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yes thanks. I didn't notice your post before sending mine

I think with results so far, quota is guaranteed for Iran in men's team sabre. right ? China can't catch Iran even if they win gold in the next World Cup (assuming it doesn't get cancelled) our fencers are tired of staying in Europe for so long, they will come back home after this WC and won't go to Hungary (or anywhere else) Mojtaba Abedini is already home and in Luxembourg we only have 3 fencers with no coach and nobody else with them !

well if you are not in a terrible situation they can't do much for you at the hospital , so better stay at home and leave those valuable beds for patients really in need. I don't know about Italy but here in some cities (specially Qom and Rasht) hospitals are already full. Iran's health system is (or was) relatively good but when the economy is ruined, the health system had huge budget cut therefore we have this disaster now. I think 5 years ago Iran could manage it much better. that's just your problem. not ours well Iran economy was already destroyed, this coronavirus makes things worse. even though I believe most people don't care about money right now. health comes first. we will feel the financial disastrous results few months later. I hope losing that Saudi job won't hurt you much financially but I thought totallympics now worth million dollars and you are already rich

sometimes it's hard to believe how come some people can be this stupid and reckless , everybody knows the danger but yet since we are getting close to the "new year holidays" there are people traveling to touristic cities, most of them already in critical conditions. they finally decided to start some kind of quarantine here. all roads to Northern provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan (next to Caspian sea) are blocked. some other provinces specially Isfahan and Southern provinces will do the same most probably from tomorrow. still no news of Tehran and Qom doing that, of course we are having +1000 cases per day only because they are testing more people. the real number is probably much more but most people prefer to stay at home (if their situation is not that bad) and not go to the hospitals, they are not in the stats. checking the stats, all 31 provinces are officially involved now. Alborz province (where I live) is 6th behind Tehran, Qom, Gilan, Mazandaran and Isfahan. all of them touristic provinces and yet you need military force to block the roads and stop people from traveling exactly to where they shouldn't go !

I have 13 messages on my phone from health ministry almost 1 per day. even though we are way past messaging people and tell them to "wash your hands" and "stay at home"

today the best thing I could find to watch was Pan-American Wrestling Championships today was first day of Greco and Pan-Am countries are much weaker in Greco comparing to freestyle. so the level wasn't great only few days before the OQT that was still interesting for me to see some of those wrestlers (registered for OQT) in the list, even though some of them just registered and then withdrew (just to be eligible for the OQT) that was really disappointing to see only 2 wrestlers in two of non-Olympic weights (55 and 72) and nobody at 63kg ! (probably just one from USA and they cancelled the event) I understand this is the Olympic year but wrestling isn't only and only about Olympics. (apparently that's the case for most countries in that continent) 3 weights were interesting for me, 67kg just to see Ismael Borrero , this guy is really hard to stop, I know the level was poor here but he is an all-arounder , he will be strong favorite for the gold in Tokyo. 97kg was the most interesting with all 4 favorites for quota entering, Rosillo pinned Hancock in group stage but then Hancock teched him in the final with two back to back front headlock throws Mejia and Perez are also not that bad but I can't see any of them upset Hancock and Rosillo in AQT. about 130kg, I don't know how Cuba is capable of produce such great wrestlers at super heavyweight, they have the great Lopez, and that guy Pino who had to switch to freestyle. another guy Acosta who won a world medal for Chile ! after all of them today still had another guy who manhandled Adam Coon in the final

K1 event in Rabat is officially cancelled https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-1-premier-league-rabat-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/1237 Due to this unexpected circumstance, the World Karate Federation in coordination with the International Olympic Committee is working through its Olympic Planning Commission and the Executive Committee to find adequate solutions for any eventual adjustments on the Olympic Qualification System.

according to Iranian wrestling federation, they received a message from UWW today , it seems they managed to find a host ! our federation was told the possible date is 3-5 April or 11-13 April UWW told them they are confident "that country" will most probably host the AQT (not a sure thing yet) but also told the Iranian federation to test its delegation (wrestlers, coaches etc) few times and bring all these documents to that host country ! UWW is still not sure what that host country will ask to let the Iranian team in. this message was a kind of heads up for the Iranian federation to prepare those medical requirements. in UWW message they mentioned that country is already hosting some events. I wonder who is that brave country ? Qatar ? Thailand ? or somewhere outside of Asia ? ps: right now there is no training camp in Iran, they sent all wrestlers home but the plan is to make the national camp something like a prison ! nobody out, nobody in. then invite a very limited number of wrestlers to train there. they are also talking to some countries (apparently Armenia) to host our wrestlers, making it easier to travel without that quarantine period.

our boxing reached a new low. Kazemzadeh lost to Samoa ! even though I think the judges probably landed more punches the Samoan boxers who was just fleeing the enter time. specially first 2 rounds but ended up the winner 3-2 ! doesn't matter Kazemzadeh was terrible and had no chance in QF this way. that's interesting both of our "experienced" boxers are already out. 6 more left, I don't count much on 91 and +91 boxers we have later today, I still hope for 1 or 2 quotas with remaining 4 boxers

OK I will name 3 wrestlers for each weight in case top 2 fall in the same half of the draw. no need for the 3rd guy in weights using 2-group format. I hope I don't miss anybody. sometimes there are NCAA wrestlers not familiar for me representing other Pan-American countries and they are usually good enough 57: === 65: === really hard to pick a 3rd guy in this weight 74: in no order, I think these 3 guys are in the same level 86: === , I would put Moore in the same level as VEN guy but I don't know the new guy of Canada. 97: 125: and Greco 60: === 67: === really hard picks for me, this weight will be wide open, no clear favorite 77: in no order 87: === 97: 130: ===

that's an option and I think they are thinking about it. but that will be terrible for Asian wrestlers, this is wrestling. not tennis or volleyball when you can play another match the next day. they have to cut weight and some of them cut a lot. it's really hard to cut weight twice in a 4-5 days. but that's possible if that remains as their only option. in this case I assume some wrestling nations (like Iran) will send 2 wrestlers in each weight bcz it's almost impossible to use the same guy in the World Qualifiers in case he fails. another option is not having a separate competition but let two next best Asian wrestlers to qualify. that's even worse I'm 100% sure they won't use that silly World Ranking.

African and Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier Postponed https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/african-and-oceania-olympic-games-qualifier-postponed

the last thing I know that UWW guys called Iran wrestling federation to "consult" with them about a solution. our federation's reaction is something like "whatever you decide, just let us participate, no matter where and when" as far as I know UWW is unsuccessful to find a host yet, they are probably thinking about "other solutions"

right now it seems there is no plan to cancel it. since the Iranian team can't come back home they are hanging around in Germany waiting for an update. (I guess team China is doing the same somewhere else)

of course, and that's a common thing for Cuban wrestlers, not much recently but it happened a lot 10-15 years ago. when UWW president was in Iran in a TV show, they even asked him about this, he said "we know but unfortunately we can't do anything unless there are proofs" ! but Mijain Lopez is not an ordinary wrestler, he is the best of the best. you would expect more pride from such a great wrestler. and his defeats were not just "walkover" that would be more acceptable, apparently those who paid him wanted a show and he had to lose on the mat. I remember in one of his Kayaalp defeats he even dived for a single leg !!! (which is illegal in Greco)

honestly I'm no doctor, maybe all ACL injuries are not the same ?! this is our doctor, right after the surgery , I wrote the summary of what he says here already. at the end he says "we are very hopefully, personally I'm 100% sure we will see her in Tokyo" t

actually the doctor claims she will be ready in less than 2 or 3 months, he claims they used a "new method" from Switzerland ! he is supposed to be a very good doctor, I hope he knows what he is talking about !

her injury was indeed serious (ACL) she had surgery today in Hanover by an Iranian doctor (the same guy who fixed Sohrab Moradi's shoulder) the doctor was confident she will be ready for the Olympics but I think whoever finishes 3rd in the ranking at +68kg will have a chance to qualify. she is probably the only female athlete we have right now with realistic chance to win the Olympic gold. (she is at least one of the favorites) but then this injury somehow ruined her chance

Sohrab Moradi and Kianoush Rostami are both scheduled to participate in the last event in calendar (before the continental champs) in Colombia, even though that won't help Rostami much. but anything more than 370kg will help Moradi. from what I heard he lifted 220/225 in CJ at training but his snatch is still a bit weak because of that shoulder. our WL federation thinks there will be no problem and Colombia event won't get canceled, but I wonder if they can even travel to Colombia ! flights are very limited these days. beside that per new IWF guideline we can participate in other continental champs. and there are strong rumors Uzbekistan will withdraw from hosting the Asian Championships. so who is going to host Iranian weightlifters ? continental championship hosts are ! Russia has VERY strict travel ban rule right now, and I wonder if any Iranian ever traveled to MRI/DOM/NRU

he is indeed a monster and always fun to watch while i still like him a lot, it's still hard to cheer for someone like him. most wrestling experts believe he lost 3 matches intentionally in his career, 3 World Championship finals, personally I'm sure about 2 of them at least. of course the Olympic gold is not for sale. he is going to win that once again. but his participation means Cuba won't be seeded here, so it's 50% possible to see him and Kayaalp in one side of the draw. which will be terrible for other wrestlers in that half.

sure, we knew that for a while. for a year actually. winning another gold (which is very possible in my opinion) will make him the best wrestler ever at the Olympics with 4 gold medals. the great Karelin has 3 gold (and 1 silver)

Entries for Pan-American Qualifiers https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/pan-american-og-qualifier-entries I know last minute change is always possible with these entries but I assume the number won't increase, which means we will have two-group format in so many weights. (by my count at least 6) too me that's more fair. two best wrestlers falling in the same half is not possible anymore. that's probably a bad news for some weaker wrestlers hoping for some luck to qualify. I think USA and Cuba will grab most of men's freestyle (and even in some weights of Greco) quotas unless one of them is already qualified of maybe the blind draw puts them in one side of the bracket. there will be some kind of seeding but that won't change in much, it's still more like a "blind draw" but to me the most interesting name is Oscar Pino ! per rules they should not let him to wrestle here. but who cares about the rules rules don't say he will be allowed if he changes his style ! he won a quota for Cuba at 130kg Greco, now he is trying 125kg freestyle. even though I think with 2-group format his chance is very slim. Gwiazdowski and Dhesi will grab those two quotas IMO. I really feel sorry for this guy. he can be the Olympic champion (with Kayaalp getting weaker) but he is sticking behind the great Mijain Lopez and has to try freestyle which he is terrible at.

looks like FIFA is going to postpone World Cup qualifiers in Asia in March and June to late 2020. some of these matches in March are simply impossible to happen. for example Hong Kong coming to Iran ! I think that's probably a good news for our NT, while they beat Hong Kong anywhere in the world but playing crucial home matches against Iraq and Bahrain in neutral venue or empty stadiums was the last thing we would want. right now we don't even have a league.

No. maybe except those from Oceania and Africa because they are first in the line. they will award the continental quotas after the Paris tournament. that's very important . it's possible that some of those guys in the list qualify directly that can change few other things. for example New Zealand is guaranteed a quota in women's Kata but what if that girl qualifies in Paris ? I think the Oceania quota goes to some Australian girl at 61kg. and if something like that happens to the African quota too. then two available 61kg quotas are already filled before checking other continental quotas. which leaves no chance for Asian, American and European girls to qualify in that weight.

meanwhile in hospitals of Iran ...