The "Good Luck Beijing" Junior World Wrestling Championship proceeded on August 23. In the women's freestyle 44kg final, the Chinese young wrestler Lei Jingling won the silver medal after having lost 0-2 to the Russian wrestler Elena Gnatenko. Thus, the Russian wrestler won the first gold medal of the women's freestyle competition.

The women's freestyle 44kg final of the Junior World Championship was staged tonight between the Chinese wrestler Lei Jingling and the Russian wrestler Elena Gnatenko. As the Russian wrestler is much taller than her, Lei used the tactics of thigh holding from the very beginning, but scored not points due to her weak strength. The two wrestlers drew within two minutes, according to the rules, the referee tossed a coin to decide who would win an active holding attack. Lei won the chance but scored no points, the Russian wrestler thus won the first round with one score. In the second round, the Russian wrestler beat Lei 4:0 so as to win the gold medal of the women's freestyle 44kg event, which was also the first gold medal of the women's freestyle competition.

In the bronze game between the Indian wrestler Kumari Sudesh and the American wrestler Amy Whitbeck, the former won 3-1 in the first round. In the second round, the two wrestlers got into a seesaw from the beginning and both scored in a mutual attack. Eventually, the mat chairman judged that the Indian wrestler won the game to clinch the bronze medal. Another bronze medal was won by the Ecuadorian wrestler Diana Piza Yance, who edged out the Kazakhstani wrestler.