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is there any livestream available ? but MasTkd has some kind of livescore system at least http://mastkd.com/resultados-maxtkd/clasificatorio-olimpico-americano-costa-rica-2020/ Edit: found a livestream here https://www.facebook.com/FCTCRC/?ref=hovercard

thanks guys, even though that was a big load of information for me to handle just to make sure you didn't waste your time to educate me , for the rest of China it's surname + given name . but for those minorities it's given name + father name ? but they are mostly known just by their given names, right ? and the proper way to write their name is Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan, Maimaitituersun Qiong and Aihemaiti Maimaiti ? one last question, there is a Chinese female wrestler called simply Paliha. are there people in China with just one name ? btw naming system was also different and confusing in Iran long time ago but something like 100 years ago, the former dictator of Iran decided to force people to follow the western naming system. everybody had to pick a surname.

so you call him Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke ? I mean the order. still the given name comes last like other Chinese names ? what about Maimaitituersun Qiong and other guy Aihemaiti Maimaiti ?

@Vic Liu I have a habit of learning about naming system of all countries. I think everybody knows for normal Chinese names surname comes first. but I'm interested to know about some of your athletes with non-Chinese name, probably from Inner Mongolia ? or other parts of China. for example what do you call your 75kg guy ? TUOHETA ERBIEKE Tanglatihan ? or that veteran guy Qiong ? what's the given name and what's the surname ?

I would love to know which Iranian minister said that exactly ? a name please I'm sure your know what the word "minister" means, ps: any random person is not a minister in Iran

I think that's a bad news for the Iranian team, because the Madrid event is listed for 17-19 April. Iranian team is already in Europe for a month, they can't spend another month there. first because our federation most probably can't afford that financially, and second because from what I see most of them prefer to come back home and be with their families. and even if they come back to Iran, it's almost impossible for them to return to Europe. and i imagine some of them may have to come back AGAIN in May for the final QT in France. and there is no guarantee for these events to actually take place, imagine if they spend another month in Europe only to find out Spain cancelled the event in last minutes !

well, 2 was my maximum expectation before the competition, so I can't complain and I don't but then watching Ahmadi-Safa losing that way kind of ruined it . even IOC commentators were convinced he was the winner but this is Boxing and I think we have to just accept it the way it is. but in general considering expectations it was a good tournament, boxing is almost dead here, personally I'm more happy for Danial Shahbakhsh, he comes from Sistan/Baloucheshtan next to Pakistani border which is by far less developed and poorest province in Iran, as far as I remember we never had an Olympian from that province.

I rarely see anybody these days but yes just saying hello, that elbow bumps looks silly. actually I can't imagine shaking anybody's hands in next 10 years. if I live that far

Saudi and UAE participated in a football tournament in Qatar and their football teams travel (or used to travel) to Qatar for AFC Champions League, they are a bit moody in these things, UAE for example didn't participate in Asian Shooting Championships in Qatar (which was Olympic qualifier in probably the only sport they are good) it's not really Arabian countries vs Qatar, it's Saudi and UAE and maybe Bahrain , none of them are relevant in wrestling, so it won't be a problem. Bahrain has 2-3 good naturalized wrestlers but I'm sure nobody misses mercenaries if Bahrain decides to not participate (which I highly doubt)

just heard one of my relatives has died from Corona today evening in Tehran, not a close relative (brother of my sister's husband) and not a good guy, but when you hear such thing about someone you know in person that feels a bit different. at least everybody in my family now understands the danger and will be more careful. personally I believe panic isn't necessarily a bad thing. that's the only way you can control this virus. people have to understand how serious it is and cut their contacts and follow the advises.

I heard some rumors today that indicates two countries as possible host, exactly those 2 you mentioned ! but on other hand, I also heard Jordan is considering postponing Taekwondo AQT, so that doesn't make sense to host Wrestling AQT with much more number of athletes and guests and beside that they are VERY weak in wrestling even referees help or fixing the draw won't give them quotas.

I'm not sure if that's possible to make such big change. I think extending the deadline is probably more possible. btw IWF also uploaded Cuban tournament results, no North Korea as expected. Colombia is the last chance for Om

all of PRK notable weightlifters already participated in 5 events and all of them only need to register in another event and participated at weight-in, they don't have to lift anything. I brought up Om because he is the only one needing 2 ! I assume their plan was to send the whole team to the Asian Championships to finish the qualification. but PRK didn't send a team to the boxing AQT, I think they have a policy of not going anywhere since the start of virus. in that case they will miss the Olympics completely. but of course that's just a guess. they may send a team to one of continental championships and qualify a full team. speaking of continental champs, now African Champs is postponed too. makes it harder for Asian weightlifters to find an event to participate. @Benolympique link for what ? ranking ?? https://www.iwf.net/qualif/menu/

IWF finally updated its Olympic ranking with some recent results. the only remaining events are 3 in Cuba, USA and Colombia (Cuba and USA events are already done, I don't have their results though) + continental championships checking the results @heywoodu favorite athlete Om Yun-Chol still needs 2 more results to qualify. since the start of COVID-19 outbreak PRK didn't participate anywhere. even if PRK participates at the continental championships, Om still needs one more result. surely PRK didn't send a team to USA, did he participate in Cuba ? or has plans for Colombia event ? if not he is 100% out of the Olympics. he doesn't need anything special. just has to participate and lift something mediocre.

Iran beat Uzbekistan in boxing when was the last time that happened ? 2014 I guess I really can't understand these judges, to me when I was watching, Mousavi lost the 1st round, still to my surprise the score was 4-1 in his favor. then to me he was better in the 2nd round, I was confident but yet the score was 4-1 for UZB ! the only judge who gave the first round to UZB, gave this one to Mousavi ! it seems some of them just give points randomly. so we will have 4 in the final box-off , 2 of them will be huge favorite,

actually they were pissed after the first round, but then specially from the 3rd round they talked like they never said those things if someone watched the last 1-2 minutes and listened to them it was like Jordan dominating the entire bout. I think there are only 5 people in Jordan who can throw punches properly and all of them are qualified for the Olympics ! maximum result from your investment

Is anybody watching this Jordan-Korea bout ? just wow

Smart decision by Iranian coach throwing the towel , it's impossible to beat UZB/KAZ with these judges even if you punch as good as them. Shahbakhsh was really angry at the coach for doing that. but I think that was the right decision. but I wonder if he is allowed to box in the box-off ? I mean when you withdrew in middle of the bout and there is small cut near the eye is it possible to not let him continue the competition ? I think if he is allowed he will have a very good chance against Hong Kong. he should do what our 52kg boxer did, after the first round against the Olympic Champion from UZB, coaches told Ahmadi-Safa to let it go, the rest of the bout was something like "OK dude, I won't punch you if you don't punch me" so nobody in semifinal but we will have plenty of guys at the repechage. that was expected since most of our guys had to face UZB/KAZ/judges in the QF.

at least 29 people died in past 72 hours for alcohol poisoning here ! I use the word at least because no organization collects such data nationwide, I read health officials from 3 provinces announcing 20+7+2 deaths for that reason. why ? because there were some stupid things in social media (instagram mainly) about drinking alcohol will make your body immune to the virus. amazing how much stupid people can be

2020 Asian Fencing Championship is South Korea is now totally cancelled. they will consider 2019 results for the World Ranking. they are still trying to find a host for the AQT which was supposed to be held alongside the Asian Championships.

Yes, actually if it was a good thing I would say the Italians are making up the numbers to stay ahead everyday ! kind of reminds me the last days of Olympic qualification period in 3x3 basketball. where NOCS were adding points left and right to qualify

in past few days Iran announced some scary statistics usually at noon each day, but then Italy beat it by something more scary few hours later and since everything is unique about Iran, even quarantining is unique here ! nobody can enter Mazandaran and Gilan provinces but people can leave them ! it's like China banning everybody from entering Wuhan but then let everybody leave the city !

according to our boxing federation news section: Shahin Mousavi got robbed in the quarterfinal he will have a chance to fight in the repechage only if the Chinese boxer manages to beat Kazakhstan in the semies which is unlikely so unfortunately Shahin Mouasvi is most probably eliminated. really ?! unbelievable they don't know the rules. Mousavi is listed to fight Uzbekistan tomorrow in the repechage and they don't even know that.

Well well, I think 2020 can be the first time Iran don't qualify a boxer for the Olympics, (not counting years Iran didn't participate) and i prefer to not talk about judges and officiating, this is boxing after all. I'm not sure even if I follow the competition anymore. watching a sport where one judge scores 30-27 for boxer A and another one scores 30-27 for boxer B is a waste of time. but then I know i will come back tomorrow, there is nothing to do these days when you are almost in quarantine