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Amir Mehdizadeh was terrible and lost handily to Jordan. I don't think JOR can make it to the final. even if he does. Mehdizadeh is not in a good shape today to beat all those guys in the repechage. pity he used to be great. not anymore obviously what's "sad" is that he beat Hamoun Derafshipour in our trials and then Derafshipour (2018 Worlds bronze medalist) left Iran claiming that's just because of his job in Canada and he still wishes to represent Iran in international competitions. but few days ago all of a sudden his name appeared in the "Refugee team" it's kind of feel great to lose trials in your own country and then still goes to the Olympics from the backdoor without doing anything. and bringing your own wife to the Games as your coach!

that's half correct but not exactly . nobody wears Burka ! that's something else (loose Hijab) and they usually don't wait until the hotel to remove that. most people remove that in the plane btw people do everything in private parties etc. but if you want to go to a club, you won't find one in Iran.

nobody can beat Iran in this regard. and we will take another step back in few days in the next election when a monster will be elected as the president.

yeah maybe but she scored a high point (her best) in the bronze medal match. which would be enough for her to win the group in the 3rd round. but we can't compare scores from each round because they are not performing the same Kata. but you expect the increase in each round.

so it will be for 3 Kata quotas

while you can't compare scores from different pools because different judges are there but Sadeghi's 2nd round result from the same pool was better than Bozan's 3rd round result! I don't know if she just performed her best Kata too early or simply had a bad performance in the 3rd round.

so here we go Bozan and Juettner are already qualified for the final round these 2 matches will determine the two other athletes for the final round Sadeghi vs Putri Feracci vs Chien

Bozan wins the group and advanced to the final round Feracci and Sadeghi were tied on points but apparently the French girl is 2nd.

Anacan failed to qualify but she was guaranteed a spot via continental quota that means Grande (61kg) is also guaranteed a spot no matter what she will do here.

anything above 25 is good. 26 is great. but it seems refs are too generous here with the scores and as I said these scores are irrelevant for the next round. she can't repeat this Kata in the next round. you can see the name of Kata next to each competitor's name.

no. the next round matters we will have 2 groups of 4 in the next round and the winners will go to the final.

yes. the winner of next round btw previous results don't matter. they have to perform a new and different Kata for each round. I assume they all save their best for the last round.

to determine the real top 4. two finalists + two bronze medalists advance to the final round robin they will compete again in a new round, top 3 qualify for the Olympics.

Men's freestyle is the most important team for Iran in the Olympics and this is not going to change anytime soon. even if sometimes we win better medals in other sports (or Greco-Roman wrestling) but freestyle is always #1. so picking our freestyle team usually creates controversy. we even had street protests over the team selection last time ! we were supposed to complete our lineup in Poland but some sources claimed the coaches weren't satisfied with what happened in 74kg (thanks to Chamizo's withdrawal) but it seems there is no plan for an extra trials. in that case our Olympic team is already determined : 57: Reza Atri 65: Morteza Ghiasi 74: Mostafa Hosseinkhani 86: Hassan Yazdani 97: Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian 125: Amir Hossein Zare in two weights another guy won the quota but lost the trials. personally I'm satisfied with 86, 97 and 125. the best guy is going. in two weights my favorite (I mean the best guy in my opinion) lost the trials. and 74kg was 50/50 IMO. so I'm neither happy or upset about it. we have a very good chance for 3 medals in 3 higher weights, on other hand we are very weak in 57, 65 and 74. this is probably the first time we have such a team. some very good + some below average wrestlers ! nobody in the middle.

from what I see she is 3rd in line for the European quota. but there are some countries in top 8 with more quotas than what they can take. she will qualify if 2 of those NOCs decide to not send someone in this weight. I don't know how possible is that right now. you have to consider all 7 weights. USA, CHN, UKR and MEX are all over the limit but if you ask me all of them will pick this weight. I have to say Colombia still might get suspended. so slim chance but not impossible

4 is the maximum actually but from what I see 76, 64 and 55 are 100% guaranteed. 59 is 2nd in line for the Pan American quota behind USA. but USA has 4 weightlifters in top 8 in other weights. so yes I think Canada is 99.99% guaranteed maximum 4 quotas .

no, team GB will have lots of female weightlifters, not eligible for reallocation quotas

not at the moment but his chances are not completely dead yet. slim chance though. he is 3rd in line for the European quota. actually 2nd because Russia is not going to take this one. but Albania is still ahead of him. he had to make his last attempt in the World Juniors to surpass that guy. I remember how frustrated he was when he failed. but the thing is, Albania (which is limited to 2 quotas) most probably don't want this guy. they want Qerimaj at 81 for their 2nd spot. he will qualify if Colombia is banned or someone gets hurt in 81kg ranking. just one change will be enough for Albania (and therefore for Adamus) Albania might reject 96kg quota "hoping" for 81kg later with possible reallocations. these are just possibilities but at this moment Adamus is out of the Olympics.

no I didn't that's Ireland. Ireland is the best ranked NOC in that weight with no quota in another categories. I have to say I'm not sure at all about what I wrote so don't blame me if I was completely wrong the whole qualification process was mind blowing. (for example both of our Olympic Champions failed to qualify) as I said I still think India will take that quota but some Indian users told me earlier that this is guy is suspended (I can't find anything confirming that) if he is banned, there is nobody else from Asia to take the Asian quota. so the quota will be re-allocated. BUT even if India takes that one, there is another way left for Ireland, according to the rules, since Japan is qualifying maximum 4 weightlifters, there will be 4 unused host quotas. we still don't know in which weights because they have to award 3 wild cards first. in case no wild card will be awarded in this weight. Brown has a good chance to take the unused host quota.

and the rest 96 == 109 == +109 == * There is no eligible weightlifter from Africa in +109kg, so the African quota will go to Hungary * I heard from Indian users here that Ajay Singh (81kg weightlifter) is suspended for doping but the fact his name is still in the list means maybe that's not correct. also the source I was given (and didn't check it properly at the time ) refers to another athlete in another sport, so I assume he is not banned. but in case he is banned, there is nobody from Asia to grab that quota. from what I can see the next best NOC with no quota in this sport is ! https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/nada-provisionally-suspends-rakhi-halder-ajay-thakur-anti-doping-rule-violations/article34283229.ece again, this information is most probably WRONG ! I highly doubt NOCs can't pick their own team.

there is an interesting thing in the rules, it doesn't say NOCs are allowed to pick whoever they want (in case they have more than enough athletes inside the qualification zone) https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/T2020-Revised-QS_Application-Process-FINAL-04052021.pdf I have a feeling this is NOT correct and NOCs can select their team (for example China with lots of weightlifters in 1st place) but let's pretend that's correct. in this case IWF will select the qualified weighlitfters based on this : 1. the highest ranking 2. the highest ROBI point for individual result (not the total ROBI point) in this case Li Fabin will be left out from the Chinese squad because his best ROBI point (1171) is lower than other 4 Chinese guys. by my count these guys are going to the Olympics, but keep in mind this is just imaginary, I also keep Vietnam and Colombia in the list. since only 75 emoji are allowed I have to make it two posts 61 == 67 == 73 == 81 ==

non PDF version of draw (including Kata) is available now https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=386&ver_info_action=catauslist#a_eventheadend

that's a tough draw but I believe in this tournament there is no easy draw for anybody. there are lots of relatively unknown good guys who weren't able to participate in K1 events and were waiting for this opportunity. I don't know how Brose is going to handle his size difference (he was world champion at 60kg. this is 2 weights up!) btw you are not eliminated if you lose. there is still repechage if you lose to one of the finalists.

I really hate that 3rd policy which means creating mixed or stupid team events and giving up easy medals to some athletes.

the official document says the "draw ceremony" will be held on 18:30 (local time) so I guess we have to wait a bit for that. at least an hour. maybe two.