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IOC is simply great I just tried this link and to my surprise there is a document behind it I believe some other sports might be available. you just have to try https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf

Did IOC announced they already published some of the qualifications ? it seems they didn't even here in totallympics we probably wouldn't know if it wasn't for @Vic Liu nice job by IOC, making this a top secret thing I assume only few people in the world know about this right now

I heard Tunisia

revolutionary changes in Volleyball qualification half the quotas will be awarded based on the world ranking !!!

this amazes me more that people don't even read the news they are posting

I see , so that was the reason why Rajbek didn't wrestle in any of the Olympic qualifiers, (he wrestled at a non-Olympic weight in 2019 Worlds) he was good but still not even half good as his younger brother, not even close Turpal is an Olympic medal prospect, and I know it's too early but as someone who follows this sport VERY closely I can say He is Olympic champion material and can win several world titles. (specially if he doesn't gain weight and stays at this 87kg weight, going to 97kg is another story) interestingly in wrestling you can participate for a country and under its flag without being a citizen. I wonder how many other sports have the same rule.

I wonder if it's wise to give Olympic quotas almost entirely based on the ranking in a tough and injury prone sport like boxing. I mean that boxing task force cancelled two Olympic qualification events because they hadn't enough time between the events. this is boxing, not tennis you can't compete twice in a month, there should be something like 3 months gap between the events, remember any of those events will take a week or more and they have to watch their bodyweight everyday to not get disqualified. it sucks that most of the guys who make decisions for the sport were not serious athletes themselves , they don't know what it means to cut weight, several times a year. that's torture but they have no other option if they don't want to miss the Olympics. Mr Bach definitely doesn't know anything about cutting weight. he just orders to cut events in these sports with several bodyweights without thinking about athletes' health.

there is one terrible rule in Greco-Roman wrestling and this is creating lots of problems recently. since 2021 there is no point for the 3rd caution which means lots of matches can end up 1-1 (caution for each one and no technical point) in this case whoever is active in the first period (and most probably the entire match) will lose the match because he received the 2nd caution (and therefore the last point for his opponent which is the tiebreaking criteria) it means the better wrestler will be penalized for being better ! I believe it started with Viktor Nemes who was intentionally passive in the first period (in some of 2021 tournaments) to receive the 1st caution. now lots of wrestlers follow the same tactic (as plan B in case nobody scores and the match ends up 1-1) we won't notice that if one wrestler is passive intentionally but what if both of them are very passive?! that's something like those badminton matches in 2012 London Olympics. it happened a lot yesterday and today, even UWW official had to stop one match and use the loud speaker to warn both wrestlers (HUN/BUL 77kg) to do something otherwise he will disqualify both of them. I saw that also some other times when the center referee (or mat chairman) warn them for possible disqualification. (the last one was ITA/GEO 87kg bronze medal match) lots of wrestlers won undeserved World and Olympic medals with the same tactic, you can see lots of 1-1 results in heavier weights in Greco-Roman. I can see UWW officials now realized what a terrible mistake they did with this rule change. I hope they fix it soon. it's time to change the tiebreaking criteria in case of 1-1 score.

Turpal Bisultanov maybe this guy is the next big thing in Greco wrestling. he destroyed everybody here without mercy. some of the better guys lost to each other in the other side of the draw and he didn't face them on his way to the gold but I really believe all of them would have the same fate against him. he lost the Euro U23 final few weeks ago but I can see he is improving tournament by tournament. with Beleniuk out of the picture (probably retired) I believe Bisultanov is #1 in the world right now. still to prove that I would like to see him against likes of Datunashvili, Maskevich, Abbasov and those Russian guys. he is Russian himself but I think he mostly grew up in Denmark.

that means they confirmed those 5 weights we heard before in weightlifting out of current 10 wights, it will be #2, #4, #6, #8 and #10 in Olympics for both men and women

based on the number of sessions, looks like volleyball is going to follow the basketball format, 3 groups of 4 teams etc

do we have detailed schedule for each sport ?

that wasn't my prediction actually, I was expecting something like Brazil, Germany and Canada that was my wish group and I still can't believe we got exactly the same group. what were the odds ? people here are already counting on Maguire to give us at least one penalty.

that would be nice. as long as we don't fall in the same group

looks like Canada didn't want Pot 3 after all. it will be Tunisia in pot 3 Costa Rica also beat USA 2-0. they were 4 goals short from direct qualification spot. just 4 goals

best move of the day unfortunately Chamizo was ultra defensive and eventually lose the match but still he deserves some credit for this

watching Petriashvili hopeless and miserable like that in first period was really hard for me, he was always one of most favorite wrestlers at least he gave his everything in 2nd period and made it a bit respectable and lost only 5-2. Akgul's defense on Geno's last single leg attempt was superb. they both deserve all respect in the world UWW commentator talked about his long chat with Geno which was about the Olympic final where he lost 3 pts lead in last few seconds. that was heart breaking to hear Geno's side of the story Russia (despite being absent) ended up with 4 gold medals. (and something around 10 medals) but to me the most impressive wrestler of the tournament was the Turk guy at 92kg. who the hell is this guy? I first saw him during Euro U23 few weeks ago and he is like a bulldozer, he will challenge top guys for the World title this year.

Khosonov beat an Iranian wrestler in the World U23 semifinal so I had close eyes on him since then to understand the level of our own guy. I believe that was just a lucky break for Khosonov. he finished 5th in Euro U23 few weeks ago and I believe that U23 Silver will be the best medal of his career (I might be wrong though) he knows big throws and this sometimes help you in matches when you are the underdog. you can throw the guy and pin him before he start to collect points. on other hand Kougioumtsidis caught my attention during the Olympic qualifiers where he failed to qualify but he was impressive for someone with little international experience and now with more experience he is getting better and better. he still gives up silly points sometimes which is a weakness he should work on it. (and almost cost him the Euro gold yesterday ) but I won't be surprised if he medals this year at the World Championship. but sooner or later he has to make a decision to move up or move down to an Olympic weight. I would advise moving up to 86kg fixing a final ? hmm. that's interesting. I wonder if it was against a Russian wrestler? they are notorious for doing these kind of things . I know they did that at least few times before. I understand his situation. that's always the problem when you are active in a sport which is NOT big in your country. lots of our athletes in minor sports have these kind of problems. but not our wrestlers, this is obviously a big sport here. they are usually relatively well paid. most of them have no other job and only focus on their wrestling career. that's the only way to keep up with the Russians and Americans. I wouldn't say Pilidis can medal in 2024 (65kg is a very very tough weight) but that's not completely impossible for him. he is not that far and they should invest on him.

my favorite group and the winner of (75% chance WAL or SCO wins this play offs and I love to play each of them)

Russia won 3 gold medals despite not even being here ! we had some interesting finals. Kougioumtsidis (I have to copy/paste his name each time ) almost gave up his gold medal in last 50 seconds but somehow survived Ashirov's last attack. but I think Musukaev/Aliev was match of the day, Musukaev was always great technically, his problem was his gas tank and looks like he found a solution for that weakness. he looked scary here. looking forward for Akgul/Petriashvili final tomorrow but I have to say Geno looked much weaker here, he almost lost to Robert Baran in the SF, won the match only 2-1 only by cautions.

that was a crazy end to this fantastic night of football

Friday and teams from the same continent can't be in the same group. (only max 2 UEFA teams in one group is possible)

and will send Tunisia to pot 4 it will be something like this 1) QAT BRA BEL FRA ESP ARG POR ENG 2) DEN NED MEX USA GER CRO SUI URU 3) SEN IRN JPN MAR SRB POL KOR CAN/TUN 4) CAN/TUN ALG/CMR GHA KSA ECU and 3 playoffs winners

South Korea will lose lots of points after losing to low ranked UAE but I believe they will still stay in Pot 3. but I believe you don't want any Asian team but Qatar in your group

Poland will be in pot 3 (right ?), there will be worse teams than Poland in that pot I can name one at least