Taylor LaMont and Chad Porter have accepted bids to represent the United States in Greco-Roman at the U23 World Championships, set for Oct. 28-Nov. 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

LaMont will replace Randon Miranda at 60 kg/132 lbs., while Porter will sub in for G’Angelo Hancock at 97 kg/213 lbs.

LaMont will make his seventh-straight appearance at an age-group World Championships and first at the U23 level. He has represented the USA at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Cadet World Championships as well as the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Junior World Championships.

In 2016, LaMont won a Junior World bronze medal. In 2015 and 2017, he registered fifth-place finishes. Budapest will mark LaMont’s first international event since his 2018 Junior World showing.

Outside of his international success, LaMont also owns an impressive domestic resume.

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As an age-group athlete, LaMont was a four-time Fargo champion, winning two titles in Greco-Roman and two in freestyle. Additionally, he was third at the 2018 Senior U.S. Open and the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Most recently, he was runner-up at the U23 World Team Trials, giving him the position as first alternate for the 2019 U23 World Team.

Wrestling for Utah Valley University at 133 pounds, LaMont will begin his sophomore season this fall after taking a year away from the mat with an injury, for which he was granted a medical redshirt. In the 2017-18 season, his freshman season, LaMont was an NCAA qualifier and reached the blood round.

Porter will compete in a World Championships for the second year in a row.

A 2018 Junior World Team member, Porter will move up one age-group level to wrestle for the USA at the U23 World Championships.

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The 2018 Junior Worlds was Porter’s first and only international event.

Domestically, Porter owns two top-eight finishes at the U.S. Open in the UWW Junior Greco division. He is also a two-time Junior Greco Fargo All-American. Like LaMont, Porter took second at the U23 World Team Trials in June.

Collegiately, Porter competes for Arizona State University at 197 pounds. He will begin his sophomore season this fall.

Greco-Roman competition at U23 Worlds is set for Nov. 1-3. Fans can watch all the action live on WrestlingTV.in