20 61KG SEMI | Marcus Blaze vs Magomedkhan Magamedkohnov (UWW) will be the first match on MAT A at approximately 9:45am. #WrestleSamokov
— Perrysburg Wrestling Club (@PBURG_Wrestling) August 19, 2025Mirasola is in the bronze medale match
08/19/2025 08:47:14 AM
Connor Mirasola won his first and only repechage match of the day to position himself to wrestle for bronze. The second-year Nittany Lion beat Teimuraz Kochkiani of Georgia by technical fall, 12-2, to advance. He faces Anar Jafarli of Azerbaijan for third. He beat Mirasola at U20s for third last year.
Blaze cruises into the semifinals
08/19/2025 08:49:56 AM
Marcus Blaze kicked off his quest for 61 kilogram gold in style.
“Blaze opened up his 61kg bracket with a quick technical fall over Switzerland’s Sandro Hungerbueler and then advanced via disqualification over U20 European champion Sargis Begoyan of Armenia,” USA Wrestling writes. “Begoyan was cautioned three times for unnecessary hands to the face and blows to the head. Blaze punched through to the semifinals with an 11-1 win over Askat Toktomatov of Kyrgyzstan. He’ll face UWW athlete Magomedkhan Magamedkhanov later on Tuesday.”
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