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    Iran says Olympians will compete against Israelis

    Iran says Olympians will compete against Israelis

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...259577,00.html

    #2
    Let's hope so! The whole not competing against israelis is stupid. Imagine how demoralizing it is for an athlete to train hard for years and then not even be able to compete because of some stupid politics.

    Competing against israelis would make it more exciting anyway, trying to beat your "arch enemy". We will win some and lose some, but since israelis really suck at sports we will more likely beat them most of the time.

    ‎Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice

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      #3
      They don't have any choice, IOC gave them the ultimatum already that refusing to compete would have severe consequences.

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        #4
        what are the consequences if they don't compete vs israel
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          #5
          I dont think they will do. Just think logical, why should they do this now?
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            #6
            didnt one of our wreslters last time get disqualified cuz he came across an israeli??
            it sucked...i forgot who...imagine u have to throw it all away for some dumb childish shit

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              #7
              Originally posted by Masoud_A View Post
              They don't have any choice, IOC gave them the ultimatum already that refusing to compete would have severe consequences.
              even so, they probably now refuse 2 shake hands or some other fanatically foolish gesture of defiance like that.

              Originally posted by palangheTM View Post
              what are the consequences if they don't compete vs israel
              IOC doesn't have the balls, trying 2 b politically correct & all, but they should really throw IR out of the games 4 such behaviors
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                #8
                Originally posted by EKBATAN View Post
                didnt one of our wreslters last time get disqualified cuz he came across an israeli??
                it sucked...i forgot who...imagine u have to throw it all away for some dumb childish shit
                I think you are refering to Arash Miresmaeili in the 2004 olympics for Judo. He forfeited his match against an Israeli opponent by putting himself above the weight limit. He says he did it for Palestine. I was mad.
                "I'm here to clean the carpets. Most of the world is carpeted. And, one day, we will do the cleaning."

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                  #9
                  Iran reverts to boycott of Israel's Olympians

                  here the article:

                  http://www.jpost.com/International/A...aspx?id=278756
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by AllStarMomo View Post
                    Iran reverts to boycott of Israel's Olympians

                    here the article:

                    http://www.jpost.com/International/A...aspx?id=278756

                    the leadership rejected what the head of the Iranian Olympic Mission said just one day ago.
                    Poor Iranian athletes who have to abandon the race only bc some mollas hate Israel.

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                      #11
                      The only reason they said that because they know there is Zero chance of any of our athletes having to face any from Israel.

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                        #12
                        IOC will suspend any Iranian athlete and possibly the corresponding federation and those affected can't take part in any further competitions, at least that was what they said when they gave the ultimatum after that incident with our swimmer.

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                          #13
                          IR forced that poor Judo champion from Iran to bow out by faking an injury back in Athens 2004, so as not to compete against an Israeli. The ayatollahs did not get anything out of it other than losing a 100% gold medal by Arash; I think they are slowly getting wiser. Read up more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Miresmaeili eventhough the article may have been diplomatic in exposing the events.
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                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbal...he_Asian_Games

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                            #14
                            thats why this happened a couple of days ago?
                            http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...0597--oly.html

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                              #15
                              Just let the athletes play so I can see an Iranian smash the crap out of an Israeli.

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