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from what I see, with the exception of Russia the rest are sending their A team, few retired after the Olympics which is normal but in general the level is quite good. Russia is sending Yargyin tournament winners here, some of their top guys like Sadullaev took rest after the olympics, their team is still very good but not stellar as it used to be.

I see that was quite a loss for you. that was logical bet, Beigi was clear favorite in Rio but after beating his archrival and former compatriot in quarterfinal, our taekwondo federation president called him and his coach traitor, don't want to go more into details and apparently those conversations had negative affects on him few minutes later in the semifinal, that was stupid since his loss also eliminated Iran's chance for at least a bronze medal. personally I'm not into betting or even prediction contests . because I prefer to enjoy the competition. I mean I knew Beigi is the clear favorite against our guy (or anybody else) but that was hard to bet/predict against our own athlete. btw since Iranian athletes usually don't stay on top for so many years, I expect Beigi to start getting weaker soon hopefully.

by looking at the men's results, we sent almost all of our world team candidates here as a kind of trial for them. they won all lower 4 weights gold medals ! beside that only Mardani came back with a bronze in super heavyweight. I guess most of our "veterans" like Asbaghi, Hajji-Z and Mardani have to say goodbye and just retire. this is time for the new generation. some of them like Yaghoubi and Hadipour are really fun to watch. After the notorious "Olympic disaster" Iran men's taekwondo program went trough turmoil and they changed the whole thing. Khodabakhshi lost here and I don't think he can be the same "Champion" again. Ashourzadeh after losing to Morocco at the Olympics came back to the competition once again but had to withdraw because of Israel draw ! the same Israeli guy we were afraid to meet him in Rio ! he is still very young to be considered done but it will be a mammoth task for him to comeback after what happened in Rio, he went from being a hero to zero in just one second of carelessness. beside that Milad Beigi continued his impressive run, if I'm not wrong in past 2 years he lost only and only one match (Olympic semifinal), the was exactly the only single match I wanted him to win to keep our athlete alive for the bronze medal repechage.

Less than two months before the World Championships, Greece hosted the president Cup, Euro G2 tournament which is probably the toughest tournament in the world because of the huge number of participants. I think only Korea was missing ! here is the list of medalists Men 54kg 1. Hadipour, Armin 2. Magomedov, Gashim 3. Haider, Hassan Abibilla, Azamat 58kg 1. Kazemi, Mohammad 2. Uscov, Serghei 3. Simitsis, Georgios Artamonov, Mikhail 63kg 1. Hosseini, Mirhashem 2. Sinden, Bradly 3. Brecic, Lovre Achab, Jaouad 68kg 1. Yaghoubi, Abolfazl 2. Perez Polo, Javier 3. Bahrami, Sina Ketbi, Si Mohamed 74kg 1. Khramtcov, Maksim 2. Kanaet, Toni 3. Fejzic, Damir Rafalovich, Nikita 80kg 1. Beigi, Milad 2. Sari, Yunus 3. Asp, John Cook, Aaron 87kg 1. Larin, Vladislav 2. Ros Gàmez, Daniel 3. Bachmann, Alexander Yuksel, Serdar +87kg 1. Aiukaev, Rafail 2. Isaev, Radik 3. Mardani, Sajjad Shelest, Mykhailo Women 46kg 1. Yildirim, Rukiye 2. Romoldanova, Iryna 3. Kouttouki, Kyriaki Akalin, Ruhat 49kg 1. Palmer Soler, Blanca 2. Eardley, Courtney 3. Sakhautdinova, Regina Anokhina, Anastasiia 53kg 1. Kudashova, Tatiana 2. Bogdanovic, Tijana 3. Dosucukur, Zehra Tarvida, Inese 57kg 1. Jones, Jade 2. Kim, Ekaterina 3. Eris, Yaprak Ilgun, Hatice Kubra 62kg 1. Calvo Gomez, Marta 2. Yaman, Irem 3. Sogut, Seyma Nur Turutina, Yulia 67kg 1. Williams, Lauren 2. Johansson, Elin 3. Tatar, Nur Azizova, Farida 73kg 1. Castro Burgos, Cecilia 2. Zhdanova, Karina 3. Cansel, Deniz Bulut, Sude +73kg 1. Walkden, Bianca 2. Kowalczuk, Aleksandra 3. Graffe, Anne-Caroline Simon Alamo, Rosanna

Guys, there is a problem here ! I didn't give points to Slovenia, that was Moldova in my vote. here I just copy/pasted the template made by uk12points, I know such things happen, hard to manage the whole thing single handedly, of course this is more my fault, had to double check it with my original vote.

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that. I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

What a pity, losing a 3-1 lead in the last period was painful. that last goal was crucial to lose 5-4, at least with this they almost can keep their faith in their hands.

Actually they will, there is no limit on that, I know from a fact that there will be Iranians in Azerbaijan delegation.

Actually no, this is not about religion, I remember even Iran sent some christian athletes to the 1st edition in Saudi Arabia, there is an organization called "Organization of Islamic Cooperation" all members of that can participate here and they can send whoever they want. once again I'm not a big fan of this event but since this exists and some of our sports federations take it serious, I prefer to enjoy it as I always enjoy all multi-sports events around the world

IRAN Jury Scorecard: Mexico 12 Greece 11 Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1 این رای ایران بود، به امید موفقیت همه شرکت کنندگان و دوباره همدیگر رو خواهیم دید That was the vote, good luck to all the contestants and we'll see you again next time

IRAN Jury Scorecard: Greece 11 Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1

IRAN سلام، امیدوارم همه از برنامه لذت برده باشند و این هم رای ایران Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying the show and here are the votes Jury Scorecard: Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

I agree there is no point for such a Games, no doubt, actually some of our national federations are not satisfied when the NOC pushes them to send their athletes here but you think there is a point for Commonwealth Games or even Mediterranean Games ? what Commonwealth countries have in common ? (I know the answer though but that's not something those countries should be proud of) what about the "Racist Games" ? some users here (I'm not talking about you) can participate there for sure.

Good win for the start but have to admit, the last penalty/goal was nonsense, but I guess Iran was the better team overall but at the end they needed a bit help from the ref to score the winning goal

oh well I don't blame Indonesia, host nation wants to benefit at max but it's OCA 's responsibility to keep the balance. but when IOC let Japan (as 2020 host) added 5 sports to the program what we ask from OCA lol and also they had no other option since Indonesia saved OCA by hosting the event when Vietnam withdrew. as a crazy sport fan I follow SEA Games sometimes, and I know how it works there. but I believe Asian Games should be much bigger than this. I understand adding 1-2 sports with limited events but 16 is too much for Pencak Silat. and btw I'm not against all those changes, some of them are actually positive, having team events in shooting was too much, cutting half bowling events were actually great ! I also like the changes in Basketball, Swimming, Golf and Judo. the worst changes are in Cycling and Fencing. and also removing events from Tennis and Table Tennis program while Badminton has its full program was quite unfair. so you are saying this is not final ? do you have any more information, the possible "new" change will be about adding or removing and in which sports ? beside that they only publish the numbers, do you have the event names by any chance ? (mostly in Fencing, Cycling, Climbing, Shooting and Wushu) from my country's point of view, these changes hurt us but not much, and in those "new" sports apparently we will participate in all of them except Bridge. and yes we have Pencak Silat in Iran (apparently that's a bit similar to one of Iranian traditional martial arts) removing non-Olympic weights in wrestling is the biggest disappointment, also whatever they cut from Sanda program in Wushu. beside that I don't think other changes affect us negatively.

OCA published the number of events and sports for the 2018 Asian Games, this is from few days ago but I didn't notice that before. they made revolutionary changes in the program, huge huge changes. I understand Indonesia saved OCA after Vietnam gave up hosting the event very late but still I can't believe they let them make such big changes ! they have this program to benefit Indonesia, we were supposed to have Kurash, Roller skating, skateboaring and Sambo here as well but fortunately they removed them from the program. these changes will change the medal table A LOT, I mean China, Japan and Korea will be in top 3 for sure but that will change a lot for the rest. here I'm comparing the events with previous program, the only sport they completely dropped from the program comparing to 2014 was Cricket, not a bad idea when top Asian countries (India, Pakistan etc) didn't take it serious. Diving (10) - no change, we will have Olympics events plus 1m events. Swimming (32) - they cut 6 non-Olympics 50 meters evens, can't say I'm sorry about that Synchronized Swimming (3) - no change Water Polo (2) - no change Archery (10) - We already had compound in the program They added two more events, both mixed team events. not a good idea but Indonesia wants that. Athletics (46) - they dropped one event from 47, most probably the 50kg walk event. Badminton (7) - no change as expected, this is their national sport ! Baseball (1) - no change Softball (1) - no change Basketball (4) - Surprisingly they added 3-on-3 basketball as well. Bowling (6) - They cut it from 12 events to 6 ! A very good decision, this is not fair to award several medals for doing EXACTLY the same things. Boxing (12) - They dropped one from 13. I don't know how, did AIBA change the weight classes again ? Bridge (6) - what the hell is this ? is this even a sport ? what a shame Canoeing (16) - no change Cycling (16) - They dropped 3 track events and added 1 MTB event ! track event was already tiny thanks to IOC, this is really disappointing, I wonder which events won't be in 2018 program. Equestrian (6) - no change, this is in the program at the moment but apparently not finalized yet and they may drop the whole sport, will decide about it after the Asian federation election. Fencing (10) - unbelievable ! they did the same as IOC probably dropping two team events. but no details I don't know which events will be gone. but I guess this will be the same as 2020 program. Football (2) - no change Golf (2) - They dropped both team events, not a bad idea in my opinion. Gymnastics (18) - no change Handball (2) - no change, believe it or not, Indonesia wanted Handball go but OCA at least didn't let this one happen. Hockey (2) - no change Jet Ski (3) - No comment ! Judo (14) - They dropped both team events, don't complain about this as well Kabaddi (2) - no change, surprised they didn't drop this one as a non-Olympic sport Karate (13) - no change JuJitsu (8) - This is another stupid new addition, I don't know what's the deal between OCA and Jujitsu, but they are supporting this sport A LOT, only this one is not probably an Indonesian addition. Pencak Silat (16) - LOL , I knew this will be in the program but seriously 16 events ??!! this sport almost doesn't exist outside of Southeast Asia ! Wushu (12) - They dropped 3 events, I'm almost sure that's from Sanda and not Taolu cuz Indonesia sucks in Sanda. the sanda program was already very tiny, if they drop men's Sanda events that will be a VERY bad news for my country. Modern Pentathlon (4) - no change, surprised they kept the team events Paragliding (6) - No comment ! Rowing (15) - they added one more event here, I have no idea what's that new event, Rugby Sevens (2) - no change Sailing (10) - They cut 4 events here. making it similar to Olympic program probably. Sepak Takraw (6) - no change, this is exactly where we needed to drop something, only "regu" event should stay Shooting (18) - This is where the BIGGEST change happened. we had 44 events in Incheon, and now only 18 !!! with 18 I don't know if we will have any mixed team event or not but I guess this is 2016 Olympics program + 3 more individual events. Soft Tennis (5) - they probably dropped both team events, I would be happier with the whole soft tennis gone. Sport Climbing (8) - The only new addition that I fully support. but having 8 events making me wonder what's the last event ? a mixed event the same as 2020 Olympics or a speed team event to help Indonesia ? Squash (4) - no change Table Tennis (4) - unbelievable , this sport is QUITE popular in Asia and we always had full program in this sport and now they dropped 3, most probably all doubles events. what a shame. Tennis (5) - They dropped both team events the same as soft tennis. well we always had team events in tennis, that was traditional at the Asian Games Taekwondo (16) - no change, there were rumors about dropping non-Olympic weights but I'm glad they were not true. Triathlon (3) - no change Volleyball (4) - no change Weightlifting (16) - they added the new weight of women's 90kg to the program as expected. Wrestling (18) - Very sad for a wrestling fan like me, they dropped non-Olympic weights, that was expected though but very disappointing

Why they are using such a weird system this year ? was it hard for them to find a host for a 16-team tournament ? or maybe they were just bored of having a decent tournament and they came up with such stupid/strange idea.

Iran will send a big delegation this time as well, after finishing second in Indonesia 4 years ago they want to repeat that again, with all of our favorite sports in the program Wrestling, Weightlifting, Taekwondo, Karate and Wushu we would probably even able to top the medal table but I guess that's always reserved for the host nation in multi-sports event like this with the exception of Football, Handball, Basketball Rhythmic Gymnastics Iran will send team to all other sports even in Tennis and Gymnastics Artistic This is a good chance for some minnor sports like those to do something and get results. for example we will never win medal in table tennis at the Asian Games, but here there is a good chance. from what I see in the squads, in volleyball we are sending the junior team, in wushu and men's taekwondo this is our B or C team. (women's taekwondo will be A team only without olympic medalist Alizadeh) in weightlifting this is a mixture of A and B teams since none of our stars are available right now , in Greco-Roman wrestling this is a mixture of A and B team (will be held at the same time as the Asian Championship) for other sports we are sending our very A team ! the biggest surprise was sending the A team including our Olympic medalists in freestyle wrestling, apparently our NOC pushed the wrestling federation to ignore the Asian Champs and send the whole team here. will be a nice competition with Azerbaijan and Turkey. I think out of all those sports, Karate competition will have the highest level, with Egypt, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey and few more good countries like Malaysia.

now I can answer this question, based on their proposal, the draw will take place the previous day

oh yes he is, in China open looks like he gets more headlines outside of Iran he always writes about that in his instagram posts, have to say he is very upset about this.

I thought I'm the only one here in this forum following Snooker btw we could have a player in main draw for the very first time, Vafaei lost a match he could win to Ford in the last qualifier after missing some easy shots in last frames, most probably because lack of experience. first time I started watching snooker in Eurosport (almost 10-12 years ago) this sport almost didn't even exist in Iran . so having two players in the pro tour is quite a progress in such a short time.

A surprise, the referee didn't buy in to Barcelona's theatrics. Barcelona's players are unbearable. Every tackle on any of them they are screaming for a foul. really disgusting, and how come they expect "fair play" from Juventus when they did the opposite when Mandzukic was down. not a Juve fan when they play in Serie A, but I really hope Buffon wins the champions league, he deserves it.

Iranian team of Raoufi/Salemi won the Asian Championship today in Thailand ! that was a big surprise since they were 15th seed before the event ! Does anybody know what's the tiebreaking criteria in beach volleyball ? I assumed it's the same as indoor volleyball but I was wrong look at Pool A here http://asianvolleyball.net/2017-avc-beach-volleyball-championships-men-schedule-results/ the Iranian team who eventually won the competition should be eliminated in 1st round if set ratio was the tie breaker, is this point ratio ? or only points ratio between tied teams ?