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Men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2023 U23 World Championships
Venue	Tirana Olympic Park
Dates	24–25 October
Competitors	17 from 14 nations
Medalists
Isaac Trumble    United States   Radu Lefter    Moldova   Sergey Kozyrev   Oktay Çiftçi    Turkey
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2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	55 kg	50 kg
	61 kg	60 kg	53 kg
	65 kg	63 kg	55 kg
	70 kg	67 kg	57 kg
	74 kg	72 kg	59 kg
	79 kg	77 kg	62 kg
	86 kg	82 kg	65 kg
	92 kg	87 kg	68 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	72 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg
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The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 24 and 25 October 2023.

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Final

	Final
	Radu Lefter (MDA)	2
	Isaac Trumble (USA)	12

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Aidan Stevenson (CAN)	0
					Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)	10
									Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)	7
	Yunus Gafurov (KAZ)	7							Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)	9
	Richárd Végh (HUN)	3			Yunus Gafurov (KAZ)	6
					Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)	7
													Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)	3
													Radu Lefter (MDA)	6
					Adam Jakšík (SVK)	1
					David Mchedlidze (UKR)	4
									David Mchedlidze (UKR)	0
									Radu Lefter (MDA)	2
					Radu Lefter (MDA)	8
					Sergey Kozyrev (ANA)	8

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Oktay Çiftçi (TUR)	10
					Uladzislau Kazlou (ANA)	9
									Oktay Çiftçi (TUR)	0
									Isaac Trumble (USA)	11
					Hibiki Ito (JPN)	4
					Isaac Trumble (USA)	13
													Isaac Trumble (USA)	11
													Sergey Sargsyan (ARM)	0
					Thomas Barns (AUS)	0
					Sergey Sargsyan (ARM)	7
									Sergey Sargsyan (ARM)	14
									Merab Suleimanishvili (GEO)	14
					Merab Suleimanishvili (GEO)	14
					Nicolaas de Lange (RSA)	10

Repechage

	Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Sergey Kozyrev (ANA)	7			Sergey Kozyrev (ANA)	10
	David Mchedlidze (UKR)	0			Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)	0
	Hibiki Ito (JPN)	6			Oktay Çiftçi (TUR)	WO
	Oktay Çiftçi (TUR)	7			Sergey Sargsyan (ARM)

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). uww.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
2. "U23 World Championships - Oct 2023 FS - 97 kg". uww.org. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

External links

• Official website

• 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships
• Sport in Albania