Analysis of the competitive performance of medal-winning wrestlers at the 2024 Olympic Games

Purpose: to analyze the competitive activity of medalist wrestlers at the 2024 Olympic Games. Material and methods. The analysis of video recordings of the final matchеs (matchеs for 1st and 3rd places) at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (France) was conducted. A total of 18 matchеs were analyzed. The initial data of the athletes' performances were taken from the website of the international wrestling federation UWW. The analysis of competitive activity was carried out using the internet platform (Performance Data Analysis - PDA), which is used by the international wrestling federation UWW. Statistical analysis of data was carried out using licensed Excel spreadsheet packages. For categorical data, the results were expressed in absolute numbers (number of times) and percentages (%). To compare the indicators of the wrestlers' competitive activity, the Student's t-test was used, the extraction was considered reliable at (p<0,05). Results: analysis of scientific and methodological information and Internet resources allowed us to determine that the study of various parameters of competitive activity at major international competitions is important in sports science. Analysis of the matchеs of Greco-Roman style medalists at the 2024 Olympic Games allowed us to establish that the highest number of points was scored by wrestlers of the middle weight categories 77 kg (29 points) and 67 kg (26 points), the lowest number of points was scored by wrestlers of the 97 kg weight category (10 points). It should be noted that wrestlers of the 77 kg weight category have almost the same number of points scored in the standing position (15 points) and in the ground (14 points), and wrestlers of the 97 kg weight category won all points in the standing position (10 points). For wrestlers in the 87 kg and 97 kg weight categories, the number of non-technical points exceeds the technical ones, this is explained by the fact that wrestlers in these weight categories received points for passivity and pushing off the mat. The largest number of points was received for simple technical and tactical actions (TTD): passivity (26,55 % of all TTD); falls (19,47); rolls in the ground (17,70 %); throws with the back and reverse belt (12.39 %); pushing off the mat (7,08%). There were few points scored for TTD from the group of throws from the stand (1,77 %). This negatively contributes to the spectacle of this sport. Conclusions. An analysis of the competitive activity of Greco-Roman style medalist wrestlers at the 2024 Olympic Games was conducted. It was found that wrestlers scored more points in the standing position (61,95 %) than in the ground (38,05 %) and technical points (60,18 %) were scored more than non-technical points (39,82 %) and these differences have a significant difference (p<0,05) in both cases. It was determined that wrestlers often perform simple technical and tactical actions that do not lead to the risk of missing a counterattack. It was found that Greco-Roman wrestling requires adjustment of the competition rules.