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I wrote something about Japan Olympic team earlier I just have to add that Nonoka Ozaki beat Ami Ishii 5-4 in their playoff match and qualified for Paris 2024.

Aymen Hossein received his 2nd yellow for this, apparently he shows size of something to Jordanian fans Iraqi fans are all over the net cursing the "Iranian" ref but seriously this guy is Australian now . curse Australia

yeah that match is a hot topic here, specially because the ref is Iranian (I mean was Iranian, Faghani now represents Australia) he probably tried to mock the Jordanians, trying the same goal celebration they did but some of his actions might be considered offensive. I wouldn't gave him a second yellow but Faghani is known for these kind of decisions. once he even changed the Iranian league Champion by a similar red card. well that was like 2015 Iran-Iraq match, Iran was leading 1-0 comfortably but the Australian ref sent off a player (I say wrongly) and that changed the match, Iran had to play 90 minutes with one man down and the match ended 3-3 (Iraq won on penalties) what goes around comes around, Iraqis can't complain about this.

the whole start list was announced few days ago (and it was also available earlier in their "Arena" section) https://uww.org/article/european-championships-2024-entry-list that's not surprising at all. he is cutting few kilos, the time gap between the Euro Champs and Euro Qualifier is not that much. Euro Champ is still important, so wrestling one weight up (and most probably winning a medal) was the best solution.

Entry list for the Pan-Am qualifiers I believe the seeding is not accurate because there will be the Pan-Am Championship few days before this event and that will change the ranking.

another missed opportunity for Handball. but that's OK. I'm getting used to it we lost a crucial game in the first round to this not-so-strong South Korean team which put Iran in a tough group. they played good against both JPN and QAT and the match was close until 50-55 minute. I really think even the gold medal wasn't out of reach this year. but again the team chokes in crucial moments. that's happening over and over in past 20 years. the players change, the coach changes but the outcome is always the same

but he is still the same guy who got caught for doping in 2018, right ? per IWF database he was supposed to be banned from 2018 to 2022. so you are saying both 2021 results (in his profile) do NOT belong to him but the other guy. right ?

so, now we know the bracket vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs AFC 5 big teams are in two quarters which means only 2 of them can advance to the semifinal. KSA/KOR is the biggest match here.

what a crazy match, Korea tried hard to score two late goals and took the lead but then Malaysia tied the match in minute 90+15 which wasn't that bad for KOR, they avoided Japan but got KSA (most probably) instead sooo if we beat Syria (which won't be easy at all) we will get Japan in the QF. and btw, ugly match from Jordan they lost intentionally, the 2nd half was hard to watch

no, as far as I know

No they will create a table only considering results between those 3 teams and Germany will finish higher than Austria since they beat Hungary by a bigger margin

more Russian wrestlers are switching NOC in Olympic year Razambek Zhamalov moved to Uzbekistan and Viktor Rassadin will represent Tajikistan from now on. they are both very good and specially Zhamalov can be a legit medal contender in Paris. you didn't hear much from him because he lost close matches to World/Olympic Champion Sidakov but he is almost as good as Sidakov. 74kg qualifiers in Asia looked easy at first but now it's a completely different thing. with Tsabalov, Salkazanov, Kadimagomedov and couple more. 74kg is more like Russian National Champs. I also can name Shikhjamalov, Kurmagomedov, Shapiev, Asluev, Budazhapov ,,, and there are probably more names

surely it is. because this was their first ever participation

that's not correct. Slovenia has a very good chance to advance to the qualifiers. they need Egypt winning the African quota and Austria NOT winning the European quota, both very likely to happen and Portugal they are most probably already qualified for the final qualifiers. (still not on paper)

I only heard of David Nalbandian before he had his debut today in Henri Deglane Grand Prix in France winning silver and apparently getting injured in the final, he is also registered for the Pan-American Champ in Mexico. (still no entry list for the Pan-Am qualifiers but I assume he is there too) if his injury is not serious I think he has a good chance to at least qualify for the Olympics. used to be one of my favorite Greco wrestlers, very unlucky to finish his career with just one world title.

Yeah I know his story. he is not a Canadian citizen yet and therefore is not eligible to participate in the Olympics anyway. UWW is less strict in its own competitions. which means he can participate in any other tournament. he is a former World Junior Champion and he was surely good enough to qualify for the Olympics from Pan-America.

In a normal world yes you are right. but with current IOC no Raheleh Asemani qualified for the refugee team in Taekwondo back in 2016 (she even beat the Belgian athlete in her route to the quota) but got her Belgian passport in time. they probably managed to bribe the right person and here we go, she went to Rio and even almost won a medal for Belgium. it's just about meeting the right IOC person with the right amount of money.

former World Champion and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Arsen Julfalakyan is going to represent Argentina ARM and ARG are next to each other alphabetically. maybe that explains the move

OK I have to take back what I said, I'm not even sure if this Iran can reach top 8. today match vs was extremely terriblthey beat HKG 4-0 few weeks ago in WCQ but today they even had to waste time to keep it 1-0. losing to UAE in the last group match will make it much easier in knockout rounds but I really don't think that matters. even Syria (most probable opponent in 1/8 final) can eliminate this team.

if this result stays, both Korea and Iran should think twice about winning their groups otherwise Japan has to go through Korea and then Iran to reach the semifinal

they finished the SuperLega regular season undefeated (which was a fantastic result) but then choked in the playoff and lost the QF series 3-2 to the 8th seed Milano. and this CL season was a bit weird, ZAKSA almost got eliminated tonight. they came from 2-0 behind (almost lost the 3rd set too) against that Belgian Club to win 3-2 and stay alive.

I'm pretty sure he goes to Paris nobody will ever think about replacing him with someone else. it's not like we have so many world class trap shooters in line to take his place

this one was quite unexpected. Gold medal and quota for Beiranvand who is just 15 years old I assume (or I can say pretty sure) he is the youngest ever Iranian qualifies for the Olympics , we had younger competitors but that was long time ago when qualifications didn't exist

of course it always has to be Iran to finish just 1 place below the qualification zone and this time I don't really blame Khedmati. she was doing OK but some problems with the scoreboard happened. after few minutes of arguments, they made her shoot once again but since then she lost focus and finished disastrously.

Iran won 3 (out of 4) gold medals today in Zagreb but it was mostly important for 97kg and 125kg to determine the Olympic team members at 125kg we had an all-Iranian final, World Champion Amir Hossein Zare beat 19-years old talented Masoumi to win the gold and most importantly book his place in Paris. the great Geno Petriashvili was there too but he chickened out in the SF, didn't want to lose once again to Zare. Masoumi is really talented, he is probably #2 or #3 in the world right now, it sucks when you are good but the best in the world is in your country. that's why Azerbaijan tried to "buy" him couple months ago. he said no for now but I'm afraid sooner or later he will switch to another NOC just to participate in major events. at 97kg, we had a huge surprise and youngster Amir Ali Azarpira came from nowhere to beat Snyder in the final while our experienced wrestler Ghasempour lost 4-0 to Snyder in the semifinal and settled for bronze. now it's up to the coaches to decide who is going to the Asian OQT to qualify the weight. it's hard/impossible to ignore Azarpira now. but they are not going to cross Ghasempour's name easily. he is too popular and I believe will get another chance. so in short, in Zagreb we found out the name of our Olympic team members at 65 and 125, the rest will be decided later