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from what I see, with the exception of Russia the rest are sending their A team, few retired after the Olympics which is normal but in general the level is quite good.
 
Russia is sending Yargyin tournament winners here, some of their top guys like Sadullaev took rest after the olympics, their team is still very good but not stellar as it used to be.

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

It was really good song and as many people said, language should doesn't matter  Hopefully that you will compete in next contest(s) with such good songs

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last   to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that.
 
I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

Actually no, this is not about religion, I remember even Iran sent some christian athletes to the 1st edition in Saudi Arabia, there is an organization called "Organization of Islamic Cooperation" all members of that can participate here and they can send whoever they want.
 
once again I'm not a big fan of this event but since this exists and some of our sports federations take it serious, I prefer to enjoy it as I always enjoy all multi-sports events around the world

It seems I was the penguins first victim today, as my connection failed early... I can deliver the votes
 
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سلام، امیدوارم همه از برنامه لذت برده باشند و این هم رای ایران
 
Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying the show and here are the votes
 
Jury Scorecard:
     Malta 10      Croatia 9      Serbia 8      Argentina 7      Morocco 6      Slovenia 5      Great Britain 4      France 3      Bulgaria 2      Brazil 1  

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

IRAN
Jury Scorecard:
     Mexico 12      Greece 11      Malta 10      Croatia 9      Serbia 8      Argentina 7      Morocco 6      Slovenia 5      Great Britain 4      France 3      Bulgaria 2      Brazil 1  
این رای ایران بود، به امید موفقیت همه شرکت کنندگان و دوباره همدیگر رو خواهیم دید
 
That was the vote, good luck to all the contestants and we'll see you again next time
 

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

I agree there is no point for such a Games, no doubt, actually some of our national federations are not satisfied when the NOC pushes them to send their athletes here
but you think there is a point for Commonwealth Games or even Mediterranean Games ? what Commonwealth countries have in common ? (I know the answer though  but that's not something those countries should be proud of)
 
what about the "Racist Games" ? some users here (I'm not talking about you) can participate there for sure.

I agree there is no point for such a Games, no doubt, actually some of our national federations are not satisfied when the NOC pushes them to send their athletes here
but you think there is a point for Commonwealth Games or even Mediterranean Games ? what Commonwealth countries have in common ? (I know the answer though  but that's not something those countries should be proud of)
 
what about the "Racist Games" ? some users here (I'm not talking about you) can participate there for sure.

Well according to a news 2 days ago, there will be 431 events and so far OCA currently lists 426 of them. OCA rejects our vice-president's plan to reduce to 420-something events in 36 sports (so the sports will stay as it is now, unless the equestrian issue finally force those events to be held somewhere else and maybe it is possible to make room for other events).
 
What I know is that all the Olympic events listed in the current program, no changes will be made. And the Organizing Committee's VP also stated that there will be no changes of event numbers in jet ski, paragliding, and bridge.

OCA published the number of events and sports for the 2018 Asian Games, this is from few days ago but I didn't notice that before. they made revolutionary changes in the program, huge huge changes. I understand Indonesia saved OCA after Vietnam gave up hosting the event very late but still I can't believe they let them make such big changes ! they have this program to benefit Indonesia, we were supposed to have Kurash, Roller skating, skateboaring and Sambo here as well but fortunately they removed them from the program. these changes will change the medal table A LOT, I mean China, Japan and Korea will be in top 3 for sure but that will change a lot for the rest.
 
here I'm comparing the events with previous program, the only sport they completely dropped from the program comparing to 2014 was Cricket, not a bad idea when top Asian countries (India, Pakistan etc) didn't take it serious.
 
Diving (10) - no change, we will have Olympics events plus 1m events.
Swimming (32) - they cut 6 non-Olympics 50 meters evens, can't say I'm sorry about that
Synchronized Swimming (3) - no change
Water Polo (2) - no change
Archery (10) - We already had compound in the program They added two more events, both mixed team events. not a good idea but Indonesia wants that.
Athletics (46) - they dropped one event from 47, most probably the 50kg walk event.
Badminton (7) - no change as expected, this is their national sport !
Baseball (1) - no change
Softball (1) - no change
Basketball (4) - Surprisingly they added 3-on-3 basketball as well.
Bowling (6) - They cut it from 12 events to 6 ! A very good decision, this is not fair to award several medals for doing EXACTLY the same things.
Boxing (12) - They dropped one from 13. I don't know how, did AIBA change the weight classes again ?
Bridge (6) - what the hell is this ? is this even a sport ? what a shame
Canoeing (16) - no change
Cycling (16) - They dropped 3 track events and added 1 MTB event ! track event was already tiny thanks to IOC, this is really disappointing, I wonder which events won't be in 2018 program.
Equestrian (6) - no change, this is in the program at the moment but apparently not finalized yet and they may drop the whole sport, will decide about it after the Asian federation election.
Fencing (10) - unbelievable ! they did the same as IOC probably dropping two team events. but no details I don't know which events will be gone. but I guess this will be the same as 2020 program.
Football (2) - no change
Golf (2) - They dropped both team events, not a bad idea in my opinion.
Gymnastics (18) - no change
Handball (2) - no change, believe it or not, Indonesia wanted Handball go but OCA at least didn't let this one happen.
Hockey (2) - no change
Jet Ski (3) - No comment !
Judo (14) - They dropped both team events, don't complain about this as well
Kabaddi (2) - no change, surprised they didn't drop this one as a non-Olympic sport
Karate (13) - no change
JuJitsu (8) - This is another stupid new addition, I don't know what's the deal between OCA and Jujitsu, but they are supporting this sport A LOT, only this one is not probably an Indonesian addition.
Pencak Silat (16) - LOL , I knew this will be in the program but seriously 16 events ??!! this sport almost doesn't exist outside of Southeast Asia !
Wushu (12) - They dropped 3 events, I'm almost sure that's from Sanda and not Taolu cuz Indonesia sucks in Sanda. the sanda program was already very tiny, if they drop men's Sanda events that will be a VERY bad news for my country.
Modern Pentathlon (4) - no change, surprised they kept the team events
Paragliding (6) - No comment !
Rowing (15) - they added one more event here, I have no idea what's that new event,
Rugby Sevens (2) - no change
Sailing (10) - They cut 4 events here. making it similar to Olympic program probably.
Sepak Takraw (6) - no change, this is exactly where we needed to drop something, only "regu" event should stay
Shooting (18) - This is where the BIGGEST change happened. we had 44 events in Incheon, and now only 18 !!! with 18 I don't know if we will have any mixed team event or not but I guess this is 2016 Olympics program + 3 more individual events.
Soft Tennis (5) - they probably dropped both team events, I would be happier with the whole soft tennis gone.
Sport Climbing (8) - The only new addition that I fully support. but having 8 events making me wonder what's the last event ? a mixed event the same as 2020 Olympics or a speed team event to help Indonesia ?
Squash (4) - no change
Table Tennis (4) - unbelievable , this sport is QUITE popular in Asia and we always had full program in this sport and now they dropped 3, most probably all doubles events. what a shame.
Tennis (5) - They dropped both team events the same as soft tennis. well we always had team events in tennis, that was traditional at the Asian Games
Taekwondo (16) - no change, there were rumors about dropping non-Olympic weights but I'm glad they were not true.
Triathlon (3) - no change
Volleyball (4) - no change
Weightlifting (16) - they added the new weight of women's 90kg to the program as expected.
Wrestling (18) - Very sad for a wrestling fan like me, they dropped non-Olympic weights, that was expected though but very disappointing