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Asian Champion Japan got eliminated in group stage of AFC Asian Cup and therefore will miss the World Cup ! they lost to KGZ and tied with TJK to finish 3rd behind them.

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. the 2nd Vault quota goes to Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport.

he is registered for this event. https://wtt.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=77&Itemid=224&fab_list_able_28_repeat___tournament_raw=170&fab_list_able_28_repeat___singles_raw=MS&resetfilters=1&fabrik_incsessionfilters=0 maybe just to "help" his teammate. beating Alamian brothers and then withdraw in the final if the other guys makes it this far ?

Greco-Roman quotas 60kg: 67kg: 77kg: 87kg: 97kg: 130kg: I'm usually more confident in my freestyle predictions but this time it was the opposite. I could be 100% correct, just one match in 97kg went the other way, where the Korean somehow stole a 7-7 win against China. we managed to win the two remaining quotas to have a full Greco team in Paris but it was very close. both of them had to come from behind. Kaviani was 5-0 down but somehow scored 6pts. still it was a poor performance. but I'm glad with two quotas.

semifinals in Greco-Roman 60kg: vs / vs 67kg: vs / vs 77kg: vs / vs 87kg: vs / vs 97kg: vs / vs 130kg: vs / vs both of our guys made it to the SF but that was a very poor performance , I just hope they do better in the afternoon (like what the freestyle team did) don't get too excited to see likes of KSA, TPE or JOR in the SF. they were just lucky with the draw

We had the US trials tonight/today with a big big surprise. Olympic Champion and 2022 and 2023 World Champion David Taylor is not going to defend his Olympic title, he lost twice to Aaron Brooks ! Freestyle 57: Spencer Lee (has to qualify) 65: Zain Retherford (has to qualify) 74: Kyle Dake 86: Aaron Brooks 97: Kyle Snyder 125: Mason Parris Greco 60: Dalton Roberts (has to qualify) 67: Ellis Coleman (has to qualify) 77: Kamal Bey (has to qualify) 87: Payton Jacobson 97: Josef Rau 130: Adam Coon interestingly all 3 guys won the quota in Pan-Am qualifiers lost here to the challenger ! Women 50: Sarah Hildebrandt 53: Dominique Parrish 57: Helen Maroulis 62: Kayla Miracle 68: Amit Elor 76: Kennedy Blades

They can qualify 2 because both of them won the gold medal. (which was necessary for them) so I think this is it M1X: W1X: LM2X: LW2X:

Iran and Taipei won gold and silver in MC1-1000 and two quotas UZB won gold in MK1-1000, KAZ finished 2nd but can't win another quota here, therefore that goes to the 3rd place Iran

Zokirova and Nguyen won gold and silver in women's C1-200 and qualify two more finals left

no this is his only World Cup participation, for him it's just a preparation tournament but his result matters a lot for those two other guys I mentioned. Shek takes the first quota. that's for sure if they count Reyes in the ranking, that will reduce 5pts from the Australian which means Olfati will take the quota.

This is UWW after all, you shouldn't ask for logic I wrote something about it during the African qualifiers. they want to have a true 3rd place finisher in case something happens to top 2. they do it only for weights with 6 or 7 entries (two groups format) but this is funny because per rules. if less than 8 wrestlers participate. there will be no reallocation and if someone withdraws (or something else) the quota transfers to become a wild card.

apparently the second quota in vault between IRN and AUS comes to this question, do they count the Pan-American quota winner in the World Cup ranking or not ? Audrys Nin Reyes won a quota at the Pan-Am Games but from what I read that should be counted after the World Cup, which means he is still eligible for a World Cup quota and therefore his results should be counted in the ranking? in this case Olfati qualifies. but if they remove him from the ranking, then Bacueti wins the quota any thoughts ?

Countries with more than 2 boats in the finals 4 3 I don't think Indonesia can qualify more than 2 but Japan and Uzbekistan most probably will reach their limit numbers and we will see reallocation. highly likely in W1X final because the Russian mercenary of UZB will win the gold and Japan has to give up the quota. in M1X I expect Uzbekistan to give up the quota (they will pick the Russian and one of LW2) so I assume everybody in M1X final is already qualified nobody read above

and finalists in LM2 events, where only 2 boats qualify LM2X from heats: from repechages: LW2X from heats: from repechages: most probably and they missed to show the LW2X graphics. but I'm almost sure it was lane 3 and 4. THA and INA keep in mind each NOC can qualify 2 boats and Japan can qualify 2 boats only if both of them finish 1st.

M1X finalists, 6 boats for 5 quotas but reallocation is highly possible if one NOC wins more than 2 boat quotas. W1X finalists

Today we had only one important final. WK1-500 China won the gold but can't win another quota. therefore and qualify

my take on what happened today as for Iran, only once in history we failed to qualify a full men's freestyle team and that was in 1996 only because our 48kg guy failed in the weight-in! (only one qualification tournament back then) but I'm afraid it will happen again, they are trying different wrestlers but we are just weak in lower weights. Mohammadnejad-Javan had a good draw today but he failed miserably. it's already decided who is going to Turkey but I'm not optimistic at all. we won two quotas today, Emami at 74 had a shaky start against the Korean but he was much much better in the afternoon and made up for that terrible start. but 97kg Azarpira was simply terrible. I don't know what's wrong with him, sometimes he wrestles like a future Olympic Champion but sometimes he is just bad. he won the quota but gave us a scare in both matches. after all I was expecting 2 and we got 2 but the performance was worrisome 57kg: Almaz-uulu survived two close matches against CHN and MGL to qualify. while he was lucky I think he was the better wrestler from the top half. I feel sorry for Aman, his offence is world class but his weak defense costs him sometimes like today. Abdullaev knew even 9-0 lead is not safe against Aman, so he never stopped attacking until he won 10-0. poor tactical match from Aman, I still think he will quaify next time but other wrestlers are figuring him out. he has to adjust 65kg: Akmataliev had two tough matches against MGL #2 (I still can't understand they they didn't register Tulga) and PRK. you never see North Korean wrestlers gassing but it happened today. in the other half the first round match was the real final, this new Japanese kid Kiyooka is a real deal. he beat Kudiev despite making lots of errors. with a little more of international experience I would consider him a gold medal favorite in Paris (or in next few years) 74kg: Emami and Abdurakhmanov were top 2 wrestlers in the draw and won the quotas. not much drama here 86kg: Hayato Ishiguro is a good wrestler himself but today was his lucky day. he was supposed to go through Deepak and Sharipov but then that happened to Deepak and Sharipov lost to the Korean and Ishiguro had to wrestle something like 1 minute to qualify Bahrain made a big big mistake letting Sharipov wrestle at the Asian Champs few days ago. he was very tired today and lost easily. the other SF finished 1-1 (passivity points only) and MGL won a lucky undeserving quota. the Chinese wrestler was a bit better but after all none of them deserved the quota but someone had to win. 97kg: Yergali was lucky to beat the Chinese wrestler. still I think he was the better wrestler but the top half was easier anyway. in bottom half I think Yoshida has a bright future. Azarpira somehow managed to beat him but that was an ugly win. the Mongolian was tough too. I won't be surprised if both of them qualify in Turkey. 125kg: Monkhtor beat the grandpa Deng by two passivity cautions. he controlled the center of the mat and Deng could's score on him. Deng beat him last year in Belgrade but he is aging. in other SF I was expecting a win for Sharpiov but same as his brother in 86kg he made a huge mistake (by participating at the Asian Champs) he was deadly tired already and the Giant Kazakh took his chance.

here are the quotas, max 2 quotas for everybody 57: 65: 74: 86: 97: 125:

and he didn't Abdullaev had the perfect tactic for this match, attaching Aman with everything he has in first 2-3 minutes to finish the match early. he knew Aman will eat him alive in the 2nd period 57kg quotas go to and

The first session was a nightmare, we lost just one match but it could be easily 3. all 3 of them were just a shadow of themselves. obviously something went wrong in their preparations we knew we are weak at 57kg but that was wow. Mohammadnejad lost 14-3 to a guy from Mongolia! that was his golden chance and he threw it away, he won't see the national team forever or at least not anytime soon. Emami was shaky and gave up lots of points in scrumbles. still his opponent was old and finally gassed. but Azarpira almost lost to the Japanese-Iranian Yoshida. the final score 9-1 is completely misleading. Yoshida had the control for the entire match and Azarpira had to rely on his counter attacks. he was dead after 2-3 minutes and I don't know how he survived Yoshida. I'm not confident at all about the afternoon matches, but they have time to recover and think about what they did in the morning. here are the semifinals 57: vs / vs 65: vs / vs 74: vs / vs 86: vs / vs 97: vs / vs 125: vs / vs

good day for Kazakhstan, they won both remaining double quotas

of course. I watched the match my point is, Aman should be happy he is facing Abdullaev and not the North Korean. even though he would be favorite against anybody in this bracket.

I think he will if he survives the early storm. the North Korean would be a tougher matchup for Aman.

no they postponed the next two finals (WC2 and MK2) to the start of the next session. heavy wind I assume

no good quality but still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V-WOh8ZxjI