2024 Olympic Preview: 125 kg Men's Freestyle

It’s early August which means the 2024 Olympic Games are right around the corner. Over the next two weeks, InterMat will bring you individual weight class previews for each of the 18 weights contested at the Olympic Games. 

The 2024 version has already been slightly different from years past. Earlier in the summer, United World Wrestling announced a list of wrestlers from Belarus and Russia who would not be permitted to compete due to their support of the war with Ukraine. After this decision, Russia decided to withdraw all of its entries for wrestling. That led to replacements being named earlier this month. 

With all of the moving parts, and a field that wasn’t confirmed until later in the game, previewing the action had to take a back seat since we weren’t sure who would actually be in Paris. 

UWW has recently published entry lists for each of the three styles, so we are good to go. 

Our final preview in men's freestyle is the 125 kg class. This is a bracket that has generally been dominated by two wrestlers over the past decade. Over the past couple years, we've seen hints that a changing of the guard could be in the making. Now there is some younger contenders who have already made an impact, but have their sights set on Olympic gold. American Mason Parris is one of the new generation of contenders. Can he get it done? Parris in Paris was meant to be!

125kg entries

Giorgi Meshvildishvili (Azerbaijan)

Amarveer Dhesi (Canada)

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