Masako FURUICHI (JPN) won her seventh World title on Thursday in convincing fashion at the 2019 U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Wrestling at 68 kg, Furuichi, a 2019 Senior World bronze medalist, wrestled 2018 Cadet World champion and two-time Junior World silver medalist Macey KILTY (USA) in the gold-medal finals.

Furuichi used three takedowns to give her a 7-2 victory and another World gold medal, which she added to her three Junior World titles and three Cadet World titles.

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Japan won two other U23 gold medals on Thursday, coming from Kika KAGATA (JPN) at 50 kg and Yumeka TANABE (JPN) at 59 kg.

2017 Junior World champion and two-time Cadet World champion Kagata edged out Ziqi FENG (CHN) in a nail biter. Feng led by one point with less than a minute left, but Kagata pulled out a clutch takedown and held on for a 7-6 win.

At 59 kg, Tanabe, a two-time Cadet World champion, shut down 2018 Junior World champion and two-time Junior World silver medalist Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) in the gold match, 4-0.

Tanabe used a second-period takedown to separate herself from Nichita to win the title.

China claimed gold medals at the other two weights.

Paliha PALIHA (CHN) defended her 2018 U23 World title with a 1-1 win on criteria in the 76 kg finals over Yuka KAGAMI (JPN), who was the 2019 Junior World champion and two-time Cadet World champion.

Paliha and Kagami traded passivity points, and it was Pahlia who earned the win on criteria by scoring the last point. She finishes off a successful international season with a Senior World bronze and a second-straight U23 World championship.

At 55 kg, 2018 Senior World bronze medalist Lannuan LUO (CHN) knocked off returning U23 World champion Saki IGARASHI (JPN) in a 2-2 criteria bout.

Luo struck first with a takedown near the edge from a single and took a 2-0 lead into the break. In the second period, Igarashi scored on passivity and caution-and-one against Luo, but it was not enough as Luo won on criteria, scoring a two-pointer.

Women’s freestyle action continues on Friday at 10:30 a.m. local time live on unitedworldwrestling.org.

Finals matchups                                                    
50 kg
GOLD – Kika KAGATA (JPN) df. Ziqi FENG (CHN), 7-6
BRONZE – Jade DUFOUR (CAN) df. Mariia VYNNYK (UKR), 7-4
BRONZE – Nadezhda SOKOLOVA df. (RUS) Jyoti JYOTI (IND), 10-0

55 kg
GOLD – Lannuan LUO (CHN) df. Saki IGARASHI (JPN), 2-2
BRONZE – Andreea ANA (ROU) df. Khrystyna DEMKO (UKR), 8-6
BRONZE – Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ) df. Karla GODINEZ GONZALEZ (CAN), 5-0

59 kg
GOLD – Yumeka TANABE (JPN) df. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA), 4-0
BRONZE – Tianna KENNETT (CAN) df. Yuliya PISARENKA (BLR), 6-5
BRONZE – Anhelina LYSAK (UKR) df. Alena SANGADIEVA (RUS), 3-1

68 kg
GOLD – Masako FURUICHI (JPN) df. Macey KILTY (USA), 7-2
BRONZE – Natalia STRZALKA (POL) df. Albina KAIRGELDINOVA (KAZ), fall
BRONZE – Yingying WANG (CHN) df. Alina RUDNYTSKA LEVYTSKA (UKR), 10-3

76 kg
GOLD – Paliha PALIHA (CHN) df. Yuka KAGAMI (JPN), 1-1
BRONZE – Hui Tsz CHANG (TPE) df. Bernadett NAGY (HUN), fall
BRONZE – Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) df. Ariunjargal GANBAT (MGL), 12-8