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Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) will be appearing in 3rd Olympics after winning Asian Olympic qualifying tournament. Won all three robin-robin group matches by fall or technical fall, then scored 9-0 technical fall in semifinals over Lingzhe MENG (CHN). Received victory by injury default in final (total mat time, 6:20) ...Won bronze medal at Poland Open to move up to No. 4 seed for Tokyo Olympics...Heads to Tokyo after winning bronze at Poland Open in June...At 2019 World Championships, won two matches before losing 3-1 in quarterfinals to Ami GHASEMI (IRI). Was repeat of 3-2 loss to Ghasemi in final at Asian Championships five months earlier...Also lost to Iranian (Behnam MEHDIZADEH) in 2018 Asian final. Was Asian bronze medalist in 2017 and 2010...Asian Games champion in 2018....Lost opening matches in both previous Olympic appearances, to Dremiel BYERS (USA) at London 2012 and to Sergey SEMENOV (RUS) at Rio 2016. Did not go to repechage....Received 2-year doping ban in late 2012.