I wonder if anybody in the world cares about the team ranking in weightlifting but our federation does
in past 10-12 years Iran lost so many medals because of this. most of our weightlifters start (mostly in CJ) with a very low weight (usually the minimum they can because of the entry record) to make sure they have a total and get some ranking points for the team and then jump something like 10 kilos for the medal. it usually kills their medal chance. I believe we could win the gold at 96, silver at 109 and a medal (not sure what color) at 102kg but lost them because of this super stupid strategy. IWF commentators always laugh at Iranian weightlifters and their weird weigh selection strategy.
it was an OKish tournament for the Iranian team. winning 1 silver and 3 bronze is not great but not bad either. Yousefi and Davoudi both making their last attempts and kicking that piece of crap Bahraini mercenary out of the podium made my day.
unfortunately Yousefi is weak in Snatch to be a treat for the total gold medal. but he lifted 262 in CJ yesterday, I believe only few weightlifters in history did that before. it looked like he might be capable of lifting 268 which will be the best CJ lift ever.
You can view the nations cup ranking (which will be what most of the quotas are determined by) here: https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?DisciplineId=NC
I'm assuming the individual Olympic qualifying points list is only starting next winter.
Full Euro 2025 finals draw.
with the hosts' luck, they avoided all the tougher teams from Pot 2 & 3. with the easier QF vs Group A runner-up.
Runner-up from Group D could hope for in SF but first they'd have to probably beat in QF
I can't really decide between Alpine Skiing and Ski Mountaineering. Vlhová definitely has the skills and power to earn at least one more medal, even gold, and Jagerčíková is the current world champion in her event, although we know nothing about the sport and how it's gonna turn out at the Olympics.
Alright, I might have been too pessimistic:
Positive scenario: 2-4 medals (counting another Ice Hockey miracle)
Negative scenario: 1 medal
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