We have considered all weight categories of the Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling, now we move to Greco-Roman wrestling, and begin to sort out all the participants, all weight categories. We start with the weight category up to 60 kg.
The reigning Olympic champion of this weight - Luis Horta Sanchez (Cuba), changed his weight from 60kg to 67kg, which opened the way for many wrestlers.
There are many strong faces in 60kg, but the biggest favorite is Kyrgyz wrestler Jolaman Sharshenbekov, who has kept everyone in awe for several years now. Zholaman is defending his world title for the second year in a row, and he is not letting anyone get close to the championship belt. Physically and technically strong, and the biggest factor of Jolaman is his rock solid character. Jolaman is expected to make it to the finals.
Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) is the reigning Olympic and World Championship vice-champion. This will play a big factor in the Olympics for Kenichiro. He lost at the Olympics to Luis Orte Sanchez and at the World Championships to Jolaman Sharshenbekov. The Japanese wrestler is also one of the strongest fighters of this weight, but he was always very far away from Zholaman. But at the Olympic Games will not always work these statistics, and everything is possible. Kenichiro is expected to reach the semifinals.
Murad Mammadov (Azerbaijan) is one of the wrestlers who began to shine before the Olympic cycle. Murad became vice world champion, European champion. And at the last tournament in Hungary he made himself known even more, defeating Victor Ciobanu in the final with the score 10:0.
These three are the main faces according to SportBall24, from whom everyone will be in awe, and they are the ones who will show beauty at the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling. Other wrestlers show unstable wrestling, but we can expect a lot from them too, we see the rest in Paris.
Jolaman SHARSHENBEKOV (Kyrgyzstan) - two-time world champion, and three-time Asian champion
Kenichiro FUMITA (Japan) - current vice-champion of the Olympic Games and World Championship
Liguo CAO (China) - bronze medalist of the World Championships
Ilkhomjon Bakhramov (Uzbekistan) - bronze medalist of the World Championship
Victor CHOBANU (Moldova) - World Champion and European Vice-Champion
Sadyk LALAEV (AIN, Russia) - bronze medalist of the European Championship
Murad MAMMADOV (Azerbaijan) - silver medalist of the World Championship and European Champion
Georgi TIBILOV (Serbia) - bronze medalist of the European Championship
Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (Iran)
Rayber RODRIGUEZ (Venezuela)
Kevin DE ARMAS (Cuba)
Abdelkarim FERGAT (Algeria)
Moamen MOHAMMED (Egypt)
Enes BAZAR (Turkey)
Aidos SULTANGALI (Kazakhstan)
Seung RI (DPRK)