Olympic watch (2016 Rio news, qualifications, athletes)

[Keano]

I wish we had a sub-forum where only positive-minded members would have access to it, where all posts were sensible and free of compulsive behavior and comments.

Certain members' mood and comments swing per performance, today upon a great display thy would praise the individual/team, whereas tomorrow with a dissatisfactory performance they will turn the total opposite.

Were we really expecting gold medals/medals in shooting?

Your team cannot always perform well and gain amazing results, otherwise watching sports would have been boring as well. Barcelona a few days ago was beaten 4-0 by Liverpool, who could have guessed that?


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[Payam_Ali]

Interview with Ehsan Rouzbahani after his loss. Lots of excuses
http://video.varzesh3.com/video/1209...BE%DB%8C%DA%A9

[Keano]

You guys, show a little optimism. Iran's Men's Volleyball team has never been in such a grand stage. They are underdogs yet you have high expectations of them pummeling everyone..

But with that said, after seeing Iraq (a country that has been in war for more than a decade) tying with Brazil in a shocker, it made me realize that many of our athletes seem not to have that team first attitude. If you think of it, we've had Football teams comprises of star athletes yet could never get the job done. We have that I over team attitude and that needs to change..

Sharkie jaan,

We're one overly emotional nation, and this trait has always been our worst enemy, including our athletes. Often our players fail as result of mental collapse, this flaw was addressed by all Arab nations of the region, for they often in our matches against their team, they finely take advantage of it and perfectly get under our players skin, thus driving them out of their composure and focus.

It's a genetic attribution which applies to almost every single one of us in our daily lives. We lose our cool easily and react immaturely and thoughtlessly.


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[mahestan]

Sharkie jaan,

We're one overly emotional nation, and this trait has always been our worst enemy, including our athletes. Often our players fail as result of mental collapse, this flaw was addressed by all Arab nations of the region, for they often in our matches against their team, they finely take advantage of it and perfectly get under our players skin, thus driving them out of their composure and focus.

It's a genetic attribution which applies to almost every single one of us in our daily lives. We lose our cool easily and react immaturely and thoughtlessly.


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Ok so now we have a root cause, why is it not being fixed?

[Go_Daei]

someone relink that TV/event date n time for Iranians again per favore

[Lorestani]

Interview with Ehsan Rouzbahani after his loss. Lots of excuses
http://video.varzesh3.com/video/1209...BE%DB%8C%DA%A9

Give the guy a break. He trained for two straight years on his own without any meaningful support by the federation. On top, the stupid and inconsiderate IRIB team paid him a visit right before his bout, asking him stupid questions and effectively destroying his concentration. In his first interview right after his defeat, Ehsan spoke of the immense public pressure that he felt lying on his shoulders. The very fact that he has to come live on TV to apologize shows what unnecessary pressure these athletes have to shoulder. This guy owes nothing to so-called fans who only care about medals and don't even care to see what this guy had to go through to make it to the Olympics. I feel sorry for him!

[Bessos]

Here are the upcoming events for Iran on 9th August:

Shooting
25m Pistol Women's Qual. Precision
Time: 09:00 (Brazil)
Golnoush Sebghatollahi


Judo
Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32
Time: 11.15 (Brazil)
Saeid Mollaei


Swimming
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Time: 13:50 (Brazil)
Arya Nasimi Shad


Archery
Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations
Time: 15:39 (Brazil)
Zahra Nemati


Volleyball
Men's Preliminary Round
Time: 17:05 (Brazil)
Iran - Poland

[mahestan]

Give the guy a break. He trained for two straight years on his own without any meaningful support by the federation. On top, the stupid and inconsiderate IRIB team paid him a visit right before his bout, asking him stupid questions and effectively destroying his concentration. In his first interview right after his defeat, Ehsan spoke of the immense public pressure that he felt lying on his shoulders. The very fact that he has to come live on TV to apologize shows what unnecessary pressure these athletes have to shoulder. This guy owes nothing to so-called fans who only care about medals and don't even care to see what this guy had to go through to make it to the Olympics. I feel sorry for him!

What questions they asked him?

[Ab-Gosht]

Poland is gone in 94kg lifting due to doping. Moradi just got a bit bigger fav

[ehsan singapore]

Poland is gone in 94kg lifting due to doping. Moradi just got a bit bigger fav

i agree, now our weighlifter have to perform

[AIrani]

You guys, show a little optimism. Iran's Men's Volleyball team has never been in such a grand stage. They are underdogs yet you have high expectations of them pummeling everyone..

But with that said, after seeing Iraq (a country that has been in war for more than a decade) tying with Brazil in a shocker, it made me realize that many of our athletes seem not to have that team first attitude. If you think of it, we've had Football teams comprises of star athletes yet could never get the job done. We have that I over team attitude and that needs to change..

Take a look at Iraqi's roster of players. Half of them do not play inside of Iraq. Three of them play for Rizspor where Taremi and Rezaee were supposed to play. Why they left is unknown.

Yes, Iraq should receive tying Brazil.

Side information: In history of Iraq which goes back to 1940, this country has received only ONE bronze medal which was in weightlifting. There were times that Iraq were in peace but created hell for other countries including Iran and Kuwait.

[Spyder]

Give the guy a break. He trained for two straight years on his own without any meaningful support by the federation. On top, the stupid and inconsiderate IRIB team paid him a visit right before his bout, asking him stupid questions and effectively destroying his concentration. In his first interview right after his defeat, Ehsan spoke of the immense public pressure that he felt lying on his shoulders. The very fact that he has to come live on TV to apologize shows what unnecessary pressure these athletes have to shoulder. This guy owes nothing to so-called fans who only care about medals and don't even care to see what this guy had to go through to make it to the Olympics. I feel sorry for him!

Poor guy. He had lost in another heart breaking way at the last Olympics!

[Lorestani]

What questions they asked him?

This is the video. It's not about the questions, though they were silly in and of themselves, but the timing. Why would you go interview an athlete some hours before the most important competition of his life? Also, during the interview, Ehsan talks about the messages he received from his fans who were expecting him to win gold. GOLD! That obviously put a lot of pressure on the poor guy. The funny thing is that most of these people don't even care for him to win a medal; all they want is this false sense of pride when they see their country up in the medal ranking. It's just sad.

[Narse]

Poland is gone in 94kg lifting due to doping. Moradi just got a bit bigger fav

source?

[_Navid_]

Give the guy a break. He trained for two straight years on his own without any meaningful support by the federation. On top, the stupid and inconsiderate IRIB team paid him a visit right before his bout, asking him stupid questions and effectively destroying his concentration. In his first interview right after his defeat, Ehsan spoke of the immense public pressure that he felt lying on his shoulders. The very fact that he has to come live on TV to apologize shows what unnecessary pressure these athletes have to shoulder. This guy owes nothing to so-called fans who only care about medals and don't even care to see what this guy had to go through to make it to the Olympics. I feel sorry for him!

The guy won 2 games in London and this year in his prime lost his first game in the games. This is called diwngrade and there is no excuse for someone who regularly plays in semi-pro boxing to lose like that in the amatour games. Fans have every right to critise him. Same downgrade happened with Noshad Alamian.