MHSN

I feel young again. I was not born 

That was the most entertaining penalty shootout ever  Indonesia GK was terrible in most of his moves against easier kicks but then he saved two very hard kicks  and also scored his own penalty
 
who would have thought that Indonesia of all teams can end Korea's brilliant U23 run from 1992.  the last time Korea failed to qualify for men's football most of this forum's member weren't even born  

This is probably the worst U23 team I ever seen for both Japan and Korea. 
Japan managed to beat Qatar only because of a dumb mistake by Qatar GK which made his team to play with 10 men for 80-90 minutes 
 
and now Korea is struggling ! interestingly Korea never failed to qualify in Olympic football U23 era.  that's an unbelievable achievement 

This is probably the worst U23 team I ever seen for both Japan and Korea. 
Japan managed to beat Qatar only because of a dumb mistake by Qatar GK which made his team to play with 10 men for 80-90 minutes 
 
and now Korea is struggling ! interestingly Korea never failed to qualify in Olympic football U23 era.  that's an unbelievable achievement 

Iran athletes of the year
 
Male: Amin Mirzazadeh (Wrestling)
Female: Nahid Kiani (Taekwondo)
 
and if you wonder why now ? we have a different calendar

Iran athletes of the year
 
Male: Amin Mirzazadeh (Wrestling)
Female: Nahid Kiani (Taekwondo)
 
and if you wonder why now ? we have a different calendar

Iran athletes of the year
 
Male: Amin Mirzazadeh (Wrestling)
Female: Nahid Kiani (Taekwondo)
 
and if you wonder why now ? we have a different calendar

Albania now has a hired mercenary Russian wrestler who won the World Championship gold medal last year in Zelimkhan Abakarov and will be a favorite for medal in Paris. still he is not a clear top 3 in the world, nothing is guaranteed for him, he can easily lose to another solid wrestler in the first round but I believe he has a good chance to at least win a medal, even gold is within his reach.
 
what a proud moment for Albania if he wins a medal. years of hard work will finally be rewarded.

Albania now has a hired mercenary Russian wrestler who won the World Championship gold medal last year in Zelimkhan Abakarov and will be a favorite for medal in Paris. still he is not a clear top 3 in the world, nothing is guaranteed for him, he can easily lose to another solid wrestler in the first round but I believe he has a good chance to at least win a medal, even gold is within his reach.
 
what a proud moment for Albania if he wins a medal. years of hard work will finally be rewarded.

Actually that's correct, if they do that, that opens a can of worms. but wait a minute, the same organization modified 87kg World Championship final result just few months ago  wasn't that against Article 53?  
 
I checked the nationality of the refs. the center ref from Ukraine and the challenge guy (the famous Cicioglu of Turkey) received the biggest ban until the end of 2024, they will miss the Olympics. the judge from Iraq will be banned til September and will miss Paris as well.
the Mat Chairman (from Russia) and the other two guys reviewing the challenge (from Tunisia and USA) will be banned only for 2 months. 

Actually that's correct, if they do that, that opens a can of worms. but wait a minute, the same organization modified 87kg World Championship final result just few months ago  wasn't that against Article 53?  
 
I checked the nationality of the refs. the center ref from Ukraine and the challenge guy (the famous Cicioglu of Turkey) received the biggest ban until the end of 2024, they will miss the Olympics. the judge from Iraq will be banned til September and will miss Paris as well.
the Mat Chairman (from Russia) and the other two guys reviewing the challenge (from Tunisia and USA) will be banned only for 2 months. 

They are making Chamizo #1 seed for the last chance qualifier, somehow to make up for this 
 
I took a look at the entry list and I think it's not that bad for him. at least he will avoid both #2 and #3 seeds Salkaznov and Demirtas. (that can change if China sends a different wrestler who has a better seed than both of these guys)
 
Salkazanov is the worst possible matchup for Chamizo. not facing him is the best news for the Italian

They are making Chamizo #1 seed for the last chance qualifier, somehow to make up for this 
 
I took a look at the entry list and I think it's not that bad for him. at least he will avoid both #2 and #3 seeds Salkaznov and Demirtas. (that can change if China sends a different wrestler who has a better seed than both of these guys)
 
Salkazanov is the worst possible matchup for Chamizo. not facing him is the best news for the Italian

I have no idea about Guinea's quality to compare them
 
but this is football, anybody can beat anybody  Iraq can even end up winning the AFC tournament

well I think they are going to beat Vietnam, but still needs one more win to qualify. but if you get into the semifinal you will have 3 chances to qualify. that's pretty good.
 
apparently Iraq rested some starters in the opening game and that's why they lost to low-level Thailand. 

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

Asian Champion  Japan got eliminated in group stage of AFC Asian Cup and therefore will miss the World Cup ! 
 
they lost to KGZ and tied with TJK to finish 3rd behind them.

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

Asian Champion  Japan got eliminated in group stage of AFC Asian Cup and therefore will miss the World Cup ! 
 
they lost to KGZ and tied with TJK to finish 3rd behind them.

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

FIG finally updated the World Cup ranking. 
 
the 2nd Vault quota goes to  Olfati , he scored a zero in his last event (landed on his head !!) and finished last. needed a miracle to qualify and that happened. first ever quota in this sport. 

Greco-Roman quotas
 
60kg: 
67kg: 
77kg: 
87kg: 
97kg: 
130kg: 
 
I'm usually more confident in my freestyle predictions but this time it was the opposite.  I could be 100% correct, just one match in 97kg went the other way, where the Korean somehow stole a 7-7 win against China. 
 
we managed to win the two remaining quotas to have a full Greco team in Paris but it was very close. both of them had to come from behind. Kaviani was 5-0 down but somehow scored 6pts. still it was a poor performance. but I'm glad with two quotas.