The World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 are currently taking place in Istanbul and will continue until May 12. This event is the last chance for wrestlers to secure a quota for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris 2024. In each weight class, three quotas are up for grabs, with the top two finalists earning a quota for their country. The third quota will be awarded to the winner of the playoff between the two bronze medallists in the weight class.
At the continental qualifiers, only the top two wrestlers in each division were able to secure quotas. Masuda, originally from Japan but now representing Australia, is the current Oceania champion in her category but was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the African & Oceania qualifiers. Similarly, Barns, the Oceania champion in his weight class, was defeated in the quarter-finals at the continental qualifiers in Alexandria. Australia has won three Olympic wrestling medals – one silver and two bronze – but their last medal was at the 1948 London Games, with no Australian wrestlers competing at Tokyo 2020.
To watch the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 live in Australia, viewers can stream the event on United World Wrestling’s (UWW) official website as there will be no live broadcast on any TV channel in Australia. The schedule for Australian wrestlers in the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 is as follows:
On May 10 (Friday), women’s freestyle 62kg preliminary rounds will begin at 5:00 PM onwards. On May 11 (Saturday), women’s freestyle 62kg Paris 2024 qualification rounds (semi-finals) will start at 1:00 AM onwards, men’s freestyle 97kg preliminary rounds will begin at 5:00 PM onwards, women’s freestyle 62kg repechage will take place at 5:00 PM onwards and women’s freestyle
