Wrestling at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Road to Paris 2024

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SELECTION FRANCE JEUX OLYMPIQUES 2024

 

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 team for Paris (6 athletes)

 

https://olympic.ca/2024/05/28/six-team-canada-wrestlers-will-take-to-the-mat-at-paris-2024/

 

Men
Alexander Moore - Men’s 86kg Freestyle

Amar Dhesi - Men’s 125kg Freestyle

Women

Hannah Taylor - Women’s 57kg

Ana Godinez - Women’s 62kg

Linda Morais - Women’s 68kg

Justina Di Stasio - Women’s 76kg

 

Second Olympic appearance for Dhesi, while the rest of the squad are all making their debuts. 

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Now the seeding is final in men's freestyle. I'm trying to predict the brackets. 

but keep in mind the situation about the Russian wrestlers are still complicated and it's also possible that countries send someone else. one injury can change the order and therefore the whole bracket.

 

I made some changes based on what I know about some teams' rosters. if you are aware of any other change please let me know.

 

57kg:

top:  Micic (1) vs  Abdullaev (8) ///  Abakarov (4) vs  Aman (5)

bottom:  Higuchi (2) vs  Zou (7) ///  Harutyunyan (3) vs  Uguev (6)

unseeded:  Bravo-Young,  Cruz,  Mohamed,  Iuna Fafe,  Tsyutrin,  Rzazade,  Almaz-uulu,  Lee

 

* Uguev's situation is uncertain, if IOC rejects him, Zou will be upgraded to 6th, Abdullaev 7th and Mohamed (EGY) 8th seed

 

it looks balanced, I say the bottom half will be harder if Uguev wrestles. from unseeded wrestlers I think only Spencer Lee can make an impact, there are 3 other good wrestlers but not medal favorite. I think the better wrestlers are mostly seeded.

 

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65kg:

top:  Tevanyan (1) vs  Tulga (8) ///  Rivera (4) vs  Mamedov (5)

bottom:  Amouzad (2) vs  Dudaev (7) ///  Musukaev (3) vs  Aliyev (6)

unseeded:  Gomez,  Valdes,  Akazawa,  Okorokov,  Dzebisashvili,  Kiyooka,  Retherford,  Akmataliev

 

it looks balanced, we have couple of big favorites in top and the same in bottom half. Kiyooka is a big favorite and nobody wants him in his half. I think Retherford is the other dangerous wrestler, Akmataliev too but not as dangerous as JPN/USA. 

 

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74kg:

top:  Dake (1) vs  Ndum (8) ///  Kougioumtsidis (4) vs  Takatani (5)

bottom:  Sidakov (2) vs  Salkazanov (7) ///  Bayramov (3) vs  Tsabolov (6)

unseeded:  Montero,  Garzon,  Hussen,  Kadimagomedov,  Zhamalov,  Emami,  Rassadin,  Valiev,  Mahdavi

 

* again Sidakov's situation is uncertain, he didn't wrestle in Russian nationals and is supposed to face the national winner. if IOC rejects him and Russian sends someone else the whole bracket will be different and everybody from seed 3 to 8 will move up one spot and Emami (IRN) will be seed 8th.

 

there are 17 wrestlers in this weight because of one crappy refugee wrestler. two unlucky unseeded wrestlers will have an extra match (which will be terrible and nobody wants to be in that position). it looks balanced but top half is a bit easier. still some of big names are unseeded and can completely change everything, Kadi, Zhamalov, Rassadin and Valiev they are all from Russia and at least 3 of them are Olympic medalist material. beside that Emami is good too. which means draw will play a big role in this weight.

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2nd part

 

86kg:

top:  Dauletbekov (1) vs  Ishiguro (8) ///  Shapiev (4) vs  Ramazanov (5)

bottom:  Yazdani (2) vs  Kurugliev (7) ///  Amine (3) vs  Bat-Erdene (6)

unseeded:  Moore,  Ramos,  Lawrence,  Benferdjallah,  Naifonov,  Nurmagomedov,  Gamkrelidze,  Brooks

 

anybody in top half can considers himself very lucky. I think 4 wrestlers here are a head and shoulder above everybody else and two of them are locked to meet in the QF. if Brooks and Naifonov also fall in the bottom half we will have two lucky medalists from the top half ! from the unseeded list beside USA/RUS I think only maybe the Azerbaijani wrestler can do something. 

Naifonov didn't wrestle in Russian nationals and he also has some problems with IOC's approval. Russia may send Kadiev instead of him but that won't change the seeding.

 

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97kg

top:  Magomedov (1) vs  Yergali (8) ///  Ciftci (4) vs  Matcharashvili (5)

bottom:  Tazhudinov (2) vs  Sadulaev (7) ///  Snyder (3) vs  Thiele (6)

unseeded:  Azarpira,  Silot,  Perez,  El Ders,  de Lange,  Hushtyn,  Baranowski,  Habila

 

I'm putting the great Sadulaev here because he won the Russian nationals beating quota winner Zhabrailov but as everybody knows he has serious problem with IOC, between Russian wrestlers he is more in danger and has less chance to participate. 

also there are doubts about Kazakhstan's representative, Yergali and 92kg World Champion Aitmukhan were supposed to face yesterday but Aitmukhan lost to Magomedov (AZE) and Magomedov forfeited the final gifting the gold to Yergali. I'm not sure if that's enough for KAZ coaches or they will order another trial match.

if the Russian tank and Yergali do not go, Baranowski (POL) and ElDers (EGY) are next in line to be 7th and 8th seeds

 

if Sadulaev participates this will be insane because all 3 big favorites are in the bottom half ! even without him we still have Tazh and Snyder there. top half looks easy for Magomedov and Matcharashvili. I think only Azarpira (IRN) can do something from the list of unseeded wrestlers. (hopefully he gets the top half )

 

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125kg

top:  Zare (1) vs  Deng (8) ///  Akgul (4) vs  Ligeti (5)

bottom:  Petriashvili (2) vs  Kurbanov (7) ///  Parris (3) vs  Meshvildshvili (6)

unseeded:  Smith,  Dhesi,  Mutuwa,  Abdelmottaleb,  Batirmurzaev,  Khramiankou,  Lkhagvagerel,  Lazarev

 

only and only in this weight, the top 4 seed are really the top 4 and most probably will end up winning all 4 medals. but of course accidents happen, Petriashvili got pinned by the Kazakh wrestler yesterday. 

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On 6/8/2024 at 12:18 AM, MHSN said:

2nd part

 

86kg:

top:  Dauletbekov (1) vs  Ishiguro (8) ///  Shapiev (4) vs  Ramazanov (5)

bottom:  Yazdani (2) vs  Kurugliev (7) ///  Amine (3) vs  Bat-Erdene (6)

unseeded:  Moore,  Ramos,  Lawrence,  Benferdjallah,  Naifonov,  Nurmagomedov,  Gamkrelidze,  Brooks

 

anybody in top half can considers himself very lucky. I think 4 wrestlers here are a head and shoulder above everybody else and two of them are locked to meet in the QF. if Brooks and Naifonov also fall in the bottom half we will have two lucky medalists from the top half ! from the unseeded list beside USA/RUS I think only maybe the Azerbaijani wrestler can do something. 

Naifonov didn't wrestle in Russian nationals and he also has some problems with IOC's approval. Russia may send Kadiev instead of him but that won't change the seeding.

 

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97kg

top:  Magomedov (1) vs  Yergali (8) ///  Ciftci (4) vs  Matcharashvili (5)

bottom:  Tazhudinov (2) vs  Sadulaev (7) ///  Snyder (3) vs  Thiele (6)

unseeded:  Azarpira,  Silot,  Perez,  El Ders,  de Lange,  Hushtyn,  Baranowski,  Habila

 

I'm putting the great Sadulaev here because he won the Russian nationals beating quota winner Zhabrailov but as everybody knows he has serious problem with IOC, between Russian wrestlers he is more in danger and has less chance to participate. 

also there are doubts about Kazakhstan's representative, Yergali and 92kg World Champion Aitmukhan were supposed to face yesterday but Aitmukhan lost to Magomedov (AZE) and Magomedov forfeited the final gifting the gold to Yergali. I'm not sure if that's enough for KAZ coaches or they will order another trial match.

if the Russian tank and Yergali do not go, Baranowski (POL) and ElDers (EGY) are next in line to be 7th and 8th seeds

 

if Sadulaev participates this will be insane because all 3 big favorites are in the bottom half ! even without him we still have Tazh and Snyder there. top half looks easy for Magomedov and Matcharashvili. I think only Azarpira (IRN) can do something from the list of unseeded wrestlers. (hopefully he gets the top half )

 

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125kg

top:  Zare (1) vs  Deng (8) ///  Akgul (4) vs  Ligeti (5)

bottom:  Petriashvili (2) vs  Kurbanov (7) ///  Parris (3) vs  Meshvildshvili (6)

unseeded:  Smith,  Dhesi,  Mutuwa,  Abdelmottaleb,  Batirmurzaev,  Khramiankou,  Lkhagvagerel,  Lazarev

 

only and only in this weight, the top 4 seed are really the top 4 and most probably will end up winning all 4 medals. but of course accidents happen, Petriashvili got pinned by the Kazakh wrestler yesterday. 

This is a great work, but fortunately some of the Russians were declined by the AINERP and they will send unseeded weaker wrestlers

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Potential reallocations here 

 

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now we have the full list of wrestlers I have to re-write my earlier post

 

again it's possible that countries change their wrestlers because of injuries or another reason. let me know if you are aware of such a change

 

57kg:

top:  Micic (1) vs  Mohamed (8) ///  Abakarov (4) vs  Aman (5)

bottom:  Higuchi (2) vs  Abdullaev (7) ///  Harutyunyan (3) vs  Zou (6)

unseeded:  Bravo-Young,  Cruz,  Egorov,  Iuna Fafe,  Tsyutrin,  Rzazade,  Almaz-uulu,  Lee

 

65kg:

top:  Tevanyan (1) vs  Tulga (8) ///  Rivera (4) vs  Mamedov (5)

bottom:  Amouzad (2) vs  Dudaev (7) ///  Musukaev (3) vs  Aliyev (6)

unseeded:  Gomez,  Valdes,  Akazawa,  Okorokov,  Dzebisashvili,  Kiyooka,  Retherford,  Akmataliev

 

74kg:

top:  Dake (1) vs  Ndum (8) ///  Takatani (4) vs  Tsabolov (5)

bottom:  Bayramov (2) vs  Salkazanov (7) ///  Kougioumtsidis (3) vs  Lu (6)

unseeded:  Montero,  Garzon,  Hussen,  Chamizo,  Zhamalov,  Emami,  Rassadin,  Valiev,  Mahdavi

 

86kg:

top:  Dauletbekov (1) vs  Kurugliev (8) ///  Shapiev (4) vs  Ramazanov (5)

bottom:  Yazdani (2) vs  Bagaev (7) ///  Amine (3) vs  Bat-Erdene (6)

unseeded:  Moore,  Ramos,  Lawrence,  Benferdjallah,  Ishiguro,  Nurmagomedov,  Gamkrelidze,  Brooks

 

97kg

top:  Magomedov (1) vs  Baranowski (8) ///  Ciftci (4) vs  Matcharashvili (5)

bottom:  Tazhudinov (2) vs  Yergali (7) ///  Snyder (3) vs  Thiele (6)

unseeded:  Azarpira,  Silot,  Perez,  El Ders,  de Lange,  Lefter,  Archaia,  Habila

 

125kg

top:  Zare (1) vs  Deng (8) ///  Akgul (4) vs  Ligeti (5)

bottom:  Petriashvili (2) vs  Kurbanov (7) ///  Parris (3) vs  Meshvildshvili (6)

unseeded:  Smith,  Dhesi,  Mutuwa,  Abdelmottaleb,  Batirmurzaev,  Kosciolek,  Lkhagvagerel,  Lazarev

Edited Thursday at 09:20 PM by MHSN

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The reallocation quota we got in GR 130 kg brought a semi-miracle. Kiril Milov, two-time World Silver medalist, who sustained an injury this spring, which forced him to miss both qualification tournaments in his titular 97 kg category will be given the quota at 130 kg. 

 

He had practically given up hope, a few months back, of competing at the Olympics, and having to wait 4 more years, but this situation opened the possibility for his return. Going up to 130 from 97 is in no way ideal, but any chance for competing is better, than staying home.