Italian Paolo Nicolai, who faced Bruno and Alison in the gold medal match at the Rio Olympics six years ago with former partner Daniele Lupo, is ranked third in the qualifier with new partner Samuele Cottafava. Latvian Edgars Tocs, who made it to the semifinals in Tokyo last year, will have a bigger ladder to climb as new partner Kristian Fokerots and he are ranked 24th.
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