2024 Olympic Wrestling Rankings

97 kg - Akhmed Tazhudinov

Radu Lefter and Murazi Mchedlidze are the newest additions to the rankings at 97 kg. Lefter was a 2023 U23 World Silver medalist who was teched by Isaac Trumble in the finals. Mchedlidze won a U23 World Bronze in 2018 and was second at the 2022 Bill Farrell Memorial tournament where he lost to Mike Macchiavello in the finals.

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Rank	Name	Country	Previous	Olympic Seeds
1	Akhmed Tazhudinov	Bahrain	1	2
2	Amirali Azarpira	Iran	2	Unseeded
3	Kyle Snyder	United States	3	3
4	Magomedkhan Magomedov	Azerbaijan	4	1
5	Givi Matcharashvili	Georgia	5	5
6	Alisher Yergali	Kazakhstan	6	7
7	Ibrahim Ciftci	Türkiye	7	4
8	Erik Thiele	Germany	8	6
9	Zbigniew Baranowski	Poland	9	8
10	Awusayiman Habila	China	10	Unseeded
11	Arturo Silot	Cuba	11	Unseeded
12	Radu Lefter	Moldova	NR	Unseeded
13	Murazi Mchedlidze	Ukraine	NR	Unseeded
14	Luis Perez	Dominican Republic	12	Unseeded
15	Mostafa Elders	Egypt	13	Unseeded
16	Nicolaas De Lange	South Africa	14

Akhmed Tazhudinov's win over Kyle Snyder at 2023 Worlds:

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