The seeding rankings for the Paris Olympic Games are confirmed
The Paris Boxing unit confirmed the seeding system for the upcoming Olympic Games where eight boxers have been seeded in all of the 13 weight categories.
Four Asians and two Europeans are the Seed number ones in the six women weight classes while boxers from four continents are the top positions in the men’s weight divisions. Those were seeded who claimed the titles and the silver medals in the continental qualification events which were held between June and December in 2023.
Less than one month left until the start of the Paris Olympic Games where the final countdown has started in the French capital. The boxing event of the Olympic Games will also start in the first official competition day on July 27.
The finals have been divided into five competition days and will feature on August 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The Arena Paris Nord is the competition venue during the preliminaries and the Roland Garros Stadium will be the place of the final phase.
Thirteen events, 248 boxers, 124 female and 124 male athletes from nearly 70 nations will compete in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics. The Asian boxers earned 71 quotas during the three qualification events and 15 countries from our continent will represent the Olympic Games in our sport.
China’s Asian Games winners such as Wu Yu (50kg), Yang Wenlu (60kg), Li Qian (75kg) and their top male boxer, Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan (80kg) were seeded as No.1 in the Olympics but Yang Liu (women’s 66kg) is also among the bests as seed No.2.
Chinese Taipei’s two-time World Champion and Asian Games winner Lin Yu Ting is the Seed No.1 at the women’s featherweight (57kg) while their best male hope, Lai Chu En is the surprise second seed at the men’s light welterweight (63.5kg).
Uzbekistan’s star, the World Champion and Asian Games gold medallist Abdumalik Khalokov is the main favourite at the men’s featherweight (57kg) and he was seeded as No.1 in the Olympic boxing tournament. Their previous Olympic Champions as Hasanboy Dusmatov (51kg) seeded as No.2, while their unbeaten star Bakhodir Jalolov (+92kg) is No.4.
Tajikistan’s Asian Games winner at the heavyweight (92kg), Davlat Boltayev is Seed No.2 while Japan’s Sewon Okazawa is No.3 at the light middleweight (71kg).
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