On May 12, the last Olympic license tournament in wrestling came to an end, where all participants of the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris became known. In all weight categories there are famous and strong wrestlers who will tear each other for the Olympic gold, but the strongest battle will be in the weight category up to 65 kg.
There is no specific leader in this weight class like in other weight classes. Every year there are new discoveries or comebacks, as it happened with Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico), who broke into the race for the gold of the World Championship 2023, defeating European champion Vazgen Tevanyan in the semifinals in the last seconds, and Ismail Musukaev from Hungary, who throughout his career almost always, having a great chance to fight for the gold of the world, finished the tournament below the third place. At the last World Championship he defeated almost all the weight leaders and became the world champion for the first time. After such stories wrestling fans can not determine the chances of wrestlers for Olympic gold, but we can say for sure that it will be a crazy battle.
Vazgen Tevanyan (Armenia) - European champion, bronze medalist of the World Championship.
Shamil Mamedov (AIN, Russia) - bronze medalist of the World Championship.
Ismail Musukaev (Hungary) - World and European Champion.
Rahman Amouzad (Iran) - World Champion and three times Asian Champion.
Haji Aliyev (Azerbaijan) - four-time European champion, three-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist.
Zain Retherford (USA) - world champion and Pan American Games champion.
Tumur-Ochiryn Tulga (Mongolia) - bronze medalist of the World Championship, and two-time silver medalist of the Asian Games.
Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico) - silver medalist at the World Championships and the Pan American Championships.
Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan) - silver medalist of the World Championship.
Islam Dudaev (Albania) - European champion.
