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on behalf of other users here (yeah I gave myself that permission ) I want to thank @hckosice for his hard work here. I usually check all results in all sports in multi sport events like this but since this website is TERRIBLE, I gave up doing that and only check the results involving Iranian athletes. this is good to see medalists name here and a direct link to the results without torturing yourself and checking that terrible website.
 

on behalf of other users here (yeah I gave myself that permission ) I want to thank @hckosice for his hard work here. I usually check all results in all sports in multi sport events like this but since this website is TERRIBLE, I gave up doing that and only check the results involving Iranian athletes. this is good to see medalists name here and a direct link to the results without torturing yourself and checking that terrible website.
 

on behalf of other users here (yeah I gave myself that permission ) I want to thank @hckosice for his hard work here. I usually check all results in all sports in multi sport events like this but since this website is TERRIBLE, I gave up doing that and only check the results involving Iranian athletes. this is good to see medalists name here and a direct link to the results without torturing yourself and checking that terrible website.
 

on behalf of other users here (yeah I gave myself that permission ) I want to thank @hckosice for his hard work here. I usually check all results in all sports in multi sport events like this but since this website is TERRIBLE, I gave up doing that and only check the results involving Iranian athletes. this is good to see medalists name here and a direct link to the results without torturing yourself and checking that terrible website.
 

Poomsae was always like this. even in their PDF results or TV graphics they show the 4th place as just "4th" . only people who watched Poomsae before know about this stupid rule
 
they are trying everything to make poomsae "interesting" (probably stupidly thinking about adding it into the Olympics). they used a weird knockout system for the Asian Games. with both athletes performing at the same time together , it was funny to watch . here they came back to the old scoring system but per new rules we have "new poomsae" which is mixed with some Gymnastics elements. (floor exercise) but still I had hard time to understand how the hell they are giving points. for example someone lost his balance twice and still walked away with the silver medal !
 
btw the Indonesian girl who won the gold in Jakarta Asian Games and "surprised" everybody just finished 7th here, it shows you are guaranteed a win in Poomsae if your country's president is in the stadium . no matter how you perform

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Yes, that's one of those idiot rules in Poomsae.
 
Congrats for both medals 

two Bronze medals for Iran in start of Taekwondo competition in men's and women's poomsae . one of them finished 4th but since they are genius they award two bronze medals lol even 4th place finisher ends up with a bronze

two Bronze medals for Iran in start of Taekwondo competition in men's and women's poomsae . one of them finished 4th but since they are genius they award two bronze medals lol even 4th place finisher ends up with a bronze

Olympic test event in Tokyo with 3 new world records
https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/07/T2020-Final-Results.pdf

Olympic test event in Tokyo with 3 new world records
https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/07/T2020-Final-Results.pdf

just came home and checked the results I had to google the gold medalists name , can't even find her in ISSF database . this is her first international competition

really feel bad for Egypt and Mo Salah didn't watch most of the match (as I was watching Copa America bronze medal fight) except the last 10 minutes
 
African football is the hardest thing to predict. it seems everybody can beat everybody

Yeah awarding medals only for two team events (so far) is just weird. both air rifle events and I also see a mixed air rile team event in the program
 
lol Iran started to take Universiade a bit serious and win medals only when Taekwondo became a core sport in 2003 before that nobody knew what's even Universiade ! this year Taekwondo is supposed to give us lots of medals. of course hard to predict I have to see other teams too but for Iran at least on the men's side this is our national team (without a single change) and they are here to also collect points for the Olympic ranking.

how come they are awarding team medals only for selected events ?! not that I'm complaining that was Iran's second medal here.

I just answered to your comparison of Skateboarding and Karate and which one is more universal. and about the video evidence, give me a name of any sport and I can make a video of some random kids doing that here !
 
I'm not a huge fan of Karate being into the Olympics (mostly because of bad management but they are improving) but still even long before Karate making into the Olympics we always had something like 100 countries particularizing in World Championships. tell me which non-Olympic sport has such a big number ?
 
you say the younger generations are passionate about Skateboarding, but where ? 4-5 countries are not equal to the whole world. for most people it's still just a fun activity.
 
I have no problem with Skateboarding but let the sport being organized first and has its own World Championship for 10-20 years before even thinking about adding it into the Games.

we are having Copa America almost every year, Messi finally has to win it at some point or they will make it twice a year, one in summer, one in winter.
 

I just answered to your comparison of Skateboarding and Karate and which one is more universal. and about the video evidence, give me a name of any sport and I can make a video of some random kids doing that here !
 
I'm not a huge fan of Karate being into the Olympics (mostly because of bad management but they are improving) but still even long before Karate making into the Olympics we always had something like 100 countries particularizing in World Championships. tell me which non-Olympic sport has such a big number ?
 
you say the younger generations are passionate about Skateboarding, but where ? 4-5 countries are not equal to the whole world. for most people it's still just a fun activity.
 
I have no problem with Skateboarding but let the sport being organized first and has its own World Championship for 10-20 years before even thinking about adding it into the Games.

I just answered to your comparison of Skateboarding and Karate and which one is more universal. and about the video evidence, give me a name of any sport and I can make a video of some random kids doing that here !
 
I'm not a huge fan of Karate being into the Olympics (mostly because of bad management but they are improving) but still even long before Karate making into the Olympics we always had something like 100 countries particularizing in World Championships. tell me which non-Olympic sport has such a big number ?
 
you say the younger generations are passionate about Skateboarding, but where ? 4-5 countries are not equal to the whole world. for most people it's still just a fun activity.
 
I have no problem with Skateboarding but let the sport being organized first and has its own World Championship for 10-20 years before even thinking about adding it into the Games.

Oh, please, you make it sound like an Olympic movement has hit a great depression. From where I come from, pretty much everyone understands what the Olympics are, unlike skateboarding that nobody cares about (not even children).

Yeah I know about him but that's not a realistic medal chance (comparing to Judo or Fencing), watching one of his interviews he thinks he has a chance for medal (even though very slim) but he has to qualify first. even qualifying will be a huge achievement for him. we have no history in this sport.

Keep an eye out in gymnastics. It's not impossible for Saeid Reza Keikha to challenge for a medal if he qualifies. Winning medals in gymnastics at the Olympics is easier than at the World Championships, in my opinion. You have a smaller pool of gymnasts competing at the Olympics, so any mistake from the big names can drastically increase chances for smaller nations to win medals. This is what happened to Ude from Croatia in 2008, and with all three medalists from Brazil in 2016.

I'm not a "huge" fan of Karate but I defend Karate when I see skateboarding or breakdancing are in the program !
 
but I don't know why people even compare karate with taekwondo !! taekwondo is about 95% kicking and 5% punching while Kaarate is about 80% punching and 20% kicking beside that in taekwondo you have to hit as hard as possible while in Karate you will get penalized if you hit hard !
 
you will find more similarities between football and handball

karate is played worldwide unlike skateboarding in 5 countries

There's a strong rumor that the IOC and the organizing committee would consider the reintroduction of karate if the World Karate Federation changed a few rules, there's hope because they are already thinking about:
 
- introducing of an age limit (max. 13 years old);
- officially calling the participants k-boys and k-girls, and allow them to use a stage name;
- eliminating any kind of scoring system. The winner will be the k-kid with more Instagram followers but he/she will not be told before in order to have a genuine reaction during the announcement;
- disqualifying anyone who is wearing a karategi of the right size.

He’s American. Got San Marino citizenship through his mom.