By David Gerhart
USA Wrestling

ZAGREB, Croatia – A quartet of Olympians lead Team USA’s 19-man Greco-Roman side into the Zagreb Open. This weekend’s action in Croatia is United World Wrestling’s first Ranking Series event of the season.

2024 Olympians Kamal Bey and Payton Jacobson start their international seasons on Saturday. At 77 kg, 2017 Junior World champion Bey takes on Iran’s Ali Oskou in the first round. 2025 U23 World bronze medalist Jacobson highlights the 87 kg bracket for the Americans with an opening round match against 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Ivan Huklek of Croatia.

Two-time Olympian Ildar Hafizov begins competition on Friday at 63 kg against two-time age-group Asian Championships medalist Khusniddin Olimoev of Uzbekistan.

The final Olympian in action for the U.S. is 2020 representative Alejandro Sancho in the 72 kg weight class. Sancho’s first match on Sunday comes against Hungary’s Krisztofer Klanyi, who is an age-group European Championships medalist.

Along with Jacobson’s match against an Olympian, two additional members of the U.S. take on Olympians at the Zagreb Open. Rhett Peak takes on 2024 Olympian and World bronze medalist Islomjon Bakhramov of Uzbekistan at 63 kg. In the 130 kg division, Aden Atto takes on seven-time World champion and 2020 Olympian Riza Kayaalp from Türkiye.

Two reigning World silver medalists are also on the docket for the Americans. Zane Richards opens the 60 kg weight class against Uzbekistan’s Alisher Ganiev. At 130 kg, 2025 World Team member Cohlton Schultz faces Hungary’s Darius Vitek.

In the Greco-Roman field, the U.S. is fielding eight of its 10 2025 World Team members at the Zagreb Open.

Team USA also has a trio of age-group World medalists in action this weekend. Two-time age-group medalist Otto Black and 2019 Junior World bronze medalist Alston Nutter are both in action at 67 kg. 2024 U23 World silver medalist Beka Melelashvili is competing at 82 kg.

All opening round matchups for the Greco-Roman squad and a complete event schedule are listed below.

Greco-Roman competition runs from Friday through Sunday at Arena Zagreb. Action each day begins at 10:30 a.m. local time/4:30 a.m. ET.

Matches will be streamed live on FloWrestling. Live results and brackets are available on UWW Arena.

2026 Zagreb Open 

At Zagreb, Croatia, February 6-8 

Quick Links 

• Events Website

• Brackets

• Live Stream

Event Schedule 

Friday, February 6 

GR 63-67 kg

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds

12:30 p.m. – Semifinals

1:30 p.m. – Repechage

6 p.m. – Finals 

Saturday, February 7 

GR 77-87 kg

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds

1:30 p.m. – Semifinals

2:30 p.m. – Repechage

6 p.m. – Finals

Sunday, February 8 

GR 55-60-72-82-97-130 kg

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds

1:30 p.m. – Semifinals

2:30 p.m. – Repechage

6 p.m. – Finals

*All times reference local time in Zagreb, Croatia, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

U.S. Greco-Roman Draws 

55 kg – Brady Koontz (Edmond, Okla./Position Wrestling/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Sebastian Kolompar (Serbia) or Poya Dad Marz (Iran)

60 kg – Zane Richards (Urbana, Ill./Illinois RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 

VS Alisher Ganiev (Uzbekistan)

60 kg – Max Black (Marquette, Mich./NMU National Training Center) 

VS Yu Shiotani (Japan)

60 kg – Dalton Roberts (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Corneliu Rusu (Moldova)

63 kg – Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Khusniddin Olimboev (Uzbekistan)

63 kg – Rhett Peak (Tulsa, Okla./Position Wrestling) 

VS Islomjon Bakhramov (Uzbekistan)

67 kg – Alston Nutter (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Rati Khozrevanidze (Georgia)

67 kg – Otto Black (Marquette, Mich./NMU National Training Center) 

VS Din Koshkar (Kazakhstan) or Morten Thoresen (Norway)

72 kg – Benji Peak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Position Wrestling/Combat W.C. School of Wrestling) 

VS Almatbek Amanbek (Kazakhstan)

72 kg – Alejandro Sancho (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Krisztofer Klanyi (Hungary)

77 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Ali Oskou (Iran)

82 kg – Beka Melelashvili (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) 

VS Antal Vamos (Serbia)

82 kg – Jesse Porter (Ballston Lake, N.Y./New York AC) 

VS Yuksel Saricicek (Türkiye)

87 kg – Zac Braunagel (Arnold, Md./Navy WC) 

VS Rahimjon Uzokov (Uzbekistan) or Istvan Takacs (Hungary)

87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU National Training Center) 

VS Ivan Huklek (Croatia)

97 kg – Michial Foy (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) 

VS Javokhir Shodiyarov (Uzbekistan) or Mathias Bak (Denmark)

130 kg – Courtney Freeman (Richlands, N.C./All Navy Wrestling) 

VS Jacob Logaard (Sweden)

130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Tempe, Ariz./Southwest WC) 

VS Darius Vitek (Hungary)

130 kg – Aden Attao (Boise, Idaho/New York AC) 

VS Riza Kayaalp (Türkiye)