By David Gerhart
USA Wrestling

ZAGREB, Croatia – 2025 U20 World champion Everest Leydecker shutout 2020 Olympian Roksana Zasina of Poland to win gold at the Zagreb Open. In her first United World Wrestling Ranking Series event, Leydecker finished a perfect 3-0 in competition at Arena Zagreb.

Leydecker controlled the action throughout the match against Zasina, who has appeared at 14 Senior World Championships. Just after the one-minute mark, Leydecker was able to convert a single-leg attack into a takedown. She then stretched her advantage to 3-0 with an activity time point halfway through the second period.

In the final 75 seconds of the match, Leydecker scored two more takedowns to put the match out of reach and secure the 7-0 decision.

The gold medal is Leydecker’s third in international competition. She won gold at the U20 Worlds and followed with another at the 2025 Bill Farrell Memorial International.

Team USA picked up two more medals on Saturday, with U20 World silver medalist Tristan Kelly collecting silver and Amanda Martinez winning bronze.

At 76 kg, Kelly’s run to the gold medal came up short. After taking an early 1-0 lead against World bronze medalist Alexandra Anghel of Romania, Kelly was unable to keep the momentum. Anghel, who also has a pair of age-group World medals to her name, scored a pair of four-point maneuvers with the second leading to a pin at 4:29.

Kelly’s silver medal is her seventh medal on the international circuit.

Martinez used strong defense to start the bronze medal match at 57 kg as she avoided a takedown from Türkiye’s Elvira Suleyman. Martinez then flipped the script and scored a four-point takedown that took three-time age-group World medalist Suleyman straight to her back.

Holding a 5-0 lead, Martinez scored two more takedowns to be on the brink of a technical fall. She then fended off another attack from Suleyman and turned it into a takedown of her own to seal the 11-0 technical fall with 48 seconds left in the match.

Martinez has now medaled in her last two international outings, with the bronze in Croatia and a silver medal at the 2025 Bill Farrell Memorial International.

Two-time age-group World medalist Katie Gomez also earned a win on Saturday as she won her opening round contest against three-time age-group World medalist Hungary’s Gerda Terek, 8-6. Gomez finished 1-1 and seventh overall at 53 kg. Gomez’s loss came to 2024 Olympian Antim of India, who finished with bronze after losing to Leydecker in the semifinals.

With the conclusion of women’s freestyle action, Team USA finished with seven total medals (one gold, two silver, four bronze). In the team rankings, the U.S. finished third overall with 130 points. Japan led all teams with 200, followed by India’s 154.

The Zagreb Open continues tomorrow with the final day of competition starting at 10:30 a.m. local time / 4:30 a.m. ET. The final Greco-Roman group (55-60-72-82-97-130 kg) rounds out the event in Croatia on Sunday.

A live broadcast of the event is available to the U.S. market through FloWrestling.

Brackets and match-by-match results can be found on UWW Arena.

2026 Zagreb Open 

At Zagreb, Croatia, February 7 

Reference Links 

• Live stream

• Brackets

• Event schedule

Women’s Freestyle Results 

Team Ranking 

1. Japan, 200

2. India, 154

3. United States, 130

4. Türkiye, 69

5. Romania, 56

6. Germany, 44

7. Sweden, 42

8. Canada, 40

9. Croatia, 35

10. Azerbaijan, 33

Weight Class Ranking 

53 kg 

Gold – Everest Leydecker (United States)

Silver – Roksana Zasina (Poland)

Bronze – Antim (India)

Bronze – Umi Imai (Japan)

5th – Anjali Kachhawa (India)

6th – Emma Lutternauer (France)

7th – Katie Gomez (United States)

8th – Sydney Petzinger (United States)

9th – Gerda Terek (Hungary)

10th – Nargiz Samadova (Azerbaijan)

Gold – Everest Leydecker (United States) dec. Roksana Zasina (Poland), 7-0

Bronze – Antim (India) tech. fall Anjali Kachhawa (India), 10-0

Bronze – Umi Imai (Japan) for. Annika Wendle (Germany)

57 kg 

Gold – Manisha (India)

Silver – Himeka Tokuhara (Japan)

Bronze – Amory Andrich (Germany)

Bronze – Amanda Martinez (United States)

5th – Tindra Dalmyr (Sweden)

5th – Elvira Suleyman (Türkiye)

7th – Giullia Penalber (Brazil)

8th – Evelina Hulthen (Sweden)

9th – Nilufar Raimova (Kazakhstan)

10th – Roza Szenttasmasi (Azerbaijan)

Gold – Manisha (India) dec. Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), 3-0

Bronze – Amory Andrich (Germany) dec. Tindra Dalmyr (Sweden), 4-2

Bronze – Amanda Martinez (United States) tech. fall Elvira Suleyman (Türkiye), 11-0

72 kg 

Gold – Buse Cavusoglu Tosun (Türkiye)

Silver – Diksha Malik (India)

Bronze – Veronika Vilk (Croatia)

Bronze – Zahra Karimzada (Azerbaijan)

5th – Kristina Bratchikova (UWW)

5th – Mahiro Toshitake (Japan)

7th – Alex Glaude (United States)

8th – Sophia Schaefle (Germany)

Gold – Buse Cavusoglu Tosun (Türkiye) dec. Diksha Malik (India), 5-2

Bronze – Veronika Vilk (Croatia) med. for Kristina Bratchikova (UWW)

Bronze – Zahra Karimzada (Azerbaijan) dec. Mahiro Toshitake (Japan), 4-1

76 kg 

Gold – Alexandra Anghel (Romania)

Silver – Tristan Kelly (United States)

Bronze – Yasuha Matsuyuki (Japan)

Bronze – Kendra Dacher (France)

5th – Shauna Kuebeck (Canada)

5th – Priya (India)

7th – Kamile Gaucaite (Lithuania)

8th – Gulmaral Yerkebayeva (Kazakhstan)

9th – Enrica Rinaldi (Italy)

Gold – Alexandra Anghel (Romania) fall Tristan Kelly (United States), 4:29

Bronze –Yasuha Matsuyuki (Japan) tech. fall Shauna Kuebeck (Canada), 10-0

Bronze – Kendra Dacher (France) fall Priya (India), 5:24

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results 

53 kg – Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), 7th place 

WON Gerda Terek (Hungary), 8-6

LOSS Antim (India), tech. fall, 11-0

53 kg – Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC), gold medal 

WON Anjali Kachhawa (India), tech. fall, 11-0

WON Antim (India), 2-2

WON Roksana Zasina (Poland), 7-0

53 kg – Sydney Petzinger (Naperville, Ill./Cardinal WC), 8th place 

LOSS Emma Luttenauer (France), 15-11

57 kg – Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal 

WON Tamara Dollak (Hungary), tech. fall, 10-0

LOSS Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), 7-1

WON Elvira Suleyman (Türkiye), tech. fall, 11-0

72 kg – Alex Glaude (Menlo Park, Calif./California RTC/Titan Mercury WC), 7th place 

LOSS Mahiro Yoshitake (Japan), 2-1

76 kg – Tristan Kelly (Erie, Colo./Army WCAP), silver medal 

WON Kendra Dacher (France), 3-3

WON Priya (India), 4-4

LOSS Alexandra Anghel (Romania), fall, 4:29