United World Wrestling announced a new rule ahead of the 2017 Wrestling World Championships that will take place on August 21-26 in Paris.
The 2017 championships will see competition of the best athletes only in the semifinals and finals.
However, in 2017 many of the best wrestlers from 2016 have either moved up a weight class, or had limited competition time.
UWW set certain criteria to carry out the seeding, such as highest rank in the Olympic Games, participation in the Continental Championships in the same weight category, participation in the Continental Championships in another weight category, etc.
Those criteria will be applied in the matter of a tie.
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