Jur 542 Posted June 8, 2021 #2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Cyclist compete in Time Trial. Also, Judo competes in the team event, wow. Nice move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted June 8, 2021 #2022 Share Posted June 8, 2021 WTF ?! so Derafshipour and Mahjoub are refugees !!! I really need to learn what the word refugee means. these guys still travel to Iran regularly. Derafshipour is a world bronze medalist in Karate, he lost Iranian trials then moved to Canada. now he can go the Olympics without doing anything while the guy who beat him in the trials has to go through 80-man bracket in World Qualifiers to qualify. this is the most disgusting thing from IOC, if these guys could qualify themselves by merit that was at least OK but even when they lost in the qualifiers, IOC found a way to let them in. lots of athletes around the world had to kill themselves to qualify for the Olympics while these guys can just walk to Tokyo. intoronto, Dunadan and hckošice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,592 Posted June 8, 2021 #2023 Share Posted June 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, MHSN said: WTF ?! so Derafshipour and Mahjoub are refugees !!! I really need to learn what the word refugee means. these guys still travel to Iran regularly. Derafshipour is a world bronze medalist in Karate, he lost Iranian trials then moved to Canada. now he can go the Olympics without doing anything while the guy who beat him in the trials has to go through 80-man bracket in World Qualifiers to qualify. this is the most disgusting thing from IOC, if these guys could qualify themselves by merit that was at least OK but even when they lost in the qualifiers, IOC found a way to let them in. lots of athletes around the world had to kill themselves to qualify for the Olympics while these guys can just walk to Tokyo. Politics is everywhere especially when it seems political correctness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion 16 Posted June 8, 2021 #2024 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Dunadan said: 29 refugee athletes selected, full list: https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/06/EOR-Tokyo-2020-list-with-coaches-TO.pdf Coach... : Niccolo Campriani M 10m Air Rifle (M) Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted June 8, 2021 #2025 Share Posted June 8, 2021 What is this? Refugee judo team without anyone taking part in the individual events? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,214 Posted June 8, 2021 #2026 Share Posted June 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, dcro said: What is this? Refugee judo team without anyone taking part in the individual events? I know, like I can understand why they wouldn't let the cyclists compete in the road race while all other time trial racers must do so, but there's no reason as to why they can't compete compete in the individual events in judo. They did so in 2016 and it's not like it will "ruin" the bracket like it will in taekwondo and wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted June 8, 2021 #2027 Share Posted June 8, 2021 33 minutes ago, Vic Liu said: Politics is everywhere especially when it seems political correctness. of course this is politics. this is no coincidence half these so called " refugees" are from Iran and Syria. seriously how many athletes qualified from Syria to be in their own delegation ? less than 9 for sure. but I understand there is a bloody war going on in Syria. all these 5 Iranian guys were former member of Iran national teams. all of them are relatively famous, all of them are at least Asian Championship medalists. none of them real refugees with a tough life and HAD to flee the country. no way. obviously the economy is beyond terrible in Iran. that's the reason people consider moving. at this rate in 2028 we will have more Iranians in the refugee team than the real Iran delegation. IOC is encouraging our athletes to leave the country this way. I'm OK if they represent another country (I don't like it but that's understandable) but this ? without even actually qualifying ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 661 Posted June 8, 2021 #2028 Share Posted June 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, dcro said: What is this? Refugee judo team without anyone taking part in the individual events? it's unclear why and i guess frustrate some countries who cant compete in the team event while having 5/6 Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted June 8, 2021 #2029 Share Posted June 8, 2021 "Tommy" looks really happy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 1,371 Posted June 8, 2021 #2030 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Are those selected to Judo going to compete in individual events too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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