Welsh Earns Bronze at 2025 Zagreb Open
2/6/2025 12:59:00 PM | Wrestling
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sophomore Rocco Welsh, who earned All-America status as a true freshman in 2024, earned a Bronze Medal for Team USA at the 2025 Zagreb (Croatia) Open Thursday.
Welsh went 2-1 in the 79kg freestyle bracket at the event on his way to a third-place finish.
Quarterfinal: WIN - 6-2 over Evan Wick, USA
Semifinal: LOSS - 4-2 to Zelimkhan Khadjiev, FRA
Bronze: WIN - 9-3 over Otari Adeishvili, GEO
Welsh finished as the national runner-up at 174 in the 2024 NCAA Championships and as an All-American in his true freshman season with the Buckeyes.
He is taking a redshirt year this season after finishing the 2023-24 campaign with an overall record of 26-6.
Former Buckeye Kyle Snyder also competed at the event. He won Gold in the 97kg freestyle bracket. The 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and three-time NCAA Champion defeated Richard Vegh (HUN) 11-0, Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) 10-0 and Abolfazl Babaloo (IRI) 12-1.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sophomore Rocco Welsh, who earned All-America status as a true freshman in 2024, earned a Bronze Medal for Team USA at the 2025 Zagreb (Croatia) Open Thursday.
Welsh went 2-1 in the 79kg freestyle bracket at the event on his way to a third-place finish.
Quarterfinal: WIN - 6-2 over Evan Wick, USA
Semifinal: LOSS - 4-2 to Zelimkhan Khadjiev, FRA
Bronze: WIN - 9-3 over Otari Adeishvili, GEO
Welsh finished as the national runner-up at 174 in the 2024 NCAA Championships and as an All-American in his true freshman season with the Buckeyes.
He is taking a redshirt year this season after finishing the 2023-24 campaign with an overall record of 26-6.
Former Buckeye Kyle Snyder also competed at the event. He won Gold in the 97kg freestyle bracket. The 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and three-time NCAA Champion defeated Richard Vegh (HUN) 11-0, Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) 10-0 and Abolfazl Babaloo (IRI) 12-1.
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