Men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling and men’s Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics have begun and will continue through this Sunday’s gold medal matches for each remaining weight class and discipline.
There are six weight classes for each type, making a total of 54 medals up for grabs. Sarah Hildebrant and Amit Elor have already won gold for the USA in Paris, proving to be the best-of-the-best in 50kg and 63kg freestyle, respectively.
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Online sportsbooks have futures available for six of the categories, and the wrestler that holds the most certain odds to win gold is USA’s Kyle Dake.
Paris 2024 – Men’s Freestyle 74kg Gold Medal Winner
- Kyle Dake (USA) -825
- Razembek Zharnalov (UZB) +500
- Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK) +900
- Frank Chamizo (ITA) +1600
- Daichi Takatani (JPN) +2200
- Turan Bayramov (AZE) +2200
- Chermen Valiev (ALB) +2500
- Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) +3300
- Lu Feng (CHN) +4000
- Younes Emami (IRI) +8000
- Geandry Garzon (CUB) +12500
- Ali Arsalan (SRB) +20000
- Amr Reda Hussen (EGY) +20000
- Anthony Montero (VEN) +20000
- Bacar Ndum (GBS) +20000
- Iman Mahdavi (EOR) +20000
It is unusual to see an athlete favored by such a gigantic margin when the field is this large. There are no match lines available yet, but we expect that to change once the competition narrows down to the final eight.
Who Is Kyle Dake
Dake wrestled for Cornell University from 2010 to 2013, winning four national championships in four different weight classes during his time competing in the NCAA. Dake also won wrestling world championships in 2018 and 2019 at 79 kilograms and again in 2021 and 2022 at 74 kilograms.
In the Tokyo Summer Olympics, Kyle won the bronze medal. His quest for gold in 2024 begins tomorrow with the opening round, quarterfinals, and semifinals. The gold and bronze medal matches will take place on Saturday.
Olympic matches can be seen on the USA Network and CNBC or streaming on Peacock.
Other Americans Favored To Win A Medal In Paris
Mason Parris currently holds the second-best futures odds in the men’s freestyle 125kg category, suggesting he’ll finish as the silver medal winner. He is second behind Iran’s Amir Hossein Zare at -200.
Zain Retherford is rated third in the men’s freestyle 65kg tournament, coming in 175 points behind odds-leader Iszmail Muszukajev of Hungary. Kyle Snyder is poised for silver in men’s freestyle 97kg and is projected to finish behind Akhmed Tazhudinov of Brunei.
Brunei has never won an Olympic medal.
Kennedy Blades of the USA is favored to win the gold medal for 76 kg women’s freestyle wrestling. She will be the fifth female to win gold for the USA if she is victorious. Kayla Miracle is expected to win silver in the 62kg category.
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