2023 International Wrestling Rankings - Men's Freestyle

86 Hassan Yazdani

86KG continues to be the most challenging weight to rank. Bo Nickal does not make this weight any clearer. Bo is coming off his recent win over Alex Dieringer and only has results up in weight-at 92kg and 97kg. He went 2-2 at the Matteo Pellicone up at 97kg and won the 2019 U23 World Championships at 92kg. He is clearly ahead of Dieringer, but how far up should he move? Because of his lack of results at the weight, he slides in just ahead of Dieringer at #15.

It appears Zahid Valencia will be eligible to compete soon. He moves back into the rankings at #7 based off his performances at Senior Nationals and the Matteo Pellicone. Also, Magomed Ramazanov deserved to be moved above Valiev based off a head to head win in November that was overlooked.

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