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For the first time in Olympic history, United World Wrestling will seed the top eight wrestlers in each weight category.

PARIS, (July 12) — For the first time ever, the Olympic Games will be seeding the top eight wrestlers in each weight class. UWW RANKING RULE BOOKApart from the seeded eight wrestlers, the remaining eight wrestlers, who round out the 16-person bracket, will be randomly drawn into the bracket the day before each style begins in Paris. If the seeds hold true through to the finals, the bracket will play out as follows:Quarterfinals:- Top side: No. 2Here are the top eight seeded athletes in all three styles for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games:Freestyle57kgNo. The NOCs have until 24 hours before the start of the competition to make changes to their entries.

PARIS, (July 12) — For the first time ever, the Olympic Games will be seeding the top eight wrestlers in each weight class. Wrestlers who competed in the 2023 World Championships, 2024 Continental Championships, 2024 Zagreb Open Ranking Series and the 2024 Hungarian Ranking Series event have accumulated points towards their seeds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

UWW RANKING RULE BOOK

Apart from the seeded eight wrestlers, the remaining eight wrestlers, who round out the 16-person bracket, will be randomly drawn into the bracket the day before each style begins in Paris.

The bracket will be structured as follows:

- The top side will feature the No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 8 seeded wrestlers.

- The bottom side will feature the No. 2, No. 3, No. 6, and No. 7 seeded wrestlers.

If the seeds hold true through to the finals, the bracket will play out as follows:

Quarterfinals:

- Top side: No. 1 vs. No. 8; No. 4 vs. No. 5

- Bottom side: No. 2 vs. No. 7; No. 3 vs. No. 6

Semifinals:

- Top Side: No. 1 vs. No. 4

- Bottom Side: No. 2 vs. No. 3

Finals:

- No. 1 vs. No. 2

Here are the top eight seeded athletes in all three styles for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games:

Freestyle

57kg

No. 1 Stevan MICIC (SRB)

No. 2 Rei HIGUCHI (JPN )

No. 3 Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)

No. 4 Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)

No. 5 Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)

No. 6 Aman AMAN (IND)

No. 7 Wanhao ZOU (CHN)

No. 8 Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

65kg

No. 1 Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)

No. 2 Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)

No. 3 Ismail MUSUKAEV (HUN)

No. 4 Sebastian RIVERA (PUR)

No. 5 Shamil MAMEDOV (AIN)

No. 6 Haji ALIYEV (AZE)

No. 7 Islam DUDAEV (ALB)

No. 8 Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)

74kg

No. 1 Kyle DAKE (USA)

No. 2 Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)

No. 3 Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

No. 4 Daichi TAKATANI (JPN)

No. 5 Feng LU (CHN)

No. 6 Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)

No. 7 Bacar NDUM (GBS)

No. 8 Yones EMAMICHOGHAEI

86kg

No. 1 Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)

No. 2 Hassan YAZDANICHARATI (IRI)

No. 3 Myles AMINE (SMR)

No. 4 Javrail SHAPIEV (UZB)

No. 5 Magomed RAMAZANOV (BUL)

No. 6 Bat BYAMBASUREN (MGL)

No. 7 Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE)

No. 8 Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN)

97kg

No. 1 Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)

No. 2 Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)

No. 3 Kyle SNYDER (USA)

No. 4 Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR)

No. 5 Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)

No. 6 Erik THIELE (GER)

No. 7 Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)

No. 8 Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL)

125kg

No. 1 Amir ZARE (IRI)

No. 2 Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)

No. 3 Mason PARRIS (USA)

No. 4 Taha AKGUL (TUR)

No. 5 Daniel LIGETI (HUN)

No. 6 Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)

No. 7 Robert BARAN (POL)

No. 8 Zhiwei DENG (CHN)

Women’s Wrestling

50kg

No. 1 Yui SUSAKI (JPN)

No. 2 Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL)

No. 3 Ziqi FENG (CHN)

No. 4 Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR)

No. 5 Alisson CARDOZO REY (COL)

No. 6 Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA)

No. 7 Mariya STADNIK (AZE)

No. 8 Oksana LIVACH (UKR)

53kg

No. 1 Lucia YEPEZ GUZMAN (ECU)

No. 2 Emma MALMGREN (SWE)

No. 3 Akari FUJINAMI (JPN)

No. 4 ANTIM (IND)

No. 5 Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)|

No. 6 Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR)

No. 7 Qianyu PANG (CHN)

No. 8 Andreea ANA (ROU)

57kg

No. 1 Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN)

No. 2 Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)

No. 3 Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR)

No. 4 Anhelina LYSAK (POL)

No. 5 Helen MAROULIS (USA)

No. 6 Kexin HONG (CHN)

No. 7 Giulia PENALBER (BRA)

No. 8 Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)

62kg

No. 1 Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)

No. 2 Sakura MOTOKI (JPN)

No. 3 Grace BULLEN (NOR)

No. 4 Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)

No. 5 Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)

No. 6 Luisa NIEMESCH (GER)

No. 7 Ana GODINEZ (CAN)

No. 8 Kayla MIRACLE (USA)

68kg

No. 1 Buse CAVUSOGLU TOSUN (TUR)

No. 2 Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)

No. 3 Koumba LARROQUE (FRA)

No. 4 Irina RINGACI (MDA)

No. 5 Tetiana SOVA RIZHKO (UKR)

No. 6 Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)

No. 7 Soleymi CARABALLO HERNANDEZ (VEN)

No. 8 Feng ZHOU (CHN)

76kg

No. 1 Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)

No. 2 Yuka KAGAMI (JPN)

No. 3 Tatiana RENTERIA (COL)

No. 4 Catalina AXENTE (ROU)

No. 5 Milaimys MARIN (CUB)

No. 6 Hannah RUEBEN (NGR)

No. 7 Justina DI STASIO (CAN)

No. 8 Bernadett NAGY (HUN)

Greco-Roman

60kg

No. 1 Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)

No. 2 Liguo CAO (CHN)

No. 3 Victor CIOBANU (MDA)

No. 4 Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN)

No. 5 Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI)

No. 6 Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB)

No. 7 Raiber RODRIGUEZ (VEN)

No. 8 Razvan ARNAUT (ROU)

67kg

No. 1 Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE)

No. 2 Luis ORTA (CUB)

No. 3 Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM)

No. 4 Mate NEMES (SRB)

No. 5 Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ)

No. 6 Mamadassa SYLLA (FRA)

No. 7 Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI)

No. 8 Valentin PETIC (MDA)

77kg

No. 1 Nao KUSAKA (JPN)

No. 2 Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE)

No. 3 Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)

No. 4 Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM)

No. 5 Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB)

No. 6 Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)

No. 7 Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)

No. 8 Aram VARDANYAN (UZB)

87kg

No. 1 Ali CENGIZ (TUR)

No. 2 David LOSONCZI (HUN)

No. 3 Semen NOVIKOV (BUL)

No. 4 Zhan BELENIUK (UKR)

No. 5 Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)

No. 6 Bachir SID AZARA (ALG)

No. 7 Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB)

No. 8 Carlos MUNOZ (COL)

97kg

No. 1 Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)

No. 2 Abubakar KHASLAKHANAU (AIN)

No. 3 Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)

No. 4 Gabriel ROSILLO (CUB)

No. 5 Artur OMAROV (CZE)

No. 6 Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)

No. 7 Mindaugas VENCKAITIS (LTU)

No. 8 Kevin MEJIA (HON)

130kg

No. 1 Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)

No. 2 Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)

No. 3 Lingzhe MENG (CHN)

No. 4 Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU)

No. 5 Heiki NABI (EST)

No. 6 Yasmani ACOSTA (CHI)

No. 7 Seungchan LEE (KOR)

No. 8 Adam COON (USA)

NOTE: These seeds are subject to change. The NOCs have until 24 hours before the start of the competition to make changes to their entries.

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