There is no offseason for Sun Devil Wrestling.
The Senior World Championships kick off in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sep. 16, and Sun Devil Wrestling has some familiar faces taking the mats.
Cohlton's draw is here! Check it out! ????????#WrestleBelgrade
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) September 20, 2023
Cohlton's qualification rounds will begin Thursday with the medal rounds on Friday.
Thursday, Sep. 21°1:30 a.m. MST Qualification Rounds° 7:45 a.m. MST Semi-finals°
Friday, Sep. 22°9:00 a.m. MST Finals pic.twitter.com/LYgtRpS0Sg
And with an 11–0 score, Zahid Valencia is your world bronze medalist! #WrestleBelgrade
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) September 18, 2023
He joins @ZekeJones, @MiraculousKC, and Dom Parrish as @ASUWrestling and SunKist WC members to earn medals at the United World Wrestling Tournament. @InfernoIntel
— Jack Bartlett (@Jack_Bartlett24) September 18, 2023
Sun Devil three-time All-American, and two-time national champion Zahid Valencia has stayed busy since graduating in 2020, including the past summer that saw him earn the 92kg spot on the USA Wrestling world team in the Final X tournament, and take gold at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial tournament in Budapest, Hungary. Valencia will continue his illustrious career on the mats this weekend as the No. 3 seed on Sunday, Sep. 19, in a qualifying round that will begin at 1:30 a.m. MST.
Freestyle 92kg
09/17
Qualification rounds: 1:30 a.m. MST
Semi-finals: 7:45 a.m. MST
09/18
Finals: 9:00 a.m. MST
Current Sun Devil, three-time All-American and 2021 NCAA runner-up Colhton Schultz will be the USA's Greco-Roman representative at 130kg in his third trip to a Senior World Championship. He was a 2017 U17 World Champion, 2018 U20 World bronze medalist, and 2019 U20 World silver medalist. Schultz earned the Greco-Roman spot with his gold medal at the Final X tournament in Newark, NJ, this summer. His qualification rounds will begin at 1:30 a.m MST on Thursday, Sep. 21.
Greco-Roman 130kg
09/21
Qualification Rounds: 1:30 a.m. MST
Semi-finals: 7:45 a.m. MST
09/22
Finals: 9:00 a.m. MST
There are 90 qualification berths to the 2024 Paris Olympics on the line, with five berths being allocated in each of the 18 weight classes. The gold, silver, bronze, and bronze medalists will each receive a berth, and a bout between the two losers of the bronze medal matches will decide the fifth allocation. This is the first tournament with qualification berths available, and the Continental and World Qualification Tournaments will allocate 144 and 54, respectively, to bring the total to 288 wrestlers.
You can stream the action live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com, and there is also coverage on the United World Wrestling website.