At this point, all the wrestling participants for the 2024 Olympic Games are already known. Today we'll take a look at freestyle wrestling in the 74kg weight class. In all weight categories there are notable and strong wrestlers who will tear each other up for Olympic gold. One of the strongest confrontations will be in the weight category up to 74 kg.
The main contender for Olympic gold is Russian Zaurbek Sidakov. It is not even necessary to imagine him, he is the current Olympic champion, the current world champion, and one of the strongest wrestlers of his weight. Almost every wrestling fan knows him.
The second leader of this weight is American Kyle Dake. Kyle is 4 times world champion, and last year in the final of the world championship he lost to Zaurbek Sidakovka. He also won a bronze medal at last year's Tokyo Olympics.
One of the main problems for Sidakov may become the vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Dagestan acting for Belarus - Magomedhabib Kadimagomedov. He didn't shine at international competitions, but he always gave big problems to almost everyone in his weight class
The discovery on the international arena was the Ossetian wrestler, playing for Albania - Chermen Valiev. His main problem on the domestic arena in Russia has always been Zaurbek Sidakov. It was because of the competition for number one that he decided to alleviate his problem, to get Albanian citizenship and start playing for them. And it paid off. At the first international competition - at the World Olympic license tournament he showed a high level, defeating - Frank Chamizo, Avtandil Kenchadze and Soner Demitrash.
All participants of the Olympic Games in men's up to 74 kg class
Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN, Russia) - Olympic and World Champion
Kyle Dake (USA) - 4 times world champion, Olympic bronze medalist.
Hetik Tsabolov (Serbia) - World Champion (2014), and European bronze medalist (2023)
Daichi Takatani (Japan) - World bronze medalist
Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece) - European Champion (2023)
Turan Bayramov (Azerbaijan) - European Championship Bronze medalist (2024)
Magomedhabib Kadimagomedov (AIN, Belarus) - Olympic Silver medalist
Victor Rassadin (Tajikistan) - Silver medalist of Asian Championship
Taimuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) - 4 times European Champion
Chermen Valiev (Albania) - World and European U23 Champion
Anthony Montero (Venezuela)
Geandri Garzón (Cuba)
Bakar Ndoum (Guinea-Bissau)
Amr Hussen (Egypt)
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Uzbekistan)
Yonez EMAMI (Iran)
