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She has chance for medal, even Gold, she already beat both Jones and Calvo, she won one of Grand Prix events but she is still too young and winning Iran's first ever medal at the Olympics put a lot of pressure on her shoulder. beside that from what I noticed she gasses easily after few matches.
 
by my calculations, she will face either Hamada (JPN) and the host nation girl and the other one in quarterfinal, I will be happy with a bronze and expect a bronze for her, Gold is too much to ask,

^ That's not going to happen, yes that's true IOC recommended that long time ago back in 2004 if I'm not wrong but in general Greco-Roman is more popular around the world (not in my country though) specially in Europe. Lalovic (UWW president) himself is from Serbia, freestyle doesn't even exist in his country

I'm quite sure Saudi Arabia, Syria and most probably Lebanon, Iraq and few more countries don't let their athletes compete against Israel, you never saw it happen because they are not that good to compete outside of Asia. I think in countries like Jordan it depends on athlete himself, they don't force athletes to withdraw or compete.
 
I said it before, even if you qualify, NOC has to confirm the quota , so it doesn't happen unless he gets permission for that.
 
about media react I can guess such headlines "Sourian sacrifices his chance to defend the people of Palestine" what you said will be written in Persian media "outside of Iran" while inside Iran, you should know media are not completely free. there are few "red lines" for them and Israel is one of them. btw they usually don't even use the word "Israel" but the "Zionist Regime"

my preview about freestyle draw
 
57
looks like a balanced draw, I see Andreyev (BLR) and Yatsenko (UKR) as favorite in top half , there are other good wrestlers in top half like Metreveli or Safarov, but I think these 2 will determine the qualified wrestler in top half, hard to pick one of them.
we have a very important first round match between Tomar of India and Akgul of Turkey the winner most probably will wrestle Hasanzada of AZE for the Olympic quota in semifinal, beside these 3 guys we have some other good/average wrestlers Mejias of VEN and Chirtoaca (MDA).
I expect Belarus, Turkey and Ukraine to qualify.
 
65
This is for sure the toughest weight in freestyle, so many notable wrestlers are still without quota. top half is easier as usual, we have former world champion Safaryan, grandpa Kantoyev, Novachkov and Iakobishvili. if I'm not wrong Kantoyev won a world medal 16 years ago for Russia. he is the only "fresh" wrestler among the favorites in top half, Iakobishvili was so close to qualify in Serbia. still I consider Safaryan and Novachkov as favorites here, it's hard to pick one of them.
in bottom half the most notable name is Adam Batirov, we also have Gor of Turkey who won world medal at 70kg, the American Molinaro was also great in their national trials , Sava of Moldova is a 2014 World medalist, we also have Garcia (CAN) and Bucur (ROU) and Maeda (JPN) , that guy Habat of SLO is also not that bad, after all he grew up in USA.
I expect Armenia, Bahrain and Bulgaria to qualify, (I hope I'm wrong about Bahrain, not a fan of mercenaries)
 
74
having only 9 wrestlers in top half automatically makes it easier, I see Nedealco of MDA as the top favorite here , interesting Belarus once again didn't enter Ali Shabanov,i saw this guy Chytadze before and didn't impress. I think the quota is between MDA, Armenia and that Chinese guy Zhang. we also have Innokentev here, he used to be very dangerous when he was younger.
we have two clear favorites here, Demirtas and of course Kurbanov. Demirtas lost by an accident in Serbia last week but cutting weight once again makes Kurbanov the favorite against him. maybe only the Ukrainian guy can make problems for them.
I expect Uzbekistan, Moldova and Turkey to qualify
 
86
I see 3 favorites in top half, Ianulov, Ceballos and Sagaliuk, the Ukrainian guy is new to me , he is a replacement for Aldatov. this Venezuelan guy Ceballos is good , he beat World medalists before but still I give more chance to Ianulov.
this guy Cox really impressed in US trials, he can be the next Burroughs ! he is my favorite in bottom half, but he has some serious opponents, first round Armenia, Zvirbulis, Stefan, Kim, Ismanov and few more.
I expect USA, Moldova and Ukraine to qualify.
 
97
We have a surprising new name here ! actually not a name new, a former World Champion Georgi Ketoyev ,now wrestling for Armenia !!! he was a great wrestler 5-6 years ago, not sure about his current shape. I consider him as the clear favorite here, beside him we have Ceban and Hushtyn here plus that guy Nurov from Macedonia, he is also from Russia and can make surprise here.
bottom half is easier this time, the only Mongolian wrestler tomorrow will be there, so far they hosted the tournament for nothing ! Greco doesn't exist in Mongolia, both of their girls lost today and Khuderbulga is their last wrestler (they already qualified other 5), I think they will do everything to make sure this guy will make it. he is also a good wrestler. beside him I can't see any big name there, maybe Korea or Uzbekistan or even Japan can surprise him. this is mostly battle of Asians in bottom half.
I expect Armenia, Mongolia and Macedonia  to qualify !
 
125
I think Deng of China is the favorite in top half, the Korean guy Nam and Baran of Poland are right behind him. we also have a former twice bronze medalist from Greece here but this guy to be honest is too weak. he was just lucky to win world medals before. still you can't underestimate him. and in an interesting note, Antoine Jaoude of Brazil is here !!! despite qualifying for Brazil in Greco-Roman ! I guess since they have a naturalized Armenian wrestler in 130 Greco, they told this guy to try his chance in freestyle
bottom half will be between Ligeti, Gagloev and Lazarev. two of them will wrestle in very first round. beside we have some other good wrestlers from Romania and Bulgaria but I see Ligeti as the favorite here. Lazarev after him.
I expect Hungary, China and Kyrgyzstan to qualify.

Robert Baran ? 
I don't consider him a top favorite but he has his chance , this is a wide open competition in this weight, I give more chance to Asian wrestlers just because they are fresh

Had a busy day today at work (holidays in Iran are different than yours ) and could not watch most of the matches, I could catch some quarterfinals and then the stream stopped working for the semies ! lol but I got 5 out 8. not that bad !
 
here is for tomorrow
 
97 FS
Not so high level competition, I think in top half it will be between Yankouski and Bulukbasi , while GER and ARM can challenge them, in bottom half is quite easier, maybe Ceban or Baran of Poland, btw we have a former Russian (now Macedonian) guy here in Nurov, he can be dangerous. unknown to me though.
 
125 FS
A very easy top half, the Greek guy there is a two time world medalist but he was VERY luck both times, he is not that good, I think the quota will be between him and Jalilov.. I think Zaseev will win the bottom half easily. Ligeti is good but I don't see him challenging Ligeti.
 
98 GR
I think the first round match between Ildem and Ohler will determine the qualified wrestler from top half. even though there are few more "good" wrestlers there like the Hungarian guy and Timoncini. in bottom half I see Azerbaijan once again is using Gadabadze who is the favorite IMO, Dzeinichenka and the Georgian guy can challenge him. surprisingly Norway didn't enter the top guy Nielsen here, maybe saving him for Mongolia !
 
130 GR
Another "balanced draw" I see Popp of Germany as slight favorite in top half with Georgian guy and Mizgaitis after him. in bottom half interestingly Sweden didn't enter Euren here (maybe resting him) even though Sjoberg is also a former world medalist, I think it will be between him and Chogushvili. we also have BUL, ARM and Lam of Hungary here and of course the luckiest person in the world, Nabi of Estonia I think/hope he runs out of luck
 
here are my pics
 
97: Yankouski (BLR) vs Ceban (MDA)
125: Jalilov (BLR) and Zaseev (UKR)
98: Ildem (TUR) and Gadabadze (AZE)
130: Popp (GER) and Chugoshvili (BLR)
 
it can be a very good day for Belarus, maybe they even win all 4 possible male quotas.

http://101.200.204.204/POINTRealResult/WeApp/index.htm

no livescore (as usual for events held in China)...
entries are on the FIE website...and I guess that also the final results will be posted there by the end of each day of competition (at least I hope)...
tomorrow while the competition is running I try to find more info about "almost live" updates, if there will be any...

Yes he did, there are videos of him on the net lifting 200 + 240 . (probably few kg heavier than 94kg and that was in training but still this record is 35kg higher than 94kg gold medalist.
 
I have to say, with the exception of Salimi, Rostami and Nasirshalal (London silver medalist) the rest are OK, they were 5 but one of them Anoushiravani (who is now the head coach) rarely participated in their coup and Mohammadpour was just a kid (poor guy had a serious elbow injury which can even end his career) I can name Molaei (2013 world silver) or Taghian, even Moradi or Babari if you count dopers lol they didn't get into all these stories and stay out of them.
 
btw it will be hard for Iran to find 5 competitive weightlifters this time (back in Rio we had 6 medal favorites and won 4 medals) Rostami will take one of the spots, Moradi too if he gets cleared by IWF, I hope for Molaei but he also had a surgery back in 2014 and I'm not aware of his current shape.as for Salimi we have to wait couple of months to know his new situation. I think they will also send someone in 105kg, maybe Barari. or Nasirshalal or Kourosh Bagheri's nephew Emad Bagheri.

And finally we have the first confirmed positive test from 2015 WC. BAZARBAYEV Umurbek of Turkmenistan.

Hello everybody again
 
I didn't want to write here anymore for some reasons and I didn't for more than half a year and I usually don't change my mind but then I saw this new version of forum and the first post here in this thread which was really sad, I hope Sindo gets his motivation back, even though there are few things I don't like about the forum but in general Totallympics was a great forum, thanks to Sindo and his sacrifices. I really appreciate his hard work.
 
PS: I like this "Ignore user" button, I hope it works !