The Olympic Games will be seeded for the second time, and there are three opportunities to earn seeding points. The second of those is the continental championships, two of which were just completed.

We've tallied the updated seeding points earned after the African and European championships, which serve two purposes. The first is as we mentioned to separate the top four seeds at the Olympics in Tokyo this August. The second is to separate the top two seeds at the four different continental qualifiers next month.

Prior to the continental qualifiers, those countries who have not yet guaranteed themselves a place in the Games can earn seeding points at their respective continental championships. For example, Ukraine is not yet qualified at 65kg in men's freestyle, so they sent an athlete to the European championships to try to earn separation points for the European Olympic qualifier.

Those same points apply to any athletes entered in the last chance qualifier in early May, which allows any country around the world to enter that has not yet won a slot in the Olympics. After that, there is a second ranking series event in Warsaw, Poland, in June, which is the final opportunity to earn separation points for Tokyo.

Below are the points earned by weight class so far, and remember that these points only apply to the athlete that earned them; they cannot be shared between wrestlers from the same country. An asterisk indicates that nation has qualified that weight for the Games.

57kg

Suleyman Atli of Turkey and Stevan Micic of Serbia solidified their positions as the two and three seeds at Euros. Atli defeated Micic in the first round and went on to finish second while Micic came back to win bronze.

65kg

Former Russian Iszmail Muszukajev has equaled Bajrang Punia in terms of points, but that will likely change this week at the Asian championships. If they are sent to the European Qualifier in Budapest it will be Erik Arushanian of Ukraine and Selahattin Killicsallayn of Turkey as the top two seeds. 

74kg

Frank Chamizo takes over as the top seed after winning gold in Rome. It has been reported Zelimkhan Khadjiev tested positive for PEDs at Worlds but is still showing in UWW's rankings. Soner Demirtas of Turkey and Murad Kuramagomedov of Hungary are looking like your top seeds at the European Qualifier.

86kg

Myles Amine is now looking at a seed after finishing second at Euros. If Artur Naifonov wins the spot for Russia there's a good chance he finishes seeded.

97kg

Abdulrashid Sadulaev extended his stranglehold on the one seed, and fellow Dagestani Magomedgadji Nurov moved into the four slot.

125kg

Geno Petriashvili grew his lead as the one seed. Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi is now just behind Taha Akgul, while Azerbaijan's Jamaladdin Magomedov guaranteed himself the top seed at the Euro Qualifier.