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Jordan to host the World U20 Champions next month it was supposed to be held in Poland but UWW had to change it for obvious reasons. https://uww.org/article/jordan-host-2023-u20-world-championships

in Taekwondo it acts like a normal G2 event. whoever wins the gold can earn 20pts for example but it will be included in the maximum 40pts per year from G1-G2 events. so those who already earned 40pts from minor events can't add anything to their points.

this 130kg guy won the gold medal without scoring a single point himself that's amazing, isn't it ? all of his points were his opponents caution there is a big hole in the rules since 2021 and there is no sign of change to fix the issue. under current rules in Greco-Roman lots of matches end 1-1 (if both guys fail to score which happens in close matches) and in this case the guy who was passive in the 1st period will win the match for that reason lots of heavyweight wrestlers prefer to receive the first caution. we saw lots of matches when both guys almost do nothing in the first period to be more "passive" that's how Ghasemi won the gold yesterday.

@phelps Italy won the senior World Champs, you can afford losing junior titles winning the 2019 event didn't turn out good for our volleyball. that coach took credit for that team (which he didn't deserve, that team had 4-5 players already in the senior team) he is now the current senior NT head coach and you can see the current mess he created. few of these guys have the potential to be in the senior NT soon but they seriously need to change their behavior. acting like a jerk won't get you anywhere. we had some funny story in this competition. Iran almost lost to Tunisia in the 2nd day had to come back from 2 sets down to win the tiebreak but at the end of the competition Iran finished 1st and Tunisia finished 16th (last)

This tournament in Budapest was the last round of our trials (in 3 weights) and now we know the name of the freestyle team. in 57 and 70 both of our guys failed to medal so they had a re-match later after the finals. hard to imagine Iran winning a medal in those 2 weights, specially at 57kg which is clearly impossible but I like our chances in other 8 weights. our 92kg two time World Champion is injured so they had to test someone else in this weight in case Ghasempour doesn't make it (the other guy did good but ran into ISR in the SF and had to withdraw) lots of things depend on Russia's participation. they will be top favorite in most weights if they participate. but the freestyle team title will be between Iran and USA. (AIN can't win team trophies) HUN Ranking series was the last tournament before the Worlds. the seeding is finalized now

still waiting for OCA to confirm it and give us more details but the original decision was to allow them only participate in non-direct elimination sports (like boxing) they are not supposed to win "medal" so they only participate in sports where you can simply remove them from the ranking without changing things for the others. not possible in head-to-head matches. this is a terrible idea. I'm totally OK if they join OCA and participate like all other countries but being a "guest" like this just for one time is terrible. that will be confusing for the spectators too. I hope they decline the invitation

that's her own decision. all results from one weight up and one weight down will be counted for the Olympic weight. 62kg athletes can pick 57kg or 67kg (can't be in both, have to pick one at the start of the year)

Kazakhstan on fire https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138605/kazakhstan-weightlifting-doping-scandal I'm a bit confused here. the article says these guys got caught by the Kazakh national anti-doping agency but then they are on the ITA list too. as far as I know if a doper gets caught by his own country that has nothing to do with ITA and that won't be counted for possible suspension of the national federation. so how is that ? they got caught by both ITA and Kazakh NADO ? btw I also can see a 3rd positive test for Turkmenistan on ITA list which means they are very close to get banned from the Olympics too. I usually don't feel good about banning a country completely over few of positive doping tests. that will hurt clean athletes too but they have to do something about Kazakhstan , they simply never learn and never change, they keep sending generation after generation of dopers to the competitions. I don't know what they expect? WADA/ITA getting tired of them and give up ?

I still don't consider it "rise in football", at least not yet. random results happen in youth level football. and this U23 team was hanging by a thread the entire time during the qualifiers and the final tournament. they advance round by round by the narrowest possible margin. no problem Iran is not going to qualify for the Olympics this time too when I was a kid (I mean 10-12 or something) I thought maybe if Iran falls in the same group as Israel in the big football world cup maybe that forces them to change the policy because football is different. they can't afford doing that in football but I'm older and wiser now and I know that won't happen as long as this oldman lives btw I thought nowadays you are allowed to play against whoever you want. "do not mix sport with politic thing" has changed since February 2021. right ?

both of our "famous" weightlifters are officially out of Paris. Kianoush Rostami acted like a jerk as usual and didn't participate in our preliminary trials. therefore the federation claims he is 100% out of the World Championships in Riyadh and therefore out of Paris 2024. he does these things all the time but looks like the new federation is not going to let him get a pass this time. and most importantly Sohrab Moradi announced retirement today after failing his first two attempts in the trials. probably that was when he finally realized his body simply can't handle it anymore. he could and should have another Olympic gold in Tokyo if it wasn't for that weird Qualification system. despite breaking the WR inside the qualification period he failed to quality. he had to participate in some events despite not being ready and re-injured himself few times in the process. (back and shoulder) he won all 3 big titles (Asian Games, World Champs and Olympics) but he could win much more. nobody will touch his 96kg World Record anytime soon. I doubt even 102kg guys can reach it in Paris. he was also a very nice guy (the exact opposite of Rostami)

The mighty great USA rejected visa for almost half of the Iran volleyball NT players and almost the whole coaching staff. only 12 players (from the wide list, some of them wasn't really supposed to play) received visa +1 coach. half of the starters from the 2nd week are already heading back home, two more players + couple of coaches are still waiting in Frankfurt for a possible last second visa. that's great, isn't it ? this is happening over and over and nothing happens, law of the jungle PS: apparently FIVB won't count 3rd week results for Iran in the World Ranking. not sure if the same applies for the opposite teams (FRA/BUL/ARG/CUB) that's how they convinced Iran VF to send this incomplete team instead of the original decision of not going at all. (that's kind of damage control, Iran wasn't prepared for this VNL and could probably lose more ranking points)

FIVB making revolutionary changes in its calendar, WCh qualifications and Olympic qualifications https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917 for 2028 Olympic 2026 Continental Champs will act as the Continental qualifiers. to me that's too early , 2 years before the Games?

couple months ago I had no hope about having a "team" in Paris but after a couple of dramatic 45-44 wins in Madrid WC now all of a sudden Iran created a big lead over Japan in Sabre's team ranking after just two events. losing the final by a big margin to Korea is a bit disappointing but the main mission was beating Japan in the Semifinal and that happened. 30pts lead over JPN and CHN sounds good so far. (assuming Korea finishing in top 4 is a sure thing) still a long way to go though.

Well from just a spectator point of view these are mostly terrible changes. like almost all of IOC's changes. bunch of morons make decisions without any kind of transparency. especially that team Alpine combined idea . that individual AC was much better at least. what's the point of having this ? will they ever learn that a sport like Alpine Skiing doesn't need a team event? I like the idea of having the same distance for men and women in CC skiing though but are women ready for a 50km race ?

Iran NOC announced the flagbearer(s) for the Asian Games, it seems they like to follow Tommy Bach's "advise" of having 2 athletes doing that Javad Foroughi (Shooting) and Nahid Kiani (Taekwondo)

we sent 2 weightlifters to Cuba, 2021 World Champion Rasoul Motamedi (who is injured right now) had to participate in Cuba to keep his hopes alive for the Olympics after missing the first 2 tournaments. we have some sort of stupid league in this sport which only results in untimely injuries I hope Motamedi recovers in time to qualify for Paris but his situation doesn't look great. he still needs time to lift big numbers.

from the obvious source ! https://iwf.sport/qualif2024/

Finally an Asian title in fencing it's only the 2nd gold medal ever even though it should be much more. Pakdaman came from 14-10 behind to win the gold. but I hope they also do good in the team event. that's much more important in term of Olympic qualification. and looks like Korean golden generation is fading, Oh, Kim and Gu they all got eliminated early by the hands of unknown guys. (Kuwait, Uzbekistan etc) maybe they aren't the undisputed World #1 anymore

Few more names are appearing on ITA website for doping issues two guys from Turkey which will put them in danger + Antropov from Kazakhstan and Aminova from TKM. that will #2 for TKM too. both Antropov and teenager Aminova won silver in the recent Asian Championships in Korea. what's interesting about Kazakhstan is that they never stop doing it. they deserve credit for their determination Antropov was famous for his heavy CJ lifts.

USA wrestling team for the Worlds 2023 (after their trials called "Final X") Jordan Burroughs last year World Champ (one of all time bests) alongside last year silver medalists Thomas Gilman and Diakomihalis they all lost their trials and won't wrestle in Belgrade 2023. 57 kg – Zane Richards 61 kg – Vitali Arujau 65 kg – Nick Lee 70 kg – Zain Retherford 74 kg – Kyle Dake 79 kg – Chance Marsteller 86 kg – David Taylor 92 kg – Zahid Valencia 97 kg – Kyle Snyder 125 kg – Gable Steveson 50 kg – Sarah Hildebrandt 53 kg – Dominique Parrish 55 kg –Jacarra Winchester 59 kg –Jennifer Page 62 kg – Kayla Miracle 65 kg – Macey Kilty 68 kg – Emma Bruntil 72 kg – Amit Elor 76 kg – Adeline Gray

Yes sure That's "Gam-Jeom"

1) number of turning kicks 2) number of head kicks 3) body kicks 4) punches 5) number of small touches (not good enough to score a point but still registered)

Start list for Cuba Grand Prix https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/06/2023_Grand_Prix_I_StartBook.pdf

South Korea didn't win a single medal in the women's competition

It was a terrible terrible tournament with a little happy ending. Nahid Kiani became the first Iranian woman to win a gold medal in the World Championship of an Olympic sport. very interesting because few months ago she was expelled from the national team still 9 out of our 15 athletes lost in their first matches (actually I should say 8. one of those defeats was intentional ) which is a terrible terrible result. I know we have lots of talented athletes but there is something wrong with our TKD since 2015 but nobody still knows what.