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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)
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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

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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.

 

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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.

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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.

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