Olympic watch (2016 Rio news, qualifications, athletes)

[Ab-Gosht]

Olympics without Russia is a joke for sure!

However, it will be good news for our weighlifters in 105 kgs and 105+ kgs.
Salimi was beaten to 2nd place by Russians at the last world championship and before him Molaei was beaten by Russians too in 105+ kgs.
At 90kgs, 105kgs, and 105+kgs Russians have always had amazing lifters.

And Wrestling of course....

their world champion in +105kg is banned for doping so really it comes down to freestyle wrestling

[Irannn]

well they have in Greco, Saman Tahmasebi, who was wrestling for Iran before he decided to represent Azarbajedjan....

their 130kg wrestler, Sabah Shariati is also from Iran, from Qom with Kurdish heritage

[Irannn]

their world champion in +105kg is banned for doping so really it comes down to freestyle wrestling

they stll have their 2014 and 2013 World Champion Albegov, as well as 85kg world champion Okulov. with also Bedzhanyan at 85. no it doesn't come down only to freestyle wrestling

but as I said before, Russia most probably will be banned in weightlifting and this is a different story than their general ban,IWF wants to ban them separately.

[Narse]

their 130kg wrestler, Sabah Shariati is also from Iran, from Qom with Kurdish heritage

it smells like another kurdish separatist! tahmaesbi very likely also a separatist.

[IRAN300]

it smells like another kurdish separatist! tahmaesbi very likely also a separatist.

Just an opportunist, whereas Tahmasbi had hard luck in his career but he is a good guy.
Nothing comparable to the likes of bastard traitors such as traitor Iman Jamali, and bigheyrat Milad Beigi.

[Narse]

Just an opportunist, whereas Tahmasbi had hard luck in his career but he is a good guy.
Nothing comparable to the likes of bastard traitors such as traitor Iman Jamali, and bigheyrat Milad Beigi.

the character of some iranians is simply repulsive.

[Irannn]

it smells like another kurdish separatist! tahmaesbi very likely also a separatist.

no they are not, Tahmasebi won world medals for Iran but when he lost in Beijing 2008, Bana clearly told him he has no place in Bana's future plans. as much as I trust and adore Bana, that was a mistake to let him go.

Shariati on other hand was a nobody in Iran, this is sad but those Azerbaijanis have scoots in Iran to find our talents !! they found Beigi the same way, and in both Greco-Roman wrestling and taekwondo they have Iranian coaches which help them to know and find our talents better.

[Narse]

the sad thing is rather many iranians are ready to do everything for money, including participating for one of the greatest enemies of iran (azergayjan).

[Ab-Gosht]

so molaei was cut from olympics! He was in descent shape and could have lifted 195kg and 250kg but it was unlikely to be enough for medal perhaps 4th-5th

[Narse]

so molaei was cut from olympics! He was in descent shape and could have lifted 195kg and 250kg but it was unlikely to be enough for medal perhaps 4th-5th

which other weightlifter are we sending to rio then insteat of him?

[IRAN300]

so molaei was cut from olympics! He was in descent shape and could have lifted 195kg and 250kg but it was unlikely to be enough for medal perhaps 4th-5th

Not sure, if no Russia then it may have been enough, or at least possible while Hashemi guy is far from any medal even without Russia and KAZ.
Moreover +105Kg is weak if you don't consider top 3 or top 5, after this you have a lot of guys from the same level separated by 1 kilos between all of them.

And Molaei is young, when he will recover fully from his injury he will be a threat for years in this weight (plus I hope they will bring back the young Kazeminejad), so at least he would gain experience for next Olympics while it will be useless to send Hashemi if he can't medal. I hope that they have a solid reason for this choice, otherwise it is another big mistake for the Olympics, something our sport officials and coaches are used to.

[Narse]

So could someone please elaborate about our weightlifters please? Like someone did for wrestling and taekwond?

[Irannn]

so molaei was cut from olympics! He was in descent shape and could have lifted 195kg and 250kg but it was unlikely to be enough for medal perhaps 4th-5th

Actually he had a decent chance for bronze behind Salimi and Talakhadze (assuming they will ban Russia and Albegov), to me it was a mistake , they prbably didn't consider banning Russia at all. 94kg is also weak since top 4 from 2015 Worlds will miss Rio most probably ! (3 of them failed the test and ther other one is from Belarus and most probably will be banned) still Hashemi needs a big bgi result to fight for bronze.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

^
OH NOOO!!!

Now that Russians are out, I was pretty sure we would've repeated Gold and Silver in 105+ kgs same as London2012.
I don't understand why they cut Molaei out..! Could it be injury or something?

[_Navid_]

What a terrible mistake. Hashemi can at best get 4th or 5th. Molaei had a chance for Bronze.