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it was a tough day but kind of expected all of our let's say not-so-good athletes were in action today and they all lost early. was expecting more from Hosseinpour though and it got worse when I received the tomorrow draw. Soltani is already out at 49kg because of the Israel draw. good for Matin to win the bronze yesterday, still it sucks the way he lost the SF, he could go further. but still it's a great result, he wasn't even supposed to be here, was a last minute replacement when two other guys (both in this weight) tested positive for doping.

The competition starts tomorrow. 1st day brackets are out http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=140001&mcd=C10&sc=in our team made it to Baku at the end. for few days they were afraid that there will be more doping cases in the team and the whole team is probably contaminated, they were almost ready to send everybody home but no more news "so far" and they traveled to Baku. maybe those two kids (happened to be roommates) took something or ate something together. I guess we will never know

They also registered for the Women's football qualifiers in Asia. (didn't have to play in the 1st round) so I assume they want to participate in Paris. but as of now they didn't participate in any event in any sport. I assume that will change with Cuba weightlifting GP

still yes. this is just the preliminary entry. the main one is what you register in the general meeting one day (sometimes 2 days) before the competition, that's what you can't change and it doesn't really matter I think lots of those guys (maybe including Santavy) just travel to Cuba and participate in weight-in to fulfill one of their OQ requirements. most of them won't lift a thing.

entry list for the Grand Prix in Cuba all those weightlifters who missed previous two events have to register here otherwise they are out of the Olympics https://mf.iwf.sport/entry_list_cub/ North Korea is back ! but no sign of Om Yun-chol looks like he is retired nobody from Russia which means they will miss the Olympic but there are lots of Belorussians on the start list I have a feeling it will be a low level competition. most weightlifters simply register and participate in weight-in to fulfill one of their OQ event requirements.

2nd shocking news in 24 hours. first it was a terrible news, now it's a total disaster Danial Bozorgi who won silver in the same competition and the same weight (and was supposed to compete at the World Champs in Baku this month and was a gold medal hopeful) is tested positive for exactly the same drug and facing 4 years ban. I'm no doctor but they claim Anabolic steroids are good if you want to gain weight but these guys were constantly cutting weight to make 68kg. it doesn't make sense to take it willingly. the federation is now testing everybody in the team and they are afraid of the worst-case scenario. hopefully it's just 2

World Championship bronze medalist Reza Kalhor tested positive for Anabolic steroids and will be banned for 4 years he tested positive during the World Grand Slam where he also won the bronze. what a waste of talent he is what? 17 or 18 he was kind of my favorite guy in the team. @Laraja I assume you have to adjust the GS ranking accordingly but well WT sucks. they didn't even publish a GS ranking to update it now.

IOC updated the qualification document, the new one shows the hosts of continental qualifiers but they also changed few things in the "reallocation" part. based on my understanding, the current document clearly says if the Grand Slam winner is already qualified (via the Olympic ranking) the quota will transfer to the 6th athlete in the ranking and NOT the 2nd person in GS ranking. the previous document was the exact opposite of this.

it could be a terrible day, Pakdaman almost blew up a big lead against Canada but somehow survived it 45-44 . that 1 hit made a HUGE difference at the end of the day! finished 16th and Iran won the bronze after beating Italy. our guys also had a huge huge comeback against to win it 45-44 again. That's a good start for the Olympic qualification but still a long way to go.

no way nobody knows this guy anyway but he should be known as Sajad (or Sajjad) Poorhosseini. in surnames you always (99% of the time) can drop the 2nd part but NOT the first part. that applies to all Iranian individuals, not just the wrestlers that's very impressive, our shooting federation boycotted all shooting competitions after the World Champs in Cairo last year. (just kidding, they simply didn't have the money to send anybody anywhere) and this is really surprising to start with a gold medal by an unknown guy, good to see the shooting program is still alive. seriously, whoever invented that weird format should be punished, I suggest sending to North Korean labor camps that's just fair IMO

Karlos Nasar's world record is gone, Chinese guys (Li Dayin and Tian Tao) broke all 3 World Records in 89kg.

remember this guy ? he is back in action "judging" in the World Championship. unbelievable that a confirmed corrupt referee is still active I promised (to myself) so many times to never watch boxing again. how you can lose a match while you are leading and your opponent gets injured ? that only happens in Boxing. PS: our Turkmenistani corrupt judge had nothing to do with the final score but his presence make me not trust anything IBA officials say.

That's weird. Indonesia can win lots of easy gold medals in non-serious sports like Pencak Silat or other martial arts in SEA Games. and they couldn't afford one less gold medal in favor of a continental title? (which is also an Olympic qualifier? though replaceable) I told my friends few days ago that SEA countries sometimes treat the SEA Games the same as the Olympics itself. looks like I wasn't exaggerating

Shi Zhiyong once again just participated in weight-in but didn't lift a thing, he did the same at the Worlds in Colombia. I assume he is injured. other Chinese weightlifters don't look good at all in this weight of 73kg (which is weird, you expect China to have lots of quality weightlifters in lower weights) interesting that both top guys of Indonesia in this weight were absent I can guess that's because of the mighty SEA Games am I right? @Griff88

IJF did much better than other similar federations (Taekwondo, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Fencing etc) to promote the sport. they are much better in organizing but still I think it's wishful thinking. these sports have to accept their popularity as it is and don't take big steps like this. but who I am to advise the great Marius Vizer.

sooo Judo is not free anymore ? IJF thinks it had done enough to promote the sport and now it's time to cash in ? Thanks to US sanctions against everything and everybody here, I can't pay for anything international even if I wanted too. but there is a Tajik sport TV obsessed with this sport. I know what channel to watch if I want to see some Judo.

It's really sad to see our Olympic Champion in Group B ! Sohrab Moradi could win his 2nd Olympic gold in Tokyo but couldn't qualify because of those stupid qualification rules. he had to try harder and got himself injured again and again in the process. I'm surprised he is still trying for his 3rd Olympics. I would retire if I was him. but who knows maybe he knows his body better. btw all of our weightlifters are in terrible shape at this time of the year. none of them will get even close to their best records. I hope it's just temporary (but I'm not 100% sure) and China already started to dominate the Olympic weights. they still don't give a shit about non-Olympic weights

no way, I'm sure you are lying, there is not a single day that I don't read something in ITG.biz about someone threatening to boycott/cancel something. everybody and its dog talked about boycotting the Olympics in Poland. or in Latvia they banned people from walking the same streets as Russians. the same goes to Estonia . I'm sure they all boycotted this event, specially UK (true loyal friend of Ukraine) it wasn't just cheap talk and propaganda. propaganda only exists in non-democratic countries like ours, these are fully democratic countries where everybody is totally honest. The former Mongolian hero and current Azerbaijani hero has to beat his long time boyfriend Sagi Muki first. (if they both go that far in the draw) that was IJF's dream to have these guys meeting each other in a major event. but I assume even IJF is not that interested anymore. they realized his lies by now. kind of funny, this guy used to draw lots of attention here, somehow as an anti-regime figure. but then all of that simply disappeared after Tokyo. I'm probably the only one who still remembers him.

USA ended the freestyle competition with 9 gold medals. at least that Cuban 86kg saved the day for the whole continent (or I should say David Taylor did this by not participating and giving his spot to someone much weaker) Cuba is seriously getting weaker in this sport, yes they still can pull out a "Orta" to win the Olympic gold out of nowhere but they are not as good as before. 2 or 3 of their wrestlers were extremely weak here (I mean their new blood), you wouldn't expect Cuba to send weak wrestlers. (they are either good or absent) still Cuba is Cuba, you never can underestimate their wrestlers. you never know when the next "Orta" will show up. you have to be ready when you face a Cuban guy.

I don't follow Judo anymore, so what other countries joined Ukraine in its boycott ? I mean beside UK which is an obvious answer. you always can count on their loyalty. they would never betray Ukraine. in past few months I heard/read a million posts/comments/news about a handful of countries threatening to boycott the Olympics if Russian athletes participate (neutrals or not) you would expect them to boycott a simple non-direct Olympic qualifier for the start. btw I wish the best of luck for Ukrainian people and specially Ukrainian athletes. I hope nobody forces them to withdraw if they want to participate.

USA will not collect all 10 freestyle gold medals, their 86kg guy was terrible and lost badly to Cuba. I expect them to win the other 7 gold medals (2 are already in the bag from yesterday) Destribats was very close to another famous win against an American wrestler. Diakomihalis simply survived by a late pushout.

Tried to watch some matches but the level in Greco was low as expected and two HON wrestlers withdrawing from both 97kg and 130kg finals made it even worse, not a fan of cowards I think there are only 2 (maybe 3) worthy Greco wrestlers in the whole competition, two Cubans and that Cuban big guy wrestling for Chile. freestyle will be a bit better, but it will be very one sided in favor of USA. still it's good to see likes Burroughs, Dake, Snyder and Gilman in action. even though it will be walk in the park for them. just some easy ranking points to improve their rank for the 2023 World Championship seeding.

so IJF (aka Marus Vizer) all of a sudden realized this (which is 100% correct anyway) Marius Vizer didn't think like that back in 2019

Instead you can watch the mighty west Asian derby to decide who will finish 32nd

Brackets https://www.iba.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IBA_Mens_World_Boxing_Championships_2023__draw_records.pdf