Olympic watch (2016 Rio news, qualifications, athletes)

[_Navid_]

This thread was missing so I decided to create it. We can gather and update everything regarding our qualified athletes, various qualifications, news etc here. This thread works separately from the other threads dedicated to specific qualification tournaments.
Qualified athletes so far:
Boxing:
Ehsan Rouzbahani
Shooting (Women):
Najme Khedmati
Elahe Ahmadi
Mahlagha Jambozorg
Golnoush Sebghatollahi
Shooting (Men):
Pouria Norouzian
Freestyle wrestling;
57 kg: Hasan Rahimi
65 kg: Ahmad Mohammadi
74 kg: Alireza Ghasemi
86 kg: Alireza Karimi
97 kg: Abbas Tahan
Greco-Roman Wrestling;
75 kg: Saeid Abdevali
86 kg: Habib Akhlaghi
98 kg: Ghasem Rezaei
Taekwondo:
Farzan Ashoirzadeh
Mehdi Khodabakhshi
Sajjad Mardani
Kimia Al
Track and field:
100m- Reza Ghassemi, Hassan Taftian
200m- Mohammad Hossein Abaraghi
Female Shot put - Leila Rajabi
Men's discus throw – Ehsan Haddadi, Mahmoud Samimi
Men's marathon – Mohammad Jafar Moradi
Men's walk – Hamid Reza Zouravand
Cycling (Road):
Hossein Askari
Samad Pourseyedi
Mehdi Sohrabi
Archery:
Zahra Nemati
Weightlifting:
5 qualified athletes
Fencing:
Mojtaba Abedini, Ali Pakdaman
Table Tennis:
Mahsa Javar

First post updated with full list of athletes and competition times. Below is the full list in CET and Tehran time:

Friday 5th of August:

Opening ceremony.
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Saturday 6th of August:

10m rifle shooting Women's (Elahe Ahmadi and Najme Khedmati) --------->Qualification round: 16:00 Tehran time/13:30 CET
--------->Final: 18:00 Tehran time/15:30 CET

Table Tennis (Nima & Noshad Alamian and Neda Shahsavari) --------->Qualification round + Women's first round: from 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->1st round: 22:00 Tehran time/19:30 CET
Cycling Road --------->17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

Rowing - Women's Singles (Mahsa Javar) --------->16:00 Tehran time/13:30 CET
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Sunday 7th of August:

Table Tennis [If Qualified] (Nima & Noshad Alamian and Neda Shahsavari)
--------->Men's first round and women's second round: from 2:30 Tehran time/12:00 AM CET
--------->Men's second round and women's second round: from 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Men's second round and women's second round: from 22:00 Tehran time/19:30 CET

Judo- Men's 66kg (Alireza Khojastefar) --------->Qualification rounds: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

10m pistol shooting (Golnoosh Sebghatollahi) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Final: 18:30 Tehran time/16:00 CET

Boxing -81kg (Ehsan Rouzbehani) --------->Qualification round: 18:30 Tehran time/16:00 CET

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Monday 8th of August:

Table Tennis [If Qualified] (Nima & Noshad Alamian and Neda Shahsavari)
--------->Men's third round and women's third round: from 1:30 Tehran time/23:00 CET

Volleyball (Iran - Argentina) ---------> Group stage 6:05 Tehran time/3:35 AM CET

Archery (Zahra Nemati) --------->1/32 and 1/16 round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->1/32 and 1/16 round: 22:30 Tehran time/18:00 CET

10m rifle shooting Men's (Pouria Norouzian) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Final: 19:30 Tehran time/17:00 CET

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Tuesday 9th of August:

25m pistol shooting (Golnoosh Sebghatollahi) --------->Qualification round (Accuracy shooting): 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Qualification round (Speed shooting): 19:30 Tehran time/17:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:00 Tehran time/20:30 CET

Judo- Men's 81kg (Saeed Malaei) --------->Qualification rounds: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

Swimming- Men's 200m Breaststroke (Aria Nasimi shad) --------->Qualification rounds: 20:30 Tehran time/18:00 CET
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Wednesday 10th of August:

Volleyball (Iran - Poland) ---------> Group stage 00:35 Tehran time/22:05 CET

Cycling Time Trail--------->16:00 Tehran time/13:30 CET

Fencing (Ali Pakdaman, Mojtaba Abedini) ---------> Qualification and quarter final from 16:00 Tehran time/13:30 CET

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Thursday 11th of August:

Fencing [If Qualified] (Ali Pakdaman, Mojtaba Abedini) --------->Semi-final and final: from 1:00 Tehran time/22:30 CET

Rifle 3 positions shooting (jambozorg and Khedmati) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Final: 19:30 Tehran time/17:00 CET

Volleyball (Iran - Kuba) ---------> Group stage 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET


Judo- Men's 100kg (Javad Mahjub) --------->Qualification rounds: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

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Friday 12th of August:

Men's discus throw (Ehsan Haddadi and Mahmud Samimi) --------->Qualification rounds: 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

Women's shot put (Leila Rajabi) --------->Qualification rounds: 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

20 km walking (Hamid Zouraband) --------->22:00 Tehran time/19:30 CET

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Saturday 13th of August:

Weightlifting 85kg (Kianoush Rostami) --------->2:30 AM Tehran time/12:00 AM CET

Men's long jump (Mohammad Arzandeh) --------->Qualification rounds: 3:50 Tehran time/1:20 CET

Men's 100m run (Taftian and Ghasemi) --------->Qualification rounds: from 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

Men's discus throw [If Qualified] (Ehsan Haddadi and Mahmud Samimi) --------->Final: 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

Volleyball (Iran - Egypt) ---------> Group stage 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

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Sunday 14th of August:

Weightlifting 94kg (Sohrab Moradi and Ali Hashemi) --------->2:30 AM Tehran time/12:00 AM CET

Men's 100m run [If Qualified] ---------> Semi-final and Final: 3:50 Tehran time/1:20 CET

Men's Rifle 3 positions shooting (Norouzian) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Final: 20:30 Tehran time/18:00 CET

Greco-Roman wrestling (Sourian 59kg and Abdevali 75kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET
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Monday 15th of August:

Greco-Roman wrestling (Akhlaghi 85kg and Babajanzadeh 130kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET

Volleyball (Iran - Russia) ---------> Group stage 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

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Tuesday 16th of August:

Weightlifting 105kg (Barari) --------->2:30 AM Tehran time/12:00 AM CET

Greco-Roman wrestling (Norouzi 66kg and Rezaei 98kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET

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Wednesday 17th of August:


Weightlifting +105kg (Salimi) --------->2:30 AM Tehran time/12:00 AM CET

Taekwondo -58kg (Ashourzadeh) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Quarter and semi finals: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

Javelin throw (Mousavi and Ghalenoei) --------->Qualification round: 17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

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Thursday18th of August:


Taekwondo -58kg [If Qualified] (Ashourzadeh) --------->Reprecharge and Final: 3:30 Tehran time/1:00 CET

Women's Taekwondo -57kg (Alizadeh) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Quarter and semi finals: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET
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Friday 19th of August:

Women's Taekwondo -57kg [If Qualified] (Alizadeh) --------->Reprecharge and Final: 3:30 Tehran time/1:00 CET

Freestyle wrestling (Rahimi 57kg and H. Yazdani 74kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET

Taekwondo -80kg (Khodabakhshi) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Quarter and semi finals: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

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Saturday 20th of August:

Taekwondo -80kg [If Qualified] (Khodabakhshi) --------->Reprecharge and Final: 3:30 Tehran time/1:00 CET

Freestyle wrestling (Karimi 86kg and Hadi 125kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET

Taekwondo +80kg (Mardani) --------->Qualification round: 16:30 Tehran time/14:00 CET
--------->Quarter and semi finals: 22:30 Tehran time/20:00 CET

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Sunday 21st of August:

Taekwondo +80kg [If Qualified] (Mardani) --------->Reprecharge and Final: 3:30 Tehran time/1:00 CET

Freestyle wrestling (Nasiri 65kg and Yazdani 97kg) --------->Qualification round: 17:30 Tehran time/15:00 CET
--------->Final: 23:30 Tehran time/21:00 CET

Men's Marathon (Moradi) --------->17:00 Tehran time/14:30 CET

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Ehsan Rouzbahani, the first Iranian athlete who secured his Olympic qualification a few months ago.

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[EKBATAN]

yo what happened to Ehsan? i saw that he was in US doing some boxing, did he make it anywhere? there are some clips of him on youtube kickin ass

[Nokhodi]

yo what happened to Ehsan? i saw that he was in US doing some boxing, did he make it anywhere? there are some clips of him on youtube kickin ass

He's training hard for the Olympics. He was on khandevaneh a few months ago:

[Irannn]

Ehsan lost his APB title few days ago by a TKO against someone from France. still he is our best chance for a medal in boxing in Rio, even though that won't be a big chance for him.

[_Navid_]

yo what happened to Ehsan? i saw that he was in US doing some boxing, did he make it anywhere? there are some clips of him on youtube kickin ass

He has hugely improved since he left Iran to join pro-boxing. Last week he reached the final of star league and was the favourite to win it all. But he his eyebrow was badly injured so the coach pulled him out of the match! The interesting thing is his opponent was hospitalised with a broken rib afterwards so he could have easily won the match!

I would say he is likely to get at least a bronze in the Olympics.

[_Navid_]

Next year we will have 3 female athletes who have a good chance at winning Iran's first every women's Olympic medal. 2 of them, Najme Khedmati (19yo) and Elahe Ahamdi (33yo) secured their spot in August during shooting world cup in Germany.

[04041374]

http://video.varzesh3.com/video-clip...%D9%86-%D8%A8/

Well it seems that our Boxing federation doesn't care much about him

[Paradigm]

Thanks for the thread. Keep the updates coming over the next 10 months.

[Abtin]

Navid jan, as far as possible, when you find out, can you try to edit the first post and put in the names and teams which qualify for the olympics? Just to have it one place, instead of spread all over the thread?

[_Navid_]

http://video.varzesh3.com/video-clip...%D9%86-%D8%A8/

Well it seems that our Boxing federation doesn't care much about him

Absolutely. They don't care about any of the athletes. Interestingly, 1 month before the start of the Olympics they suddenly realize this and expect medals from everyone.
Everyone is complaining now, Rouzbahani, Haddadi, wrestlers, Judo athletes, etc...

[_Navid_]

Thanks for the thread. Keep the updates coming over the next 10 months.

My pleasure, and thank you. I will do my best.

Navid jan, as far as possible, when you find out, can you try to edit the first post and put in the names and teams which qualify for the olympics? Just to have it one place, instead of spread all over the thread?

Abtin jan, that is a very good idea. Thanks. I will update the first post as we go along.

[teammelli8080]

great thread, one correction: the wrestlers who ranked 1-6 at this year's world championships got a spot for iran in that weight class for rio, not that they qualify themselves. it will be up to the federation to choose who to send for each qualified weight class. this is important as someone like hassan yazadi, who got silver in 70kg, will be our likely nominee for either 65 or 74.

[_Navid_]

great thread, one correction: the wrestlers who ranked 1-6 at this year's world championships got a spot for iran in that weight class for rio, not that they qualify themselves. it will be up to the federation to choose who to send for each qualified weight class. this is important as someone like hassan yazadi, who got silver in 70kg, will be our likely nominee for either 65 or 74.

Thanks. Yes, you are absolutely right and I am aware of that. If any of them are replaced by another one for the Olympics I will update the thread accordingly.

[_Navid_]

Iran won 4 Athletics spots in July for 2016 Olympics. Not that any of them are likely to finish in the top 10. Ehsan Haddadi, our only chance for a medal in this sport hasn't managed qualification yet!!

100m- Reza Ghassemi, Hassan Taftian
200m- Mohammad Hossein Abaraghi
Female Shot put - Leila Rajabi

Leila Rajabi is our only "non-Iranian" athlete in Iran's history of Olympics.