2024 Olympic Wrestling Rankings

97 kg - Akhmed Tazhudinov

Akhmed Tazhudinov comes in at #1 at 97 kg after winning 2023 Worlds where he defeated Kyle Snyder and Abdulrashid Sadulaev. 

Sadulaev is not ranked because he injury defaulted out of worlds and Russia is not yet qualified for the Olympics at 97 kg.

Kyle Snyder comes in at #2 and has past victories over both Magomedkhan Magomedov and Givi Matcharashvili.

Magomedkhan Magomedov won a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships where he defeated both Matcharashvili and Ibrahim Ciftci. Then for bronze, Matcharashvili took out Ciftci.

Note that this is only a ranking of countries that have already qualified for the Olympics. There are still 11 more spots at each weight - 2 at the Pan-Am Qualifier (February 28-March 1), the African Qualifier (March 22-24), the European Qualifier (April 5-7), the Asian Qualifier (April 19-21),  and the World Olympic Games Qualifier (May 9-12). Once those qualifications are earned, the rankings will be updated.

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