Japan leads with 10 Olympic weights qualified for Paris Games after Senior Worlds; USA and Iran next with seven Olympic quotas
by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
With the conclusion of the Greco-Roman competition at the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Japan remains the top nation for Olympic wrestling quota berths with 10 weights qualified.
Japan had a fantastic performance in women’s freestyle, qualifying at all six weight classes. Japan also added two quota spots from the men’s freestyle competition and two more in Greco-Roman. Japan is the only nation to sweep all six Olympic quota spots in one style, with its women’s freestyle performance.
The top five athletes at each weight class at the Senior Worlds in Belgrade qualify their nation to compete in the Paris Games at that specific weight class. Individual athletes do not qualify, as each nation may select which athlete to enter at the Olympics for each quota berth earned.
The United States and Iran are next with seven quota berths. Team USA qualified four weight classes in men’s freestyle and three weight classes in women’s freestyle. Iran had four weight classes qualified in Greco-Roman, and three other weight classes qualified in men’s freestyle.
Next up was Turkey with six quota berths (two in men’s freestyle, two in women’s freestyle, two in Greco-Roman). Kyrgyzstan was next with five (three in Greco-Roman and two in women’s freestyle). Nations with four Olympic weight qualified are Armenia, Cuba and Individual Neutral Athletes from Russia.
There were 90 quota spots determined at the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, which was completed on Sunday.
A total of 37 nations have qualified at least one athlete in men’s freestyle and/or women’s freestyle.
There are two more phases of Olympic qualifying after the World Championships. Additional quota spots will be awarded at the Continental Olympic Qualifiers, with the final quota spots awarded at the World Olympic Qualifying event.
Updated Olympic Qualification by nation, all styles
(as of September 26, 2023)
Japan, 10 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60kgGR, 77kgGR)
United States, 7 (74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 76kgWFS)
Iran, 7 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Turkey, 6 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)
Kyrgysztan 5 (62kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR)
Armenia, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Cuba, 4 (76kgWFS, 67kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 125 kgMFS)
Azerbaijan, 3 (97kgMFS, 67kgGR, 77kgGR)
China, 3 (50kgWFS, 50kgGR, 130kgGR)
Serbia, 3 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 67kgGR)
Uzbekistan, 3 (86kgMFS, 60kgGR, 77kgGR)
Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 2 (53kgWFS, 97 kgGR)
Georgia, 2 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)
Hungary, 2 (65kgMFS, 87kgGR)
Kazakhstan, 2 (86kgMFS, 87kgGR)
Moldova, 2 (57kgWFS, 68kgWFS)
Mongolia, 2 (50kgWFS, 68kgWFS)
Ukraine, 2 (62kgWFS, 87kgGR)
Albania, 1 (57kgMFS)
Bahrain, 1 (97kgMFS)
Bulgaria, 1 (87kgGR)
Colombia, 1 (76kgWFS)
Czechia, 1 (97kgGR)
Ecuador, 1 (53kgWFS)
Egypt, 1 (130kgGR)
France, 1 (68kgWFS)
Germany, 1 (62kgWFS)
Greece, 1 (74kgMFS)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgWFS)
Norway, 1 (62kgWFS)
Poland, 1 (57kgWFS)
Puerto Rico, 1 (65kgMFS)
San Marino, 1 (86 kgMFS)
Sweden, 1 (53kgWFS)
Turkey, 1 (50kgWFS)
UWW IND, 1 (53kgWFS)
Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 125 kgMFS)
United States, 4 (74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS)
Iran, 3 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kg MFS)
Armenia, 2 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS)
Georgia, 2 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)
Japan, 2 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS)
Serbia, 2 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS)
Turkey, 2 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)
Albania, 1 (57kgMFS)
Azerbaijan, 1 (97kgMFS)
Bahrain, 1 (97kgMFS)
Greece, 1 (74kgMFS)
Hungary, 1 (65kgMFS)
Kazakhstan, 1 (86kgMFS)
Puerto Rico, 1 (65kgMFS)
San Marino, 1 (86 kgMFS)
Uzbekistan, 1 (86kgMFS)
Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle
(with athlete who qualified weight class or expected entry)
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Serbia (Stevan Micic)
2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Rei Higuchi)
2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Arsen Harutyunuan)
2023 World bronze medalist – Albania (Zelimkhan Abakarov)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zavur Uguev)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
65 kg/143 lbs.
2023 World champion – Hungary (Ismail Musukaev)
2023 World silver medalist – Puerto Rico (Sebastian Rivera)
2023 World bronze medalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Shamil Mamedov)
2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Vazgen Tevanyan)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Rahman Amouzadkhalili)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
74 kg/163 lbs.
2023 World champion – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zaurbek Sidakov)
2023 World silver medalist – United States (Kyle Dake)
2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Hetik Cabolov)
2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Daichi Takatani)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Greece (Kougioumtsidis)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
86 kg/189 lbs.
2023 World champion – United States (David Taylor)
2023 World silver medalist – Iran (Hassan Yazdanicharati)
2023 World bronze medalist – San Marino (Myles Amine)
2023 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Azamat Dauletbekov)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Javrail Shapiev)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
2023 World champion – Bahrain (Akhmed Tazhudinov)
2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Magomedkhan Magomedov)
2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Snyder)
2023 World bronze medalist – Georgia (Givi Matcharishvili)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Turkey (Ibrahim Ciftci)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
125 kg/275 lbs.
2023 World champion – Iran (Amir Zare)
2023 World silver medalist – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili)
2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Mason Parris)
2023 World bronze medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete (Abdulla Kurbanov)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
Updated Olympic Qualification in women’s freestyle
Japan, 6 (50kgWFS, 53 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)
United States, 3 (50kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 76kgWFS)
Kyrgysztan 2 (68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)
Moldova, 2 (57kgWFS, 68kgWFS)
Mongolia, 2 (50kgWFS, 68kgWFS)
Turkey, 2 (50kgWFS, 68kgWFS)
China, 1 (50kgWFS)
Colombia, 1 (76kgWFS)
Cuba, 1 (76kgWFS)
Ecuador, 1 (53kgWFS)
France, 1 (68kgWFS)
Germany, 1 (62kgWFS)
Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 1 (53kgWFS)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgWFS)
Norway, 1 (62kgWFS)
Poland, 1 (57kgWFS)
Sweden, 1 (53kgWFS)
Ukraine, 1 (62kgWFS)
UWW IND, 1 (53kgWFS)
Olympic qualification in women’s freestyle
(with athlete who qualified weight class or expected entry)
50 kg/110 lbs.
2023 World champion – Japan (Yui Susaki)
2023 World silver medalist – Mongolia (Otgonjargal Dolgorjav)
2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Sarah Hildebrandt)
2023 World bronze medalist – China (Ziqi Feng)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Turkey (Evin Demirhan)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
53 kg/116.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Japan (Akari Fujinami)
2023 World silver medalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Vanesa Kaladzinskaya)
2023 World bronze medalist – Ecuador (Lucia Yepez Guzman)
2023 World bronze medalist – UWW IND (Antim)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Sweden (Emma Malmgren)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Japan (Tsugumi Sakurai)
2023 World silver medalist – Moldova (Anastasia Nichita)
2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Helen Maroulis)
2023 World bronze medalist – Nigeria (Odunayo Adekuoroye)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Poland (Anhelina Lysak)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
62 kg/136.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu Tynybekova)
2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Sakura Motoki)
2023 World bronze medalist – Norway (Grace Bullen)
2023 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Iryna Koliadenko)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Germany (Luisa Niemesch)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
68 kg/149.75 lbs.
2023 World champion – Turkey (Buse Cavusoglu Tosun)
2023 World silver medalist – Mongolia (Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan)
2023 World bronze medalist – France (Koumba Larroque)
2023 World bronze medalist – Moldova (Irina Ringaci)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Japan (Ami Ishii)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off -
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Japan (Yuka Kagami)
2023 World silver medalist – Kyrgyzstan (Aiperi Medet Kyzy)
2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Adeline Gray)
2023 World bronze medalist – Colombia (Tatiana Renteria)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Cuba (Milaimys Marin Potrille)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
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Updated Olympic Qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling by nation
Iran, 4 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Cuba, 3 (67kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Kyrgyzstan, 3 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR)
Armenia, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Azerbaijan, 2 (67kgGR, 77kgGR)
China, 2 (60kgGR, 130kgGR)
Japan, 2 (60kgGR, 77kgGR)
Turkey, 2 (87kgGR, 130kgGR)
Uzbekistan, 2 (60kgGR, 77kgGR)
Bulgaria, 1 (87kgGR)
Czechia, 1 (97kgGR)
Hungary, 1 (87kgGR)
Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 1 (97kgGR)
Kazakhstan, 1 (87kgGR)
Egypt, 1 (130kgGR)
Serbia, 1 (67kgGR)
Ukraine, 1 (87kgGR)
Greco-Roman Olympic qualifications (with athlete who qualified weight class)
Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs.
2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Zholaman Sharshenbekov)
2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Fumita Kenichiro)
2023 World bronze medalist – China (Liguo Cao)
2023 World bronze medalist – Uzbekistan (Islomjon Bakhramov)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Mehdi Mohsen Nejad)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
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Greco-Roman 67 kg/147.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Cuba (Luis Orta Sanchez)
2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Hasrat Jafarov)
2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Mate Nemes)
2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammedreza Geraei)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Kyrgyzstan (Amantur Ismailov)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
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Greco-Roman 77 kg/169.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Akzhol Makhmudov)
2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Sanan Suleymanov)
2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Malkhas Amoyan)
2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Nao Kusaka)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Aram Vardanyan)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –
2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
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Greco-Roman 87 kg/191.5 lbs.
2023 World champion – Turkey (Ali Cengiz)
2023 World silver medalist – Hungary (David Losonczi)
2023 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Zhan Beleniuk)
2023 World bronze medalist – Bulgaria (Semen Novikov)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Kazakhstan (Nursultan Tursynov)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up –
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Greco-Roman 97 kg/213.75 lbs.
2023 World champion – Cuba (Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan)
2023 World silver medalist – Armenia (Artur Aleksanyan)
2023 World bronze medalist – Czechia (Artur Omarov)
2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammadhadi Saravi)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR - (Abubakr Khaslakhanau)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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Greco-Roman 130 kg/286 lbs.
2023 World champion – Iran (Amin Mirzazadeh)
2023 World silver medalist – Turkey (Riza Kayaalp)
2023 World bronze medalist – Egypt (Abdellatif Mohamed)
2023 World bronze medalist – Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds)
2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – China (Lingzhe Meng)
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –
2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up –
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