For the first time ever at the Olympics, there will be seedings with the top eight wrestlers in each weight class getting the opportunity. The two-time Olympian and country's medal prospect Vinesh Phogat will be unseeded in the women\u2019s 50kg freestyle category at Paris 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Seedings were awarded based on the Wrestlers' performances at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 Continental Championships, 2024 Zagreb Open Ranking Series, and the 2024 Hungarian Ranking Series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The seeding is likely to favour World Championships and Asian Games bronze medallist Antim at the Summer Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With her seeding, the Indian wrestler will not face her rival and two-time world champion Akari Fujinami of Japan, Qianyu Pang of the People's Republic of China, who won silver in Tokyo 2020, and Emma Malmgren of Sweden, who won two European titles, until the medal rounds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, she could meet Ecuador\u2019s Lucia Yepez, the World Championships bronze medal winner from last year, in the semi-finals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Aman, the 2023 Asian champion and the 2022 Under-23 world champion, could play Japan's Rei Higuchi or Armenia's Arsen Harutyunyan before the medal rounds begin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rei Higuchi is a Rio 2016 silver medallist and the 2022 world champion. Aman lost to him at the Hungarian Ranking Series in June while Arsen Harutyunyan won bronze at the 2023 World Championships.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Aman, the 2023 Asian champion and the 2022 Under-23 world champion, could play Japan's Rei Higuchi or Armenia's Arsen Harutyunyan before the medal rounds begin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n