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Paris 2024: 18 wrestlers to compete at 74kg

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 08:41 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (July 24) -- The 74kg weight class at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will have 18 wrestlers. It was confirmed after the International Olympic Committee approved the participation of Individual Neutral Athlete Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (AIN).

Paris 2024 will see 291 wrestlers compete in Freestyle, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman. Wrestling begins August 5 and ends August 11. Here’s the full schedule.

You can find the entry list here -- Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women's Wrestling. The seeds for the Paris 2024 can be accessed here -- Wrestling seeds Paris 2024.

For more detailed Paris 2024 news, click here.

UWW Playlists: Best of Olympic champ Esmaeili

Friday, January 9, 2026 - 11:31 By United World Wrestling Press

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Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI) was the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics at 67kg in Greco-Roman. A year later in 2025, he added the world title to his name, his first at the senior level, to be among one of the best Greco wrestler currently.

The 22-year-old is also a U17 and U20 world champion and has wins over all top wrestlers of his weight class including Olympic champion Luis ORTA (CUB) and two-time world silver medalist Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE).

Watch all matches of Esmaeili from early days to him becoming a world champion in Zagreb in 2025.

Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI): All Bouts of Olympic champion