Australia’s Chance to Make History at Istanbul Meet: Final Olympic Qualifier for Paris 2024
The upcoming Istanbul meet is the final opportunity for wrestlers to secure a quota for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris 2024. In each weight class, three Paris 2024 Olympic quotas are up for grabs, with all matches being live-streamed on the United World Wrestling’s (UWW) official website.
The top two finalists in each division will earn Paris 2024 Olympic quotas for their countries. 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
