Katie Lange lost her first-round match at the U23 World Championships Wednesday in Tirana, Albania.
The Martin County West graduate was representing the Minnesota Storm on the U.S. women’s freestyle wrestling team.
Lange lost 7-1 to Vusala Parfianovich, an Individual Neutral Athlete from Russia. Parfianovich was a 2023 U23 World silver medalist.
Parfianovich would go on to lose in her next match, which eliminated Lange.
Earlier this year, Lange was fifth at the Grand Prix of Spain, fourth at Senior World Team Trials Challenge, third at the U.S. Open, fourth at the U20 USMC Women’s National Championships and was the 143-pound champion at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships while competing for Augustana University.