SALIMI's Arbitration Application Denied by CAS

[Adesor Vafaseya]

https://barbend.com/behdad-salimis-a...denied-by-cas/





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In an eight-page decision by an Ad hoc Division assembled at the 2016 Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has officially denied Behdad Salimi and the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s application regarding an overturned lift from the men’s 105+ session in Rio.

The report — found here in its entirety — concerns 2012 Olympic Champion Salimi’s second clean & jerk, which was originally given three white lights by the judges and then overturned by the Jury.

Salimi’s first clean & jerk was turned down by the judges due to press out, and he missed his third lift in the clean portion; this meant he failed to post a total and did not secure a placing for the competition. This came after the Iranian superheavyweight briefly lost and then retook his own snatch world record, ending with 216kg in that portion of the competition.

The decision recapped the Applicants’ request for relief as:

His record for Clean and Jerk to be registered and he could receive his medal based on the athletes’ ranking.

Had Salimi been credited with a successful 245kg clean & jerk, it would have given him a 461kg total, good for second place behind Olympic Champion and Total World Record holder Lasha Talakhadze.

The Respondent’s (the International Weightlifting Federation) request for relief was also summarized:

The Respondent argued that all of the Rules had been complied with and requested that the appeal be dismissed.

Ultimately, the Court sided with the Respondent, and Salimi and the Iranian Committee’s request was dismissed.

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[Z Joon]

SALIMI's Arbitration Application Denied by CAS

Unbelievable but unsurprising at the same time. Most sports are corrupted nowadays

[AIrani]

This report does not say anything, except the request was denied.

There is a conflict of interest. Who paid the arbitrators to review the case? The merit of this case is that the second lift where he received THREE white lights were acceptable or not. In other words, was jury correct in its decision.

Many times, smaller countries lose. If it was America or the sponsor of events (NBC) was behind it similar to American runners who must have been disqualified were given repeated chances, the case would be accepted.

Smaller countries must perform more than 100% to get a medal.

[Babak agha]

Well like a said, there was something fishy about his lift as the BBC commentator said that it's probably not going to get allowed, EVEN BEFORE the judges gave their three white lights. When they gave him the three white lights, I think she even mentioned that it could get overruled by the jury as it wasn't a 100% correct lift (shaky elbows, she mentioned).

[Mr Pouya]

Putting aside the fact he's Iranian and all the emotions, his lift wasn't legal and the judges got it wrong with awarding him the three lights.

[Nokhodi]

CAS did not judge his lift.
They merely ruled on the judging/review procedure and said the rules had been followed in terms of taking the call back. That means the judgement is worth garbage as it means nothing if the jury is corrupt in the first place.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

If tarbiat badani cared, they could make a big noise and complain.
The second lift was fine and 100% legitimate and it was captured on all cameras, and the judges gave THREE white lights, what evidence is more needed if IRIWF hires a world class sport's lawyer and bring this case to the highest sports courts?
The question is whether Tarbiat Badani even cares to spend money for legal fee to defend its athlete's rights, but they won't cause they say their normal too sari khori standard sentence "hamineh digeh chikar mishesh kard....."! Idiots

If it was Shah's time when General Nader Jahanbani was head of Trabiat Badani, they would have gone all the way to defend the nation's athlete's rights!

[AIrani]

There are Iranian lawyers. Would any of them take this case?

Similar to other lawyers, Iranian lawyers care about easy money, especially billable hours. So, no chance an Iranian lawyer would sacrifice his or her time on this case.

Iranian sport federation should appeal the decision and take the issue to higher level(s).

Judges accepted the second lift and seemed okay to those who watched it. Jury rejected it right away. This should go into question.

Iran and weaker countries end up losing because they do not spend money, do not have good representation(s), and the majority of weaker countries' citizens do not care.

USA and its advertising arm, NBC dictated the rules. Anybody in running knows that American runners must have been disqualified, but they were given another chance.

Iranian coaches also were at fault. They should have started with less heavy weights and work their way up.

I have said several times, if weaker countries want to get medals, they need to be at least 10% more better than other countries' athletes.

[iranghahreman]

There are Iranian lawyers. Would any of them take this case?

Similar to other lawyers, Iranian lawyers care about easy money, especially billable hours. So, no chance an Iranian lawyer would sacrifice his or her time on this case.

Iranian sport federation should appeal the decision and take the issue to higher level(s).

Judges accepted the second lift and seemed okay to those who watched it. Jury rejected it right away. This should go into question.

Iran and weaker countries end up losing because they do not spend money, do not have good representation(s), and the majority of weaker countries' citizens do not care.

USA and its advertising arm, NBC dictated the rules. Anybody in running knows that American runners must have been disqualified, but they were given another chance.

Iranian coaches also were at fault. They should have started with less heavy weights and work their way up.

I have said several times, if weaker countries want to get medals, they need to be at least 10% more better than other countries' athletes.

its called pro bono and it is pushed by a lot of firms, dont generalize from a very small sample of knowledge you have

[AIrani]

its called pro bono and it is pushed by a lot of firms, dont generalize from a very small sample of knowledge you have

You and your lawyers, prove me and other PFDC members that we are not right.

There are and have been many cases where Kangaroo USA courts ruled against Iran to deplete its holding in the USA. To my knowledge, No Iranian lawyer came to rescue. And Kangaroo courts allocated and collected million of dollars to cases that even Iran had nothing to do with those cases.

Betty Mahmoodi. The judge admitted being wrong. They gave the house which belonged to Mahmoodi to the Betty. Why?

There are thousands of bias cases against Iran and Iranians.

[iranghahreman]

Because helping the Iranian government isn't pro Bono, pro Bono is helping a poor family or some no profit with legal work not a country with large oil reserves

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[AIrani]

Because helping the Iranian government isn't pro Bono, pro Bono is helping a poor family or some no profit with legal work not a country with large oil reserves
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Betty against her husband's case could be a pro-bono? She made wrong claims, she took over her husband's belonging which was against the laws of Michigan where the house was located.

There are thousands of Iranian lawyers. I asked a few of them to show me ONE pro-bono case of IRANIANS, I did not get any. I asked the legal association of LA lawyers to support students, I did not get any. Iranian students were poor as you mentioned.

Laws cannot be different or applied differently for different individuals or countries.

Check into "Chicago Convention" where the Western countries have discriminated Iran and Iranians for civilian airplane parts causing several thousands of Iranians and non-Iranians to be killed. This is discrimination and violation of international law.

Iran belongs to ALL Iranians and non-Iranians who have put their lives on the line to keep it for several thousands of years. Iranians must learn to take care of their own, rather than keep saying IRI government to do it.

No one will care for Iran and Iranians if their own citizens look for easy money and comfortable life (style).

Some PFDC members have money to take long vacations but they could not afford to support a wrongful and unjust case against Iran and Iranians? Compare ourselves to other minorities such as Koreans.