MHSN 3,226 Posted May 6, 2023 #21 Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) I don't follow Judo anymore, so what other countries joined Ukraine in its boycott ? I mean beside UK which is an obvious answer. you always can count on their loyalty. they would never betray Ukraine. in past few months I heard/read a million posts/comments/news about a handful of countries threatening to boycott the Olympics if Russian athletes participate (neutrals or not) you would expect them to boycott a simple non-direct Olympic qualifier for the start. btw I wish the best of luck for Ukrainian people and specially Ukrainian athletes. I hope nobody forces them to withdraw if they want to participate. Edited May 6, 2023 by MHSN Styrka, phelps, NMQ and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,910 Posted May 7, 2023 #22 Share Posted May 7, 2023 13 hours ago, MHSN said: I don't follow Judo anymore, so what other countries joined Ukraine in its boycott ? I mean beside UK which is an obvious answer. you always can count on their loyalty. they would never betray Ukraine. in past few months I heard/read a million posts/comments/news about a handful of countries threatening to boycott the Olympics if Russian athletes participate (neutrals or not) you would expect them to boycott a simple non-direct Olympic qualifier for the start. btw I wish the best of luck for Ukrainian people and specially Ukrainian athletes. I hope nobody forces them to withdraw if they want to participate. nobody boycotted this championship except for it's too important in terms of points for the OQR... by the way, I'm ready for the 1000th episode of the Casse vs Mollaei saga Biathlonfan, MHSN and Josh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,910 Posted May 7, 2023 #23 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Day #1, Medal Matches women's -48kg Gold Medal match: Natsumi Tsunoda vs Shirine Boukli Bronze Medal match #1: Wakana Koga vs Blandine Pont Bronze Medal match #2: Abiba Abuzhakynova vs Assunta Scutto men's -60kg Gold Medal match: Francisco Garrigos vs Dilshodbek Baratov Bronze Medal match #1: Giorgi Sardalashvili vs Jorre Verstraeten Bronze Medal match #2: Naohisa Takato vs Lee Harim Josh and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,910 Posted May 7, 2023 #24 Share Posted May 7, 2023 not many upsets among the girls (maybe just Boukli beating Koga), but a whole set of crazy results among the men... Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,149 Posted May 7, 2023 #25 Share Posted May 7, 2023 While catching up before the event, i saw a funny parallel, at least to me. The very clean, by the books, loved by fans and the IOC sport of judo and the IJF have managed to gather a prize fund of barely over 1 millions dollars for the World Championships. While the very bad, scandalous, hated by everyone sport of boxing and the IBA managed to gather a prize fund of 7.6 million dollars for their World Championships. Not judging anything, just found it an interesting comparison. Biathlonfan and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,226 Posted May 7, 2023 #26 Share Posted May 7, 2023 40 minutes ago, Federer91 said: While catching up before the event, i saw a funny parallel, at least to me. The very clean, by the books, loved by fans and the IOC sport of judo and the IJF have managed to gather a prize fund of barely over 1 millions dollars for the World Championships. While the very bad, scandalous, hated by everyone sport of boxing and the IBA managed to gather a prize fund of 7.6 million dollars for their World Championships. Not judging anything, just found it an interesting comparison. For a lot of organizations, you don't need many donors to get a lot of money, just the "right" donors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,910 Posted May 7, 2023 #27 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Day #1 women's -48kg Gold: Natsumi Tsunoda Silver: Shirine Boukli Bronze: Wakana Koga & Assunta Scutto men's -60kg Gold: Francisco Garrigos Silver: Dilshodbek Baratov Bronze: Giorgi Sardalashvili & Lee Harim maestro, owenp_23, Josh and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,910 Posted May 7, 2023 #28 Share Posted May 7, 2023 2nd bronze medal in a row for our young talent Assunta Scutto if only she was able to manage the Japanese fighters... and wow! just wow! for the men's competition... the craziest and most unpredictable end for an unpredictable day (no comment on my results in the prediction contest ) Josh and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,226 Posted May 7, 2023 #29 Share Posted May 7, 2023 4 hours ago, phelps said: nobody boycotted this championship except for it's too important in terms of points for the OQR... no way, I'm sure you are lying, there is not a single day that I don't read something in ITG.biz about someone threatening to boycott/cancel something. everybody and its dog talked about boycotting the Olympics in Poland. or in Latvia they banned people from walking the same streets as Russians. the same goes to Estonia . I'm sure they all boycotted this event, specially UK (true loyal friend of Ukraine) it wasn't just cheap talk and propaganda. propaganda only exists in non-democratic countries like ours, these are fully democratic countries where everybody is totally honest. 4 hours ago, phelps said: by the way, I'm ready for the 1000th episode of the Casse vs Mollaei saga The former Mongolian hero and current Azerbaijani hero has to beat his long time boyfriend Sagi Muki first. (if they both go that far in the draw) that was IJF's dream to have these guys meeting each other in a major event. but I assume even IJF is not that interested anymore. they realized his lies by now. kind of funny, this guy used to draw lots of attention here, somehow as an anti-regime figure. but then all of that simply disappeared after Tokyo. I'm probably the only one who still remembers him. phelps, Josh, pedja789 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedja789 74 Posted May 7, 2023 #30 Share Posted May 7, 2023 HEY! Stop questioning their honesty. In order to boycott the Olympics, they must qualify first. On a serious note, in my opinion Mollaei is much better then Muki at the moment. I wouldn't bet that Muki will reach QF. MHSN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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