The 2025 Senior World Championships are in the books for the state of Iowa's wrestlers, with former Hawkeye Real Woods, as well as Iowa women Kylie Welker and Kennedy Blades, all leaving Zagreb, Croatia, with Senior World bronze.

Aside from that, the other nine wrestlers who competed from at Iowa, Iowa State , Northern Iowa and William Penn colleges came up short at one of the premier yearly events. However, there were a number of things we learned about some of the schools' alumni and current wrestlers against the World's best.

Here are three takeaways from the 2025 Senior World Championships. More: Former Hawkeye wrestler Real Woods secures bronze in Senior World Championship debut

1. Winning Senior-level gold is hard

As obvious as that sounds, many expected Olympic silver medal

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