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    Iran Swimmer Withdraws from World Championships - Same Lane as Israeli

    Oh god.. here we go again. Is it the swimmers themselves doing this? or are they forced to withdraw by the government? Is the government telling them to say these lies...

    http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8277518
    (also see: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news...d-race-israeli)

    Iran swimmer says withdrawal not political

    The Iranian swimmer who withdrew from a heat featuring an Israeli at the world championships maintains the move was not political.

    "My flight was exactly the day before my race, so I was so tired and drowsy. Because I had to wait for my visa," Mohammed Alirezaei told AP two days after not starting a 100-metre breaststroke heat that featured Gal Nevo of Israel.

    Speaking after completing his 50m breaststroke heat on Tuesday, Alirezaei added that he had "no problem" competing against Israeli athletes, saying he did so at junior worlds.

    However, Alirezaei also pulled out of an event against another Israeli, Tom Beeri, in the 100m breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    The International Olympic Committee accepted the explanation then that he was ill.

    Alirezaei said the fact that both withdrawals came against Israelis was merely a coincidence.

    Asked about the latest withdrawal, IOC president Jacques Rogge told AP on Monday: "I'm sure knowing the rules of FINA, the athletes will have to explain why and that most likely the athletes will have to come up with very good reasons."

    FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu said he would ask the Iranian team for an explanation, while Nevo called for action.

    "FINA should do something about it, because it doesn't look good. It embarrasses the whole competition," Nevo said after his 200 butterfly heat on Tuesday. "Me personally, I don't mind."

    A similar case occurred at the 2004 Athens Olympics when an Iranian judo athlete did not compete against an Israeli opponent, and Iranian government officials were quoted in state media as congratulating him for doing so.

    Iran does not recognise Israel and bans any contact with the Jewish state.

    Alirezaei is one of three Iranians competing in the pool competition, while Israel has a team of seven swimmers.

    #2
    I always hope Israel and Iran never qualify for the same footy world cup, because if that day comes we are f*cked.

    Thats why i closely monitor Israels WCQ results.

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      #3
      How pathetic. The Islamists really need to get over themselves.

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        #4
        ******
        Last edited by persianallstars; 07-27-2011, 05:21 PM. Reason: aziz, grow up and stop this BS racism

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          #5
          Poor sportsmanship from the Iranian....again!

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            #6
            Originally posted by soniq View Post
            I always hope Israel and Iran never qualify for the same footy world cup, because if that day comes we are f*cked.

            Thats why i closely monitor Israels WCQ results.
            i sincerely wish that to happen in fact.

            would be interesting how IR would react. it would be a massive dillema for the regime

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              #7
              Originally posted by Hadi View Post
              i sincerely wish that to happen in fact.
              would be interesting how IR would react. it would be a massive dillema for the regime
              haha okay. here's me putting myself in IR's shoes. Let's say Israel is in Iran's group. Here's what would happen. Iran will go to the world cup and show no signs of withdrawing the match vs. Israel but somehow 5mins before the kickoff we find out that all of TM players have food poisoning and won't be able to play thus Israel will win 3-0 on default.

              not really a dilemma for IR regime. The poor Iranian fans would suffer more....

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                #8
                Originally posted by Hadi View Post
                i sincerely wish that to happen in fact.
                would be interesting how IR would react. it would be a massive dillema for the regime
                I would love for that to happen. It would be a huge mess for the government. There's no way the players(with their egos ) would accept losing that match without playing.
                راه یکی است و آن راستی است

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by rugsnotbombs View Post
                  I would love for that to happen. It would be a huge mess for the government. There's no way the players(with their egos ) would accept losing that match without playing.
                  Especially not Carlos Quieroz!

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