2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thu-Sun., Sept. 15-28
Stark Arena • Belgrade, Serbia
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The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club will have five representatives vying for freestyle gold at the 2022 UWW Senior World Championships this week (Thu-Sun., Sept. 15-18) at Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.
Four of CKWC’s five representatives have previous world championships experience, with only Ben Honis making his world debut at 97kg for Italy. J’den Cox is a two-time world champion at 92kg (2018, ’19) for the United States, while Stevan Micic and Myles Amine previously placed fifth at 57kg and 86kg for Serbia and San Marino, respectively, in 2019 to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Malik Amine will make his third world appearance and second straight at 74kg for San Marino.
When to Catch Them
Each day will feature two sessions. Preliminary and quarterfinal rounds will commence at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. EDT) each day. Belgrade is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time; all times listed below are EDT.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
Men’s Freestyle: 86kg (Myles Amine)
Qualification Rounds: 4:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Semifinals: 10:45 a.m. — 11:45 a.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
Men’s Freestyle: 57kg (Stevan Micic), 74kg (Malik Amine), 86kg (Myles Amine), 92kg (J’den Cox)
Qualification/Repechage: 4:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Semifinals: 11 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. (57kg, 74kg, 92kg)
Medal Round: Noon — 3 p.m. (86kg)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
Men’s Freestyle: 57kg (Stevan Micic), 74kg (Malik Amine), 92kg (J’den Cox), 97kg (Ben Honis)
Qualification/Repechage: 4:30 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
Semifinals: 11:00 a.m. — 11:45 a.m.
Medal Round: Noon — 2:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
Men’s Freestyle: 97kg (Ben Honis)
Repechage: 10:30 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
Medal Round: Noon — 2:30 p.m.
How to Catch the Action
Live video, live results and bracket updates will be available in the United States through FloWrestling.org across desktops, mobile devices, tablets and connected televisions. FloWrestling is also available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV. All video footage from the event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloWrestling subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription.
The CKWC Representatives
Malik Amine — Amine, a two-time NCAA qualifier at 149 pounds for Michigan, transitioned up from 65kg (143 pounds) to 74kg over the last year. Representing San Marino, he captured his first ever international medal with a bronze finish at the Mediterranean Games last June. It is his third World Championships appearance; he previously went 2-1 at the 2019 event, claiming San Marino’s first ever win at a wrestling world championships.
Myles Amine — Amine, who became the first ever five-time NCAA All-American in collegiate wrestling history with his runner-up at 184 pounds last March, captured an 86kg Olympic bronze medal for San Marino in Tokyo, becoming the nation’s first individual male Olympic medalist. He is also the first freestyle Olympic medalist in Michigan program history. He claimed gold at the 2022 European Championships — just 10 days after the NCAA tournament — and in June at the Mediterranean Games. Amine is the No. 3 at 86kg for the 2022 World Championships.
J’den Cox — Cox, the No. 3 seed at 92kg, will seek his third world title at 92kg in his fifth overall World Championships appearance. Cox, who captured back-to-back gold in 2018 and 2019, is a five-time world and Olympic medalist; also claiming world bronze in 2017 and 2021 and Olympic bronze in 2016. Cox, who joined the Cliff Keen WC last spring, captured Pan-American gold in May and defeated Nate Jackson in the best-of-three Final X series in June.
Ben Honis — Honis, who joined the Cliff Keen WC this summer, is slated to make his world championship debut after competing for Italy for the first time at the Matteo Pellicone tournament in June. An All-American at 197 pounds during a collegiate career at Cornell, Honis previously he took second at 97kg at the 2019 U.S. Open and competed in the Olympic Team Trials in 2021.
Stevan Micic — A three-time NCAA All-American at 133 pounds and a Tokyo Olympian for Serbia, Micic is set to compete in his second World Championships at 57kg after previously taking fifth place at the 2019 event. He began to transition to 65kg this summer — the next Olympic weight — and claimed bronze at the Mediterranean Games in June.
