LAS VEGAS, U.S. — Canadian wrestlers recorded three fifth-place finishes at the 2026 U23 World Championships, held October 12–18 in Las Vegas. All three came in women’s wrestling, with each athlete narrowly missing out on a bronze medal.

Women’s Results

Beamsville, Ontario’s Cassie Corbett advanced to the 72kg quarterfinals with a bye, where she defeated Türkiye to reach the semifinals. She fell to the eventual gold medalist from Ukraine, sending her to the bronze-medal match, where she lost to Mongolia to finish fifth.

Stoney Creek, Ontario’s Serena Di Benedetto also finished fifth at 53kg. A silver medalist at the 2024 edition of the competition, Di Benedetto was looking to add to her international medal collection. After losing her opening match to Türkiye, she entered the repechage when her opponent advanced to the gold-medal match. Di Benedetto defeated Mexico to earn a spot in the bronze-medal match but came up short against Spain.

At 62kg, Calgary’s Annika Fines opened with a victory over China before falling to Ukraine, the eventual gold medalist. She then advanced through the repechage with a win over Colombia to earn a shot at bronze but was unable to defeat Hungary in the medal match, finishing fifth.

The remaining Canadian women’s results were: Madisyn Grof of Maple Ridge, B.C., eighth at 55kg; Gabriela Cross of Calgary, 10th at 57kg; Eveangelina Maxwell-Nikiforuk of Salmon Arm, B.C., 12th at 65kg; Paige Maher of Port Alberni, B.C., 13th at 76kg; Ella Finding of Port Moody, B.C., 14th at 59kg; Madison Mackenzie of Chestermere, Alberta, 16th at 50kg; and Lene-Marie McCrackin of Beaumont, Alberta, 22nd at 68kg.

Men’s Results

Surrey, B.C.’s Karanveer Mahil led Canada’s men’s team, finishing 12th at 125kg. The remaining results were: Karson Brown of Brunswick, Ohio, 13th at 65kg; Koen Poirier of Bathurst, New Brunswick, 17th at 86kg; Treye Trotman of London, Ontario, 18th at 57kg; Blayne Helou of Pickering, Ontario, 18th at 61kg; Xavier Lauzon of Rivière-Beaudette, Quebec, 18th at 92kg; Kade Brown of Brunswick, Ohio, 23rd at 70kg; Zaurbek Arsagov of Toronto, 23rd at 97kg; Nicholas Hooper of Cochrane, Alberta, 24th at 74kg; and Connor Church of Winnipeg, 28th at 79kg.