Iowa women's wrestler Kylie Welker will be bringing home more hardware ahead of the college season, securing a U23 World Championships in dominant fashion on Oct. 22-23.

In Novi Sad, Serbia, Welker blitzed through the 76-kilogram field with four wins by technical fall and outscoring her opponents 47-6. Her first-round matchup ended up being her toughest vs. India's Priya Malik, a three-time age-group World Champion, but she won in a 10-0 technical fall. Welker continued to advance with ease behind a 11-0 techincal fall win over Cananda's Nyla Burgess in the quarterfinals, a 16-6 victory over Mexico's Edna Jimenez Villalba in the semifinals and capped it off with a 10-0 win in the finals over UWW's Valeriia Trifonova.

Since missing out on the 2024 US Olympic team, something Welker said mo

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