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We almost tie our total medal record of london 2012 (12 vs 13).
It seems our Olympics do better under heavy sanctions and few years after big protests
People hate hearing this but the “conservatives” (for lack of better word) in Iran spend way more on sports than “reformists” (again sorry for using the expression).
It's me or Iran is invisible in the closing ceremony?
I'm not watching, but what is the level of visibility for other nations? Are they parading by like the opening ceremonies, or just seated?
Obviously, the US/Euro networks are also going to de-emphasize Iranian athletes and focus on their own athletes and those of Ukraine, Refugee team, etc. The easily tow the line of their political establishment. It's manufactured consent.
During the opening ceremonies, the US NBC national broadcaster said something to the effect of "It's obvious why Iran and Iraq are not in the same boat, even though they are right next to each other alphabetically." This fool was stuck in the 80s Iran-Iraq war for his level of political knowledge. What else can you expect?
I'm not watching, but what is the level of visibility for other nations? Are they parading by like the opening ceremonies, or just seated?
Obviously, the US/Euro networks are also going to de-emphasize Iranian athletes and focus on their own athletes and those of Ukraine, Refugee team, etc. The easily tow the line of their political establishment. It's manufactured consent.
During the opening ceremonies, the US NBC national broadcaster said something to the effect of "It's obvious why Iran and Iraq are not in the same boat, even though they are right next to each other alphabetically." This fool was stuck in the 80s Iran-Iraq war for his level of political knowledge. What else can you expect?
One or two flag bearer with the flag, Iran was shown quickly in the back.
Then medalists and athletes of each country. Lesotho israel and algeria were well shown
One or two flag bearer with the flag, Iran was shown quickly in the back.
Then medalists and athletes of each country. Lesotho israel and algeria were well shown
Lol, just watched the replay: On the Algerian team, they focused on the female boxer who was in the center of all the controversy. It's all dumbed down identity politics in the Western media.
Here are the list of sports for LA2028. IMO, what should Iran do :
Sports that Iran should keep on winning medals/start winning medals : Wrestling, Weightlifting, Taekwondo, Fencing.
Sports that Iran should have a presence/increase its presence (even without medal chances) : Swimming, Water polo (we are just behing Kazakhstan to qualify for world Cship/Olympics), Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball (hopefully the young prospects will blossom), Basketball 3x3, Canoeing, Cycling, Field Hockey, Football, Handball (don't know why our eurolegionnaires aren't enough to qualify regularly for world events), Rowing, Shooting, Sport climbing, table tennis, Tennis, Volleyball (get a good foreigner coach), beach volley
Sports that it aren't priority but would still be nice to have presence: squash, gymnastic, Judo, equestrian, skateboarding, triathlon
Sports that should neglected : Baseball, cricket, flag football, golf, lacrosse, modern penthatlon, rugby sevens, sailing, surfing
We have asian games of 2026 to see in which direction we are heading
Federations should do like taekwondo and volleyball 10 years. Currently, a lot of iranian athletes go far only with their personnal efforts and that can also be the case in Western countries too. However, increasing the infrastructure (even average quality so lot of people can have access) + media coverage could help. quantity over quality could be a first step at least
Football is too important (like in lot of place in the world) but its presence in media is too much. Decrease it as no need to show all the EPL games + magazines + talk show from the morning to the night. No need to show every non TM VNL games also. Instead create some space to show/hype even artificially :
Iran has less sports represented in paralympics than in olympics!
We should really break our culture of obsession on football (+futsal), volleyball, wrestling that represent 80% of the sports shown and talked in Iran to open it to more mainstream sports.
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