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Paris 2024: 18 wrestlers to compete at 74kg

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 08:41 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (July 24) -- The 74kg weight class at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will have 18 wrestlers. It was confirmed after the International Olympic Committee approved the participation of Individual Neutral Athlete Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (AIN).

Paris 2024 will see 291 wrestlers compete in Freestyle, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman. Wrestling begins August 5 and ends August 11. Here’s the full schedule.

You can find the entry list here -- Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women's Wrestling. The seeds for the Paris 2024 can be accessed here -- Wrestling seeds Paris 2024.

For more detailed Paris 2024 news, click here.

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IOC EB, Lalovic visited Sorbonne before Paris Olympics

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 09:36 By United World Wrestling Press

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Top Photo (from left to right): Nicole HOEVERTSZ, Nenad LALOVIC, John COATES, Emma TERHO, IOC President Thomas BACH, Kristin KLOSTER, Gerardo WERTHEIN, Ser MIANG NG, Kirsty COVERNTRY

PARIS (July 27) -- United World Wrestling and International Olympic Committee Executive Board member Nenad LALOVIC visited Sorbonne in Paris last week. IOC President Thomas BACH along with the IOC EB visited Sorbonne, the place where the IOC EB was first founded.

Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, and the EB met in Sorbonne 130 years ago to found the IOC in Paris.

Before the 2024 Paris Olympics which began July 26, the current IOC EB revisited the same room where it all began.

Lalovic was first elected as an IOC member in 2015 for an eight-year term. He was re-elected unanimously at the 141st IOC session in Mumbai in 2023 for a new eight-year term.

As an IOC EB member, Lalovic was first elected in 2018 and then re-elected in 2022 in Beijing for a four-year term. He also serves on the WADA Executive Committee and the ASOIF Council.