European OG Qualifiers Results Today: Victor Ciobanu and Jello Krahmer secure their spots for the 2024 Olympics | Day 1

With the 2024 Paris Olympics approaching, the European OG Qualifiers witnessed a few intense faceoffs on Day 1 of the competitions.

The third continental Olympic qualifiers, European OG Qualifiers are scheduled in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 5 to 7, 2024. The competition will present 36 quotas to the athletes vying for a spot in the upcoming Olympics in the French capital.

A total of 301 wrestlers will contend at the 2024 European OG Qualifiers, with 114 of those names featuring in the Greco-Roman wrestling event. Day 1 of the competition saw 12 wrestlers secure their tickets for the 2024 Olympics, including 2021 World Championship gold medalist (60kg) Victor Ciobanu and 2020 European Championships bronze medalist Jello Krahmer (130kg).

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Results and Athletes qualified for the Paris Olympics on Day 1 of the European OG Qualifiers

Victor Ciobanu secured a spot to compete in the 60kg wrestling event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The results of Day 1 of the European OG Qualifiers are given below:

60kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Victor Ciobanu over Justas Petravicius 14-0

Hleb Makaranka over Aker Schmid Al Obaidi 11-5

Anvar Allakhiarov over Leri Abuladze 4-0

Enes Basar over Nihat Zahid Mammadli 3-1

Semifinals:

Victor Ciobanu over Hleb Makaranka 7-1

Enes Basar over Anvar Allakhiarov 5-2

Olympics-qualified athletes:

Victor Ciobanu and Enes Basar

67 kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Krisztian Istvan Vancza over Valentine Petic 6-1

Parviz Nasibov over Morten Thoresen 2-1

Gevorg Sahakyan over Mihai Radu Nihut 9-0

Mamadassa Sylla over Selcuk Can 8-1

Semifinal Round:

Parviz Nasibov over Krisztian Istvan Vancza 5-4

Mamadassa Sylla over Gevorg Sahakyan 3-3

Olympic qualified athletes:

Parviz Nasibov and Mamadassa Sylla

77 kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Alexandrin Gutu over Adlet Tiuliubaev 5-3

Burhan Akbudak over Antonia Kamenjasevic 8-0

Levai Zoltan over Elmar Nuraliiev 6-2

Jonni Kunnari Sarkkinen over Per Albin Olofsson 9-1

Semifinal Round:

Burhan Akbudak over Alexandrin Gutu 10-8

Jonni Kunnari Sarkkinen over Levai Zoltan 9-0

Olympic qualified athletes:

Burhan Akbudak and Jonni Kunnari Sarkkinen

87 kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Turpal Bisultanov over Mihail Bradu 9-0

Aleksandr Andreevitch Kamarov over Hannes Wagner 5-3

Milad Alirzaev over Exauce Mukubu 10-2

Kiryl Maskevich over Nicu Samuel Ojog 10-1

Semifinal Round:

Aleksandr Andreevitch Kamarov over Turpal Bisultanov 8-0

Milad Alirzaev over Kiryl Maskevich 2-1

Olympic qualified athletes:

Aleksandr Andreevitch Kamarov and Milad Alirzaev

97 kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Roberti Kobliashvili over Felix Baldauf 3-1

Lucas Alexandros Lazogianis over Murad Ahmadiyev 7-5

Mihail Kajaa over Yevhenii Saveta 4-1

Mindaugas Venckaitis over Tyrone Strerkenburg 3-2

Semifinal Round:

Roberti Kobliashvili over Lucas Alexandros Lazogianis 2-1

Mindaugas Venckaitis over Mihail Kajaa 5-2

Olympic qualified athletes:

Roberti Kobliashvili and Mindaugas Venckaitis

130 kgs weight category

Quarterfinal Round:

Jello Krahmer over Romas Fridrikas 3-1

Alin Alexuc Ciurariu over Sulkhan Buidze 3-2

Beka Kandelaki over Georgi Ivanov 9-0

Sergei Semenov over Heiki Nabi 1-1

Semifinal Round:

Jello Krahmer over Alin Alexuc Ciurariu 6-1

Sergei Semenov over Beka Kandelaki

Olympic qualified athletes:

Jello Krahmer and Sergei Semenov