Iran @ The 2012 Summer Olympics: Day 8 [August 4] - Live Updates

[K. Nader]

Iran @ The 2012 Summer Olympics: Day 8 [August 4]

Shooting

Elaheh Ahmadi [Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification] - 9:00 BST
Mahlagha Jambozorg [Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification] - 9:00 BST


Rowing

Soulmaz Abbasiazad [Women's Rowing Finals] - 9:50 BST


Athletics

Sajjad Hashemi [Men's 400m Round 1] - 11:15 BST
Ebrahim Rahimian [Men's 20km Race Walk] - 17:00 BST


Boxing

Mehdi Tolouti [64kg: Men's Light Welter Round of 16] - 15:00 BST
Ehsan Rouzbahani [81kg: Men's Light Heavy Round of 16] - 22:45 BST


Weightlifting

Saeed Mohammadpour [Men's 94kg Group A] - 19:00 BST

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Times

9:00 BST - 4:00 EST - 1:00 PST - 12:30 Tehran Time
9:50 BST - 4:50 EST - 1:50 PST - 13:20 Tehran Time
11:15 BST - 6:15 EST - 3:15 PST - 14:45 Tehran Time
15:00 BST - 10:00 EST - 7:00 PST - 18:30 Tehran Time
17:00 BST - 12:00 EST - 9:00 PST - 20:30 Tehran Time
19:00 BST - 14:00 EST - 11:00 PST - 22:30 Tehran Time
22:45 BST - 17:45 EST - 14:45 PST - 2:15 Tehran Time (The Next Day)

[K. Nader]

I know this is done and over with but this is Larduet's comment on Mazaheri (taken from the BBC):

"I wanted to keep boxing at least one more round," Larduet said. "He was a weird boxer. Tall, and a little dirty. He didn't want to shake my hand, but I don't care. I'm going to the quarter-finals.

LOL. What a guy.

[K. Nader]

If I'm not awake, can someone provide updates for the shooting event? I'm not sure how strong Elaheh Ahmadi is in this particular shooting event but she was fantastic in the 10m Air Rifle event (finishing 6/56). If it's the same format as the previous event, the top 8 will progess to the final round (which takes place 2-3 hours after the qualification round). I don't want people to watch the qualification phase but miss the finals if she makes it.

[K. Nader]

The shooting event has started.

[manchooo]

stream anyone? If you have one don't be an ass and share it.
you can follow her here.
http://www.london2012.com/shooting/e...ons/index.html

she's second in the table for now, but I have no idea how this sport works so. And this is still qualification.

[Babak agha]

Nader jan can you please also include the local (London) time and /or CET time please?

[Babak agha]

Rowing with Soulmaz (lane 1) is starting

[Babak agha]

She fell behind from the start and the gap increases.

[manchooo]

Rowing with Soulmaz (lane 1) is starting

not sure if this is the right stream
http://www.oleoletv.com/watch/live/s...ng-finals.html

Edit: it's the right stream, and she's dead last

[Babak agha]

The gap is 14 sec already which is huge

[Babak agha]

She came in last and the gap was 25 seconds.

[manchooo]

Our shooter is doing good it seems.
http://www.london2012.com/shooting/e...ons/index.html

why can't there be a stream

[Babak agha]

Is it still going on? Cause none of of the 24 BBC channels is showing it...

[manchooo]

Is it still going on? Cause none of of the 24 BBC channels is showing it...

yeah and it still a bit left to go. I think because of the nature of the sport, they're only going to show the final and not the qualification. I keep finding streams that say the video will be available later.

Edit: lol I just realized we have two shooters in the event. One of them is so down on the table that you can't even see her name lol

Let's hope the one that's still alive doesn't mess up and makes the final.

[Raptor]

I can't get over the fact that we have no athletes competing in the team sports, especially the Iranian basketball team (my love for this particular team has grown very strong). They were hands down the strongest team in Asia (and still are) in last year’s Asian Championship, and I have to say that it is sad that China gets to represent Asia.

Why is that? After blowing out all their opponents in 7 straight games (even winning some games with a margin of +90) the Iranians advanced to the quarterfinals where they lost a very close battle against Jordan, mainly because of the Iranian players underestimating their opponents (Jordan almost got eliminated in the earlier stage, but managed to reach the final after this win and came very close to defeat the Chinese). The somewhat early exit had the Iranian team not even qualify for the Olympics Qualification Round. Not only was this defeat devastating, what's even worse is the fact that two of Jordanian’s best players in this game (and all other games as well) was later caught doping. FIBA Asia decided not to take any actions (and even if they would they would most likely not have had the tournament replayed). Yes, some (or maybe most) blame should be put on the Iranian team as well, but if the opponents actually cheated it's not easy to accept the defeat.

As for me having a personal grudge against China; they had a strong team some years ago but that was when they had Yao Ming. This China team that currently plays in the Olympics is very weak and I feel that the only reason they qualified is because of them having the Asian Championship being played on home court and thus having an advantage. The 2011-tournament was first going to be played in Lebanon, but FIBA moved it to China for some reason (maybe it was due to safety concerns). As a matter of fact 4 out of the 5 last tournaments have been held in China. That is just ridiculous…

Sure, Iran would not stand a chance in the Olympics (though they might have beaten Nigeria, Tunisia), but it would still be amazing to see this team play, especially because of it being the biggest team sport of the Olympics. Not to mention the exposure the Iranian players would get and maybe getting good contracts from European/NBA teams.