The Olympic World Wrestling Qualification Tournament kicked off in Istanbul. On the first day of the tournament there were competitions in all six Olympic weight categories: 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, 87kg, 97kg and 130kg.
The semifinal bouts have already taken place and the winners of the first tickets to the Olympic Games 2024 in all weight categories became known.
Olympic quotas were won by wrestlers from Russia (3), Azerbaijan (3), Georgia (2), Moldova, Bolgria, Finland and Romania
Bouts for Olympic quotas
60kg:
Sadyk Lalaev (Russia) – Daihun Kim (Korea) 8 – 0
Murad Mamadov (Azerbaijan) – Ravzan Arnaut (Romania) 8 – 2
67kg:
Etienne Kinzinger (Germany) – Valentin Petric (Moldova) 1 – 3
Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia) – Lei Li (China) 10 – 0
77kg:
Rui Liu (China) – Hayk Mnatsakanyan (Bulgaria) 1 – 1 (-+)
Sergey Kutuzov (Russia) – Yuri Lomadze (Georgia) 5 – 3
87kg:
Kirill Maskevich (Belarus) – Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark) 5 – 2
Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) – Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan) 1 – 4
97kg:
Arvi Savolainen (Finland) – Yuri Nakazato (Japan) 4 – 2
Artur Sargsyan (Russia) – Lukas Lazogianis (Germany) 3 – 1
130kg:
Pavel Khlinchuk (Belarus) – Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan) 1 – 1 (-+)
Alin Chiurariu (Romania) – Heiki Nabi (Estonia) 1 – 1 (+-)