If David Taylor isn’t drawn into this bottom bracket, there are numerous contenders to make both the finals and the bronze medal match.
With Yazdani and Naifonov on the top side of the bracket, Deepak Punia and Myles Amine will be drawn into the bottom bracket as the #2 and #3 seeds respectively. However, he hasn’t lost to any other competitor in the field and has multiple wins over Myles Amine, Boris Makoev, and Javrail Shapiev. Naifonov was pinned in previous bouts to both Taylor and Yazdani. Because of his seed, Naifonov will be on the same side of the bracket as Yazdani. If they are opposite in the bracket, expect these two legends to wrestle for Olympic gold in the finals.Īrtur Naifonov has established himself as the 3rd best in this field but only earned the #4 seed. Like at the 2018 World Championships, Taylor is unseeded again and has the potential to face #1 seeded Yazdani first round. Chamizo has had close losses to both Dake and Sidakov and has 5 past world/Olympic medals to his name (2 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronze).īronze - Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (BLR)Ĩ6kg looks to be a 2 man race between Hassan Yazdani and David Taylor. After these top 2, Frank Chamizo looks to be the clear next contender. Dake and Sidakov are clearly the best two wrestlers in this Olympic field but could meet in the very first round due to the fact that Kyle Dake is unseeded. Sidakov is the two-time defending 74kg world champion while Dake has won the last 2 world titles at 79kg. Both men have dethroned the 74kg king Jordan Burroughs and are looking for Olympic glory in Tokyo. The most anticipated match in all of wrestling at the Olympics could be Kyle Dake vs Zaurbek Sidakov. While no American is present in this field, it should be one of the most fun to watch and unpredictable brackets in Tokyo. On top of those credentialed athletes, Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) has been on a run lately with recent wins over Aliyev, Gadzhiev, and Musukaev. There are also 5 other past world medalists in the bracket - Bajrang Punia (IND), Ismail Musukaev (HUN), Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL), Alejandro Valdes (CUB), and Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ). There are 3 past world champions competing at 65kg in Gadzhimurad Rashidov (2019), Takuto Otoguro (2018) and Haji Aliyev (2014, 2015, and 2017). Gilman is capable of medaling but must have a favorable draw and wrestle beyond what he’s shown in the past.Ħ5kg is the deepest bracket of any in the men’s freestyle Olympic field. America’s Thomas Gilaman does have a past win over the #2 seed Suleyman Atli and Iran’s Reza Atri but has multiple losses to Yuki Takahashi, Nurislam Sanayev and unseeded Georgi Vangelov. He’s coming off momentum from the Poland Open in June where he took out Ravi Kumar, Nurislam Sanayev and Reza Atri. While Stevan Micic is the #1 seed, the biggest threat to any of the top guys might be Uzbekistan’s Gulumjon Abdullaev. Other challengers to Uguev will be past world medalists Suleyman Atli (3 Seed), Ravi Kumar (4 seed) and Nurislam Sanyaev. Takahashi will be unseeded and randomly drawn into the bracket. Also in the field is 2017 world champion, Yuki Takahashi (JPN). On top of that, he hasn’t lost since June of 2019. Uguev is the #2 seed in the bracket and is the two-time defending world champion at 57kg. Russia’s Zaur Uguev has separated himself from the pack over the past two years. Before the action takes place, take a look at the FloWrestling team’s picks for every weight in men’s freestyle below. The world’s best wrestling will be featured in Tokyo as each bracket has numerous world/Olympic champions and medalists. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.Men’s Freestyle at the Olympics starts Tuesday, August 3rd at 10pm (ET). The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. The competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.
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