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you just have to give me your email. you want all of them ? or any specific sport ?

I always wonder why in English they call him Cyrus ! here he is called Kourosh ! totally different and Uthmans conquered Khorasan ? I didn't know that, that's the far right of Iran if you check the map (Turkey is in the west). they had to conquer the whole Persian empire to reach Khorasan my friend the war is started long time ago. except this is a win-loss war right now. Iran is trying to make it a loss-loss war for everybody. btw USA is "locked and loaded" for a very long time. their threats are not scaring people anymore. in the meaning time, USA is denying visa for the Iranian delegation for the UN summit. that was very brave from Trump.

yeah that and that's funny people/media in west call him just "Ayatollah" sometimes. that's wrong. that's just a title. there are lots of Ayatollahs. Supreme Leader is the current title for "that guy" actually it happened once before. back in 1987 during the World Wrestling Championships one of the Iranian wrestlers faced and beat the Israeli wrestler in Greco-Roman. at first it was a great victory over the "enemy" and from what i heard the newspapers made it like a huge win. but then when someone told that to the "supreme leader" (not this guy but the founder of the Islamic republic) they called the whole team from France in middle of the competition and didn't let the freestyle team to even participate (freestyle competition was supposed to held right after the GR) one of the rare occasions Iran didn't participate in World Freestyle wrestling Champs. so no beating Israel won't change a thing. you know Mollaei's plan was going to the final and beat Muki (and I don't know what after that, most probably not returning to Iran) but then when he lost the semifinal he went for his "Plan B" and posing himself as a victim and started to lie and working with IJF. if he could beat Muki in the final and then return back to Iran with his gold medal. that would be something interesting. he would lose his place in the team for sure but they wouldn't touch him. I'm sure about that. and that way he could be a "real hero" and maybe that could encourage other athletes to maybe do the same. but now, to me he is a lying coward. even though lots of people in Iran believe his lies and still consider him hero. they will face the reality when he lose next time. he is speaking in his interviews like all of his defeats were intentional and I had to explain to some of my friends, if he is such an unbeatable champion, why he never won the Asian title in his career ?! there is no Israel in Asia. but people believe what they want to believe.

sah ? that was Shah (meaning king in Persian) . no this one has a different title. still the same thing though with almost absolute power, even worse people are on the athlete's side. at least the majority but there is no referendum about it. nobody asks people's opinion in this matter. and it's not like people are going into the streets for that. and they always pay a good money prize to the athlete to at least make up for that. Mr Mollaei was a bit upset because nobody paid him for his loss in China masters !! which wasn't an intentional defeat, he simply lost to the Japanese , but now we are here he is making all his normal defeats like that one in Paris (the only time he lost on purpose) what makes me angry is everybody believes whatever he says. I'm sure people here who knows Judo can back me up that his defeat against Casse in WCh semifinal was real.

do I sound like someone who supports the current regime ? if I have only "one wish" in my life that is to see regime change here in my life (I'm not optimistic about it though , maybe after 50-60 years and i don't think I live that much) of course only peacefully. I don't want another revolution, and I don't want a fucking western country telling us what to do and what's good for us. we already had that 60 years ago when they toppled the democratic elected prime minister to keep their puppet "Shah" on power. that leaded us to this current disaster. the only way for positive change is to educate people and then again educate people. and that's not possible with bans , suspensions and sanctions. people don't improve their "culture" when they have to worry about food, medicines etc. I just hate when media exaggerate about things. most of these news are only half correct. I can give you detailed answers about every single matter. but I think that's pointless because you don't listen. so I make it as short as possible. The Asian Volleyball Championship is happening in Iran right now and women are allowed to go the stadium. do I have to show you some pictures ? I can do that if you don't believe me. and it happened in other sports like basketball. handball. but yes in sports where men are half naked (or whatever they call it) like wrestling, swimming etc women are NOT allowed. football is a different matter. I explained it in details somewhere else. our football NT captain Masoud Shojaei expressed his idea about women should be allowed something like 1000 times. even in front of the president, yeah hardliners hate him and their media use every single opportunity to attack him but he is still our NT captain. nobody "punished" him. he even played against an Israeli club in Europa league. I don't know what do you mean by "athletes are punished" ? punished for what exactly ?? 6 of our NT players had "Green Wristband" in 2009 in crucial WCQ match vs South Korea to support the green movement. one of them was Shojaei and he is still playing for the NT. the rest are retired and coaching in the league. nothing happened to them (actually that was the real bravery and people never forget those 6 players, at least I won't) and about the gay people. I told you before. nobody is killed in Iran only for being gay. in Iran they simply prefer to ignore it. because they don't want to accept there are gay people. they are not trying to track and find gay people. no at all. yes there is death penalty for sexual intercourse between two men (and even not for two women) but for proving that the judge needs 4 adult person to confirms it ! I'm sure nobody invites 4 guys to his bedroom. this is simply a rule to scare people from making it to the public. and if you come to Iran and tell people you are gay. half of them don't care, probably 30% will be curious and ask friendly questions about it. and 10-20% will not like you and stop the conversation. nobody is going to harm you for that. I'm sure about it. absolutely nobody. even those fanatic stupid Islamists. they always say this is a disease not a crime. (I know this is still bad, I'm just explaining the situation) things are not simply black and white. and Iran is not North Korea. (and I'm starting to think maybe even North Korea is not that bad, I learned to not trust the western media )

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games ? I have them all

that's the point. it only gifted some easy medals to Israel. but there is simply no solution for that. it's not like they can let it happen in 1 sport , simply impossible the best they can get from Iran is forcing Iran to not making it to public and don't use it for propaganda. and they already have that. in past 10 years Iran never brags about this. they always made other excuse for avoiding Israel. while for example 20 years ago they were proudly announcing they are withdrawing because of Israel. Iran with this person on top is not going to give anything more about this matter. I lost hope on that long time ago. and the idea of Iranian athletes participating under IOC flag is even more impossible. Iran won't let that happen and beside that I assume 80% of athletes don't want to participate under anything but the Iranian flag. Mollaei was unique and I believe he will regret it later in his life. specially if he continues to give interviews like this . he still did nothing wrong per law but he is crossing the line and if he does that he can never come back to Iran again. he probably thinks he doesn't need that because he has a "life" in Germany but I know people who did such things and 10 years later they regret it big time.

this is amazing for me how people have absolutely no clue about Iran and how things work here. this is not "managers of our sports federation" decision. this is coming all the way from the top. I'm quite sure the sport minister himself will be more than happy to let them participate. not because he cares about Israel (nobody does) he cares about the athletes who tried hard for months and has to withdraw for some stupid politics. but nobody can do anything about it. Iran is not going to give up for much more important things, we are going into a war if you follow the news (not that we are not in a war already) sport ban will change a thing ? are you kidding me. and this is kind of funny because Iranians are already punishing themselves with this. I see no reason for more, because with this you are punishing the innocents. when Iran was banned for 5 years in wheelchair basketball. that affected badly some of Iranian players who were pro in Italy and Turkey. I know two them and their lives were ruined because of that. (there is no pro league in Iran and it's hard to find a job for someone on the wheelchair) did that changed the policy of Iran ? no. only someone else paid the price. you are free to cheer to whoever you wants. but first women can watch most of the sports here. (that's for football and some others) , second this is ridiculous and crazy, and third most of the Iranian national athletes (if not all) are against it and most of them never stopped to blame this stupid rule in public . on TV, anywhere they could. unless the Israel matter (which is not going to change anytime soon), this is going to change soon (because people here are fighting for it) specially if the rest of world don't interfere in our own matters. this is not anybody else's business.

I don't know how many people even read my previews. I had no intention to continue it but then it's better to finish when you start something. I make it very short this time 57 1) between Atli and Micic. the Serbian beat Atli last time but I think Atli will be slightly the favorite this time. Micic has 2 shots at the Olympic spot. his own match vs Atli and then Atli vs Sanayev in the semifinal. that's a pretty good chance even though I'm not going to pick him both matches are something like 60-40 against him. 2) Sanayev (or Artas Sanaa as his birth Russian name) no doubt. this is the dream draw and if he makes it to the final. one of these guys will win the quota luckily. 3) there are few big names here. Takahashi of Japan is my pick but then that American Fix is doing great recently. the Armenian kid is the Euro Champ at 61kg. he was amazing at the Euro but I don't know how he makes weight for 57kg. if he makes the weight properly he will be a big favorites. also never count India out in lighter weights. 4) as usual the 4th quarter is the toughest one. Uguev is the favorite but then we have European Games Champion Amiraslanov. Asian Games champion Bekhbayar, Asian Champion Atri from Iran, World bronze medalist Yutsenko, 3 times Asian finalists Kang of PRK + Andreyev. obviously Uguev is the first pick but I have hard time to pick another one for the repechage. my picks: 65 1) Bajrang, no doubt. and he will most probably bring one of these guys to the Olympics with himself. I see 5 or 6 wrestlers in the same level in that part. will be an interesting battle between them. 2) another easy quarter. I think it will be between Mongolia and Kazakhstan, no chance for the loser because the winner is going to lose to Bajrang in the semis 3) this is an OK draw, Khinch is the clear favorite but don't count the Hungarian Musuakev out (they just took him from Russia !) the Turkish guy is always seeded high but I don't think he can beat those 2 guys but there is a chance for him. 4) this is the worst possible draw for everybody in that quarter. only 67kg Greco was as bad as this. if I had to name 7 candidates for the gold medal. 5 of them are here (+ Bajrang and Khinch) Rashidov vs Aliyev in this first round will be the great. and the winner will get the World Champion Otoguro in the 3rd round. we also have Valdes and Retherford in this part of the draw. I see no chance for our youngster here. my picks:

Great news. Excellent and I see everybody is happy now. time for Iran to completely shut down Judo in the country. this is a lost cause anyway. and I'm sure Mr Mollaei will be happy about this and his former teammates will appreciate his "bravery". I was thinking what if Miresamaeili would have did the same 15 years ago in Athens. what Mollaei was doing in 2019 if there was no Judo at all ? cleaning restaurants maybe. that's exactly what he brings for the possible next judo generations. and btw this is not the first time. probably first time for an Olympic sport but it happened before in the Paralympics. Iran was banned something like 10-15 years in Goalball and 5 years in wheelchair basketball (from 2008 to 2013) for the same reason. and if people think this is a good idea , then Iran should be banned from the whole thing because it's not something decided by the poor Judo Federation. that would be good actually. because then I have no reason to spend my time here in this forum. thinking about it. I can start spending less time (or no time at all) in the forum from now.

they will. they decided about it today. there will be 5 winners from 5 different regions + the best ranked Asian player in May 2020 ranking. all regional competitions will be held in Thailand.

we have a very young wrestler in this weight. 18 if I'm not wrong. I didn't expect anything here but after I saw the top half. anybody could at least win the quota from the top half. but well I'm getting used to it . we will see if we finally get a "good draw" in next two days or not. btw I will bore you guys with more details about these 2 men's freestyle weights later today. top half is easy to predict though for both weights.

first ever World Championship medal for Saudi Arabia ! and a surprising silver in CJ for Iran. actually he could win more (silver or bronze in total) if he was a bit better in Snatch. now time for Om Yun-chol to break some world records

UWW tried to promote our Swedish friend Alex Kessidis by posting a video of him in his instagram but instead they revealed him as a cheater ! personally I didn't notice that during the match. and since it happened so fast I think even the Armenian wrestler didn't notice that. if you see this .he is clearly using his right knee to push the Armenian guy for the throw. what's amazing is he did exactly the same thing in another match (against Iran) he is such a smart wrestler. but I really hope from now on they focus more on his throws. he has a hubby of using his leg.

I want to take a quick look for the Asian qualified wrestlers I'm listing the favorites in order (I mean in order in my own opinion) for the 2 Asian quotas. 60: Qualified: favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 67: Qualified: none favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. * I assumed Japan is going to use Ota in this weight. without him they will be behind IRN. KGZ and CHN 77: Qualified: favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. * Kyrgyz top guy Makhmudov was absent here , I assume he will be available for the Asian qualifiers, without him they will be behind IND. 87: Qualified: favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 97: Qualified: none favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 130: Qualified: favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. of course it's possible with blind draw to see all of these guys in one side and someone else takes the quota from the "easier" half. something interesting about Japan is as much as they are VERY strong in first 3 weights (only one of them is Olympic weight) they are very weak in other weights. that's not surprising in general but the difference is bigger than ever nowadays. I didn't even list their 77kg as a chance for the quota. and I think only for Korea (77) and Iran (87 and 97) the Olympic quota looks almost guaranteed (nothing is guaranteed but you know what I mean) also I just noticed South Korea (despite having 2 former World Champs and 2 other World medalists in their squad) failed to win a single quota here !!!!

I'm not sure this time. because he needs a total result here to keep himself in race for the Olympic quota. none of the Iranian weightlifters participated anywhere in past 4 months and for the reason I explained in previous page they all need a result here. I think only this time Rostami will probably think about having a result first. yeah that's indeed a good news. nobody expects anything from these girls. this is just the start. if I'm not wrong that leaves only Wrestling and Boxing as Olympic sports don't exist for women in Iran. Boxing is also possible in future. (I didn't count Modern Pentathlon which doesn't exist at all here)

once someone from IOC asked this from UWW officials (during the meeting about keeping wrestling at the Olympics) it was Carol Huynh if I'm not wrong and the answer was "we never received any kind of interest from women about Greco-Roman" women's GR simply doesn't exist as far as I know. apparently because that needs upper body strength ! (don't laugh at me that's what some "experts" claim)

I was checking the entries and based on the entries Iran is not favorite to win any medal here !! even though I know we can't count too much on the entries. when IWF announced the Qualification rules and limited countries like Iran to 2 quotas (for each gender) that was like a disaster but now we are getting close to the Olympics, we have a hard time to find 2 competitive weightlifters for the Olympics. of course we could qualify 4 but only 1 or 2 will be competitive for a medal. Moradi's injury was a big blow but that was a good news for the stupid jerk, Kianoush Rostami ! he is still training alone with his brother, even when he had to join the national team for the last few days , he and his brother were training in the other side of the hall !! nobody knows how fit he is. another bomb out won't surprise me. but with Moradi's injury now he has a realistic chance to win the quota. and beside this will be the first time for Iran to have a female weightlifter in World Senior Championships. they are still very weak. interestingly one of them is in Group A (with the lowest entry) alongside an Israeli weightlifter (won't be a problem though)

they also didn't mark the Friendship tournament in Japan but then those results are counted here https://www.iwf.net/qualif/menu/ that makes me believe more mistakes are possible and Africa Games being counted simply makes sense. that's a major competition.

That's true. but Greco-Roman is more popular in Europe. that's the only reason Greco-Roman is still in the Olympics. the number of participants is usually much more for Greco-Roman. more countries can win medal in GR. while freestyle is between ex-soviet countries and 4-5 more. they are changing rules year by year to make GR "interesting" for non-wrestling community audience. but then they award medals to wrestlers like that guy for doing nothing. that doesn't encourage wrestlers to be more active. just be a very good defender and then you can count on your luck (or your influence on the refs) to win something.

that's really sad but if African Games is counted (which makes sense) at least you have more time to find a solution. something like 6-7 months.

and I got 4 correctly for 60kg 2 for 77kg: and 5 for 130: 11 out of 18. total of 23 out of 36. not that bad

he is wrong. you can check the IWF website yourself. he is listed for 3 events all 3 of them in the 1st window. you need 6 in general but at least 1 in each window. he needs 3 more. at least 1 in each remaining window plus one more. unless he had been participated in another event and IWF is not updated yet , and as I showed you one example. IWF website is not 100% accurate about the Olympic Qualification events. for example maybe All-African Games is counted ?!

well done UWW. by promoting someone like Heiki "doing nothing" Nabi they are inviting IOC to kick wrestling out of the Olympics. another medal for him by doing absolutely nothing. this time it looked like everything was well planed by all 3 refs. Nabi had to do nothing which is his specialty just for info the score was 8-0 but Nabi did no shit , all of them were cautions

oh I forgot you are eligible for the Mediterranean Cup. they know that's impossible. USA allows it only for the World Championship (because they have to) and after torturing our athletes for something like 4-5 months. (they have to go several times to the USA embassy in Turkey) that's how it is. better not wasting time and money. they already announced Moradi is going to Switzerland. PS: I had to contact several people in Iran WL federation to make sure they know the rules. fortunately they knew.