2018 Asian Games

[Azeem98]

I'm against glamorising traditional sports. Kabbadi is a traditional sport and should have stayed that way.

I used to love watching it as a kid during Spring festivals.

Imagine highland games being at Olympics

[Irannn]

Iranians in action for Saturday

Archery: knockout round in men's team recurve. we have to play Malaysia and if we win China, no chance.
Athletics: start of athletics competition. we will have Reza Khadivar in 400m qualification (and semifinal if he makes it), Hassan Taftian in 100m qualification and we have Shahin Mehrdelan and Ali Samari in Shot Put final. the only medal event is shot put for us tomorrow. both of them have a chance for medal. even gold medal in Mehrdelan can repeat his recent results inside Iran. I expect one of them to at least make the podium.
Basketball: our first and only group games vs Syria. should be easy, win or lose we will go to the knockout round.
Basketball 3x3: our boys team will play 3 games. Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkmenistan. so far Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan are undefeated in this group. I think Iran can win all games and top the group.
Beach Volleyball: crucial day for both teams as they will play quarterfinal. Mirzaali/Raoufi team will play China and Vakili/Salemi will play Qatar (which is consisted of non-Qatari players). both of our teams will be underdog on paper but they both very well today. I hope at least one of them makes it to the semifinal.
Boxing: Omid Ahmadi-Safa vs TKM. I expect Ahmadi to win easily.
Equestrian: 2nd day of evening competition, Torabi didn't shine as expected in the 1st day. but he is not done yet. we will see his chance after this cross-country.
Jujitsu: we were very bad in first day, so I expect nothing here. but if we are going to win a medal Jalilvand is our best chance tomorrow. I don't know his whole draw but his first opponent is pretty tough from Jordan.
Karate: we have 2 strong chances here. Sajjad Ganjzadeh has an easy first round vs Palestine and If I'm not wrong Saudi Arabia in 2nd round. the Saudian guy is probably his main opponent for the gold medal. lucky for him Japan has no competitor here. Sajjad is very strong favorite for the gold medal. Hamideh Abbasali starts in QF vs UZB and SF vs CHN. she is expected to win both to face her archrival from Japan in the final. this Japanese girl had beaten Abbasali few times recently but the last time they met Abbasali beat her in Asian Championship a month ago. I hope for two medals tomorrow. hopefully both gold.
Pencak Silat: we have two fighters in quarterfinal. both of them expected to lose. in this case we will win only one medal in this sport as only one of them made it to the semifinal by an easy draw.
Sailing: we will have Race 3 and 4 and 5 for both our sailors but after the 1st day it's very clear that they have no chance and will finish in bottom of the table.
Sport Climbing: last day of "combined" competition. no chance for Hashemzadeh but Elnaz Rekabi has a chance to finish in top 6 and advance to the final. she is currently 8th after two events.
Water Polo: first match vs Singapore. that won't be easy but Iran is expected to win.
Weightlifting: 94kg with Moradi and Rostami. I think Sohrab will win the gold. Rostami at least can win the silver if he doesn't make another stupid mistake. I won't surprise if he bombs out.

[Javeed]

The historic day of Iran's kabaddi; the national kabaddi teams of women and men of Iran became the champions of Asia!
Iran women's national kabaddi team with defeat 27 over 24 India, Asian games champion Jakarta 2018.
The Iranian men's national kabaddi team also managed to defeat the result of 26 over 15 South Korea and earn the gold medal of Asian competition Jakarta 2018

https://www.facebook.com/Iran.Nation...type=3&theater

[Under Lahaf]

I'm against glamorising traditional sports. Kabbadi is a traditional sport and should have stayed that way.

I used to love watching it as a kid during Spring festivals.

Imagine highland games being at Olympics

What do you guys call it in Pakistan? I never heard about this sport before. (actually I think having traditional sports in each continent, but not in world Olympics, could be a good way of keeping the spirit of some sports alive. I mean look at the Mayan ball game which is probably the first ball game in the world, it would be cool to see games like that at national level every 4 years)

[Ab-Gosht]

who are taftians competition and what have they done this year or PB? Taftian has been very good this year as well almost doing 10.00 as his PB

[Irannn]

who are taftians competition and what have they done this year or PB? Taftian has been very good this year as well almost doing 10.00 as his PB

Taftian is not the only Asian athlete doing well this year. he is not even in top 3 , and actually his qualification heat is very tough. everybody think Su Bingtian will win the gold but there are 6-7 other guys trying for silver and bronze. Taftian is one of them. but he has 3 of those guys in his heats. he has to be careful and take the 1st round seriously.

both Japanese runners, the other Chinese guy, Harthi from Oman, Mohammad from KSA, and that Jamaican guy (if I'm not wrong) representing Bahrain plus one or two more guys. these are Taftian's rivals for winning a medal. they are all around 10.00 this year. this is probably the best 100m race ever in Asia. as you can see even getting into the final won't be easy for Taftian. when he won the Asian Championship last year in India most of these guys didn't participate.

[Azeem98]

What do you guys call it in Pakistan? I never heard about this sport before. (actually I think having traditional sports in each continent, but not in world Olympics, could be a good way of keeping the spirit of some sports alive. I mean look at the Mayan ball game which is probably the first ball game in the world, it would be cool to see games like that at national level every 4 years)

Kabbadi same as India.

I'm not against promoting this sport i'm talking about glamorising. With all this pro Kabbadi league they are pouring millions into this sport so soon match fixing and doping scandals will appear in it.

In subcontinent Kabbadi was a part of Punjabi culture only. Having this game at Asian level should have been enough but India seriously want this sport at the Olympics and considering the money and influence they have i could see it.

[Omids]

Sorab Moradi breaks world record in snatch Asian games weight lifting

https://varzeshvideo.com/?p=21079

Still to lift clean and jerk to win medal

[shahin2000]

Kianoush Rostam could not clear 218kg in clean and jerk and loses out of medal contention... smh

[shahin2000]

Sohrab Moradi already has won gold in his 1st try and now tries to break WR.

[Omids]

Combined World record is not attained by sorab. Nevertheless mashallah for gold medal in this weight after 34years !!!

[shahin2000]

It is too bad Kianoush could not win a medal.

[Irannn]

It is too bad Kianoush could not win a medal.

actually I think this is blessing in disguise . he is a very bad example for other weightlifters, his failure probably shows the right path to young weightlifters. the right path is what Sohrab Moradi doing. Rostami doesn't deserve to be Iran national team anymore.

btw i'm more upset with Abbasali's defeat; she was leading 1-0 until the last 10 seconds and even 1-1 was enough for her ... I hope at least Ganjzadeh wins the final he is huge huge favorite for that .

[versusdamon]

Kianoush Rostam could not clear 218kg in clean and jerk and loses out of medal contention... smh

I guess he didnt care too much about a medal in the Asian Games, he said it on Instagram before. His Snatch was already the second best, Im pretty sure he could have done at least 210kg in C&J and have a comfortable second place but that was not his aim.

[_Navid_]

What an idiot Rostami is. He is losing all the love people had for him.