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Tokyo watch for Saturday: Japan leads with eight qualifiers; Russia and Kazakhstan top men’s freestyle with three

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Geno Petriashvili of Georgia celebrates his third straight World gold medal at heavyweight in men's freestyle. Photo by Martin Gabor, UWW.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – USA Wrestling is keeping a running score of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualification process, as the 2019 World Championships continue in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan this week.

The 2019 World Championships serves as the first qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in the 18 Olympic weight classes. The top six place winners in each of the Olympic weights will qualify their nation for the Olympic Games at that weight.

On Saturday, there were two Olympic weight classes completed in men’s freestyle, 74 kg/163 lbs. and 125 kg/275 lbs.

Japan held the lead in overall qualifiers with eight in all styles, followed by Kazakhstan and Russia with seven. Next up were Germany, China and Ukraine with five total qualifiers.

Russia and Kazakhstan had the most in men’s freestyle with three (out of the first four weight classes).

There are 34 nations which have qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Tokyo Games so far.

The United States got its third Olympic berth, when Jordan Burroughs won bronze at 74 kg/163 lbs.

Syria qualified an athlete in men’s freestyle, the first time in decades.

Sunday is the conclusion with the final two men’s freestyle Olympic weight classes, 86 kg and 97 kg.

Updated Olympic Qualification by nation, all styles
(as of September 21, 2019)

Japan, 8 (60kgGR, 50kgW, 57kgW, 62kgW, 68kgW, 76kgW, 65kgFS, 74kgFS)
Kazakhstan, 7 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 50kgW, 76kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS)
Russia, 7 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR, 50kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS)
Germany, 5 (67kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR, 68 kgW, 76kgW)
China, 5 (50kgW, 53kgW, 57kgW, 76kgW, 125kgFS)
Ukraine, 5 (60kgGR, 87kgGR, 50kgW, 68kgW, 125kgFS)
Hungary, 4 (77kgGR, 87kgGR, 62kgW, 65kgFS)
Iran, 4 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 130kgGR, 57kgFS)
Turkey, 4 (97kgGR, 130kgGR, 57kgFS, 125kgFS)
Uzbekistan, 4 (60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 125kgFS)
Georgia, 3 (97kgGR, 130kgGR, 125kgFS)
India, 3 (53kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS)
Poland, 3 (97kgGR, 53 kgW, 57kgW)
Serbia, 3 (67kgGR, 97kgGR, 57kgFS)
Sweden, 3 (77kgGR, 63kgW, 68kgW)
United States, 3 (68kgW, 76kgW, 74kgFS)
Armenia, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Belarus, 2 (87kgGR, 57kgW)
Cuba, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)
Estonia, 2 (130kgGR, 76kgW
Kyrgyzstan, 2 (87kgGR, 62kgW)
Mongolia, 2 (68kgW, 65kgFS)
North Korea, 2 (53kgW, 62kgW)
Azerbaijan, 1 (50kgW)
Bulgaria, 1 (62kgW)
Denmark, 1 (67kgGR)
Egypt, 1 (67kgGR)
France, 1 (74kgFS)
Greece, 1 (53kgW)
Italy, 1 (74kgFS
Moldova, 1 (57kgW)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgW)
Romania, 1 (50kgW)
Syria, 1 (125kgFS)

Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle on Saturday

74 kg/163 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Zaurbek Sidakov)
2019 World silver medalist – Italy (Frank Chamizo Marquez)
2019 World bronze medalist – United States (Jordan Burroughs)
2019 World bronze medalist – France (Zelimkhan Khadjiev)
2019 World fifth place – Kazakhstan (Daniyar Kaisanov)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Mao Okui)

125 kg/275 lbs.
2019 World champion – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili)
2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul)
2019 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi)
2019 World bronze medalist – Uzbekistan (Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi)
2019 World fifth place – Syria (Badzha Khutaba)
2019 World fifth place – China (Zhiwei Deng)

Updated Olympic Qualification in men’s freestyle
Kazakhstan, 3 (57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS
Russia, 3 (57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS
India, 2 (57kgFS, 65kgFS
Japan, 2 (65kgFS, 74kgFS
Turkey, 2 (57kgFS, 125kgFS)
China, 1 (125kgFS)
France, 1 (74kgFS
Georgia, 1 (125kgFS)
Hungary, 1 (65kgFS
Iran, 1 (57kgFS
Italy, 1 (74kgFS
Mongolia, 1 (65kgFS
Serbia, 1 (57kgFS)
Syria, 1 (125kgFS)
Ukraine, 1 (125kgFS)
United States, 1 (74kgFS
Uzbekistan, 1 (125kgFS)

Previous Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle

57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Zavur Uguev)
2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Suleyman Atli)
2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Nurislam Sanayev)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Kumar Ravi)
2019 World fifth place – Serbia (Stevan Micic)
2019 World fifth place –Iran (Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi)

65 kg/143 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Gadzhimurad Rashidov)
2019 World silver medalist – Kazakhstan (Daulet Niyazbekov)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Bajrang)
2019 World bronze medalist – Hungary (Iszmail Muszukajev)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Takuto Otoguro)
2019 World fifth place – Mongolia (Tulga Tumur Ochir)

Olympic qualification in women’s freestyle

50 kg/110 lbs.
2019 World champion – Azerbaijan (Mariya Stadnik)
2019 World silver medalist – Romania (Emilia Vuc)
2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Valentina Islamova Brik)
2019 World bronze medalist – Russia (Ekaterina Poleschuk)
2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Oksana Livach)
2019 World fifth place –China (Sun Yanan)

57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Japan (Risako Kawai)
2019 World silver medalist – China (Ningning Rong)
2019 World bronze medalist – Nigeria (Odunayo Adekuoroye)
2019 World bronze medalist – Belarus (Iryna Kurachkina)
2019 World fifth place – Poland (Jowita Maria Wrzesien)
2019 World fifth place – Moldova (Anastasia Nichita (Moldova)

53 kg/116.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – North Korea (Yong Mi Pak)
2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Mayu Mukaida)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Vinesh)
2019 World bronze medalist – China (Qianyu Pang)
2019 World fifth place – Greece (Maria Prevolaraki)
2019 World fifth place – Poland (Roksana Zasina)

62 kg/136.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu Tynbekova)
2019 World silver medalist – Bulgaria (Taybe Mustafa Yusein)
2019 World bronze medalist – Japan (Yukako Kawai)
2019 World bronze medalist – Sweden (Henna Johansson)
2019 World fifth place – North Korea (Jong Sim Rim)
2019 World fifth place – Hungary (Marianna Sastin)

68 kg/149.75 lbs.
2019 World champion – United States (Tamyra Mensah-Stock)
2019 World silver medalist – Sweden (Anna Jenny Fransson)
2019 World bronze medalist – Mongolia (Battsetseg Soronzonbold)
2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Anna Carmen Schell)
2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Alla Cherkasova)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Sara Dosho)

76 kg/167.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – United States (Adeline Gray)
2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki)
2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Aline Rotter Focken)
2019 World bronze medalist – Estonia (Epp Maee)
2019 World fifth place – China (Qian Zhou)
2019 World fifth place – Kazakhstan (Elmira Syzdykova)

Updated Olympic Qualification in women’s freestyle
Japan, 5 (50kgW, 57 kgW, 62kgW, 68kg, 76kgW)
China, 4 (50kgW, 53kgW, 57kgW, 76 kgW)
Germany, 2 (68kgW, 76kgW
Kazakhstan, 2 (50kgW, 76 kgW)
North Korea, 2 (53kgW, 62kgW)
Poland, 2 (53 kgW, 57kgW)
Sweden, 2 (63kgW, 68kgW
Ukraine, 2 (50kgW, 68kgW)
United States, 2 (68kgW, 76kgW)
Azerbaijan, 1 (50kgW)
Belarus, 1 (57kgW)
Bulgaria, 1 (62kgW
Estonia, 1 (76kgW
Greece, 1 (53kgW)
Hungary, 1 (62kgW)
India, 1 (53kgW)
Kyrgyzstan, 1 (62kgW
Moldova, 1 (57kgW)
Mongolia, 1 (68kgW)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgW
Romania, 1 (50kgW)
Russia, 1 (50kgW)

Updated Greco-Roman Olympic qualifications
(with athlete who qualified the weight)


Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs.
2019 World champion - Japan (Kenichiro Fumita)
2019 World silver medalist - Russia (Sergey Emelin)
2019 World bronze medalist - Kazakhstan (Mirambek Ainagulov)
2019 World bronze medalist - Iran (Ali Reza Ayat Ollah Nejati)
2019 World fifth place - Ukraine (Lenur Temirov)
2019 World fifth place - Uzbekistan (Elmurat Tasmuradov)

Greco-Roman 67 kg/147.5 lbs.

2019 World champion - Cuba (Ismael Borrero Molina)
2019 World silver medalist - Russia (Artem Surkov)
2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mate Nemes)
2019 World bronze medalist - Germany (Frank Staebler)
2019 World fifth place - Denmark (Fredrik Bjerrehuus)
2019 World fifth place - Egypt (Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed)

Greco-Roman 77 kg/169.5 lbs.
2019 World champion - Hungary (Tamas Lorincz)
2019 World silver medalist - Sweden (Alex Bjurberg Kessidis)
2019 World bronze medalist - Iran (Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei)
2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Jalgasbay Berdimuratov)
2019 World fifth place - Armenia (Karapet Chalyan)
2019 World fifth place - Kazakhstan (Askhat Dilmukhamedov)

Greco-Roman 87 kg/191.5 lbs.
2019 World champion - Ukraine (Zhan Beleniuk)
2019 World silver medalist - Hungary (Viktor Lorincz)
2019 World bronze medalist - Germany (Denis Kudla)
2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Rustam Assakalov)
2019 World fifth place - Belarus (Mikalai Stadub)
2019 World fifth place - Kyrgyzstan (Atabek Azisbekov)

Greco-Roman 97 kg/213.75 lbs.
2019 World champion - Russia (Musa Evloev)
2019 World silver medalist - Armenia (Artur Aleksanyan)
2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mihail Kajaia)
2019 World bronze medalist - Turkey (Cenk Ildem)
2019 World fifth place - Poland (Tadeusz Michalik)
2019 World fifth place - Georgia (Giorgi Melia)

Greco-Roman 130 kg/286 lbs.
2019 World champion - Turkey (Riza Kayaalp)
2019 World silver medalist - Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds)
2019 World bronze medalist - Estonia (Heiki Nabi)
2019 World bronze medalist - Georgia (Iakobi Kajaia)
2019 World fifth place - Iran (Amir Mohammadali Ghasemimonjezi)
2019 World fifth place - Germany (Eduard Popp)

Olympic Qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling by nation
Germany, 3 (67kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)
Iran, 3 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 130kgGR)
Russia, 3 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR)
Uzbekistan, 3 (60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR)
Armenia, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Cuba, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)
Georgia, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Hungary, 2 (77kgGR, 87kgGR)
Kazakhstan, 2 (60kgGR, 77kgGR
Serbia, 2 (67kgGR, 97kgGR)
Turkey, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Ukraine, 2 (60kgGR, 87kgGR)
Belarus, 1 (87kgGR)
Denmark, 1 (67kgGR)
Estonia, 1 (130kgGR
Egypt, 1 (67kgGR)
Japan, 1 (60kgGR)
Kyrgyzstan, 1 (87kgGR)
Poland, 1 (97kgGR)
Sweden, 1 (77kgGR)

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