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That is a dream group to have. Considering top 4 qualify we will certainly make it to quarter finals and can even top the group if we are at our best. -
It's sad because I remember following her all the way in every game in the last Olympics.. Seeing her competing for another flag will be painful. But its understandable....Originally posted by O-ZoNe View PostComment
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Its not about the olympics but Mohammadian beat Kyle Snyder in 97 kg Wrestling 8-0 , Snyder is Worlds Nr 1 or 2 since several Years in that weight, only Sadulaev was betterComment
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actually he pinned Kyle Snyder while leading 8-0. he had an amazing day, beating all of his opponents by great margin without giving up a single point. he is clearly #2 in the world right now only behind Sadulaev.Originally posted by Foolad Khuzestan View Post
this is kind of related to the Olympics, because by winning the gold here, both him and Amir Hossein Zare somehow booked their place for the Asian Olympic Qualifier. of course it's not official yet, we have to see our other guys at the Asian Championship (different than the Olympic qualifier) to finally decide about the team but these guys here already had the advantage.Comment
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How many gold medals do we expect this year?Comment
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Snyder has been on a decline the past 2 years but still this was a very impressive win.Originally posted by Foolad Khuzestan View Post
I think 97kg will be our hardest competed weight to choose an athlete from. We have Alireza Karimi, Mohammadian and Reza Yazdani among a few others.Comment
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I think this is the first Olympics in while that we don't even have one clear favorite for a gold medal. So the number could even be 0.Originally posted by GoIran View Post
But on our good day we have a few athletes who can win the gold medal if they qualify and are in form:
Yazdani, Geraei (Wrestling), Moradi (Weightlifting), Hosseini (Taekwondo), Ganjzade, Askari (Karate)...
So only because Karate is there and it will most likely be our savior, I think expecting 3 or even 4 golds would not be unrealistic.Comment
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how many wrestlers do we have in now? only those 5 stated on the first page here?Comment
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Yes and those wrestlers won the quota for Iran, not for themselves, Iran can replace themOriginally posted by Abtin View Post
we have a good chance to win more quotas in Asian Qualification tournament in March. that's the easiest way to qualify.Comment
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Too early to answer that question, some of our top athletes are dealing with injuries .Originally posted by GoIran View Post
but if you want an answer right now, my realistic prediction is 2 or 3. but I hope for more.
if we don't consider 2012 which was our dream Olympics, we never won more than 3 gold medals at the Olympics. and even winning 3 golds happened only twice, 2000 and 2016. so we should not be disappointed if we end up with 3. anything less will be a bad result IMO.Comment
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@Navid, Moradi wont win a Medal even if he competes, he just came from injuryComment
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Well, that is why I didn't put him as favourite for gold. But if he goes through proper treatment and doesn't start heavy training too much too soon, I think he can come back on time like Behdad did in Rio.Originally posted by Foolad Khuzestan View PostComment
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Not directly related to Olympics but a last second South Korea equalizer against Iran see Iran miss the handball world championship 2021.
Iran and SK have the same points in the group but SK beat kuwait with a better margin than Iran did.Comment
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There has been alot of issues with the International Weightlifting federation and corruption after a German documentary.
How will this affect our chances at the Olympics?
https://wtvbam.com/news/articles/202...gation/977418/
LONDON (Reuters) - Tamas Ajan will stand aside as president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for 90 days pending investigations into allegations of corruption, the governing body said in a statement on Wednesday.
American Ursula Papandrea, president of USA Weightlifting, becomes the IWF’s acting president until April, when Ajan hopes to return.
Ajan, 81, has been at the sport’s governing body since 1976, serving 24 years as general secretary and 20 as president.
The decision for Ajan to stand aside was made at an extraordinary meeting of the IWF executive board in Doha, Qatar that lasted 13 hours.
Hungary's Ajan had been criticised by members of the board after a recent documentary, made by the German state broadcaster ARD, included allegations of corruption in the sport over many years.
The IWF denied the allegations and Ajan said the documentary, which focused on him and was titled Secret Doping – The Lord of the Lifters, had “ruined my life and 50 years of my work”.
The IWF said it has set up a new commission to recommend independent experts who will investigate claims of financial impropriety, and corruption in anti-doping procedures, which were raised in the documentary.
Ajan said in an IWF statement released on Wednesday that the ARD allegations were unfounded.
“They are not supported by the relevant documentation or by people involved in the relevant decisions," he said.
“Consequently, I have no doubt that external experts will vindicate my commitment of nearly 50 years to develop the sport of weightlifting.
“Weightlifting has always been bigger than one man, and I am happy to have Ursula acting by my side me in a presidential capacity.”
Papandrea was one of the board members who suggested in the days before the meeting that the IWF needed new leadership.
SWEEPING CHANGES
Weightlifting has had problems with doping for decades, and recently overhauled its anti-doping programme.
Its place in the Olympic Games was questioned when Bulgaria’s weightlifting team was sent home from the Seoul 1988 Games because of doping. Bulgaria was also sent home in disgrace from Sydney 2000 and was banned from Rio de Janeiro 2016, as was Russia.
The IOC’s retests of stored samples from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games have so far produced 60 positives by weightlifters, by far the most of all Olympic sports.
In the latest World Anti-Doping Agency figures, for 2018, weightlifting had 205 doping violations, which amounted to 1.5% of all samples taken -- the joint highest detection rate, with boxing, of all Olympic sports.
Ajan pointed out after the ARD documentary was broadcast that the IWF had made sweeping changes since 2017 -- it put anti-doping procedures into the hands of the International Testing Agency, and compelled lifters to undergo far more testing than before during Olympic qualifying.
It also applied tougher sanctions, banning nine nations for a year in 2017 and excluding Thailand and Egypt from the Tokyo 2020 Games because of multiple doping violations.
The IOC restored weightlifting’s permanent status on the Games schedule last May, when International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said his organisation would continue to monitor developments within the IWF.
The IOC said in a statement on Jan. 6, the day after the broadcast, that allegations in the TV documentary were “very serious and worrying”.
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