peanut Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 MFS Olympic wrestling will be live in a little over two months. There are only six weight classes, of course. It appears there are 16 qualifiers per weight, except for 74kg, where there are 17 qualifiers, including a refugee participant. The US, of course, has qualified all six weight classes. Luckily for US fans, in all but one weight class, there are multiple US-connected wrestlers to follow. Seems like a good deal for US fans. Here they are: 57kg Micic (SRB) RBY (MEX) Cruz (PR) Lee 65kg Rivera (PR) Gomez (MEX) Zane 74kg Dake Bekzod (UZB) 86kg AB Amine (SM) Ramos (PR) 97kg Snyder 125kg Parris Smith (PR) Dhesi (CAN) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Good job deleting/hiding the other thread you started to make this one... Why seventeen at 74kg's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyBadger Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Who is Smith for Puerto Rico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu_alum Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 14 hours ago, MPhillips said: Good job deleting/hiding the other thread you started to make this one... Why seventeen at 74kg's? Refugee athlete. https://uww.org/article/valizadeh-mahdavi-named-ioc-refugee-team-2024-paris-olympics?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3HGupwNjU_Uz0rVmk9t8iJtcx972tOVHqkmOO4bjrNfT7uzK8GqlzZly8_aem_ARchVLJoFVTKfkaBjwoX0TC3PxTOM9HkNTAHURytQHdaU3HOLiDjl4Y1WR372OvRYGXVc6f8OFMuPlp-omnZznLM Quote Wrestlers Iman MAHDAVI and Jamal VALIZADEH were among the 36 athletes from 11 different countries across 12 sports were named by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024. Mahdavi and Valizadeh were selected to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team through the support of the Refugee Athletes Scholarship Programme, funded by the IOC's Olympic Solidarity program. The two wrestlers are supported by the hosting national federations of Italy and France and the United World Wrestling Development Department for Technical Assistance and participation in UWW events. At the 2024 Paris Games in August, the two will be representing different styles with Valizadeh gearing up for Greco-Roman 60kg and Mahdavi set to compete in Freestyle 74kg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu_alum Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 14 hours ago, BuckyBadger said: Who is Smith for Puerto Rico? Jonovan Smith from California https://www.cerritosfalcons.com/sports/wrest/2023-24/releases/20240308lan9be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu_alum Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 15 hours ago, peanut said: 65kg Rivera (PR) Gomez (MEX) Zane Richards is a 57kg. Zain is our 65kg representative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3grappler Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 On 5/13/2024 at 10:41 AM, BuckyBadger said: Who is Smith for Puerto Rico? California State finalist and I think Fargo champ while in high school, cant remember if it was cadet or junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal197 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 5/15/2024 at 12:31 PM, d3grappler said: California State finalist and I think Fargo champ while in high school, cant remember if it was cadet or junior. He was an NCWA runner up at heavyweight this past season for one of the Puerto Rican Universities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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