irani 823 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, The Genius said: he got Iran's entire judo team (his former teammates) suspended from all international competitions, and then dedicated his medal to Israel! Not to Iran, not to Iranian people, not to Iranian people in Khuzestan, not to his family, but to Israel. At least Kimia Alizadeh and Alireza Firouzja conducted themselves better after defecting, but I have zero respect for Mongolian Mollaei. He decorated his medal to Israel?? That does not sound right. What is your source for that information? I would understand if he dedicated it to Mongolia, his new country, but why Israel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, irani said: He decorated his medal to Israel?? That does not sound right. What is your source for that information? I would understand if he dedicated it to Mongolia, his new country, but why Israel? https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/sport/1627394550-tokyo-olympics-iranian-defector-dedicates-silver-medal-to-israel He trained in Israel before the Olympics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, The Genius said: he got Iran's entire judo team (his former teammates) suspended from all international competitions, and then dedicated his medal to Israel! Not to Iran, not to Iranian people, not to Iranian people in Khuzestan, not to his family, but to Israel. At least Kimia Alizadeh and Alireza Firouzja conducted themselves better after defecting, but I have zero respect for Mongolian Mollaei. LOL, he dedicated it to Israel? Not gonna lie that's pretty funny. https://www.timesofisrael.com/winning-judo-silver-in-tokyo-iranian-defector-mollaei-dedicates-medal-to-israel/ Yeah I searched it and he actually did. I dunno that's amusing to me personally. He would make a good online troll. I don't really care about that. Edit 2: In his story he says it's fake news and he only dedicates it his family and those close to him. So maybe not as funny as I thought it was, or he is lying in his instagram story. As for him getting Iran banned, I don't know the details. From a quick wikipedia search it seems Israel is more of a force in Judo that it is in wrestling, they have a world champ in his weight class. I didn't know Israel is good at any sports, but seems like this isn't wrestling where Israel is probably getting eliminated as soon as they face anyone decent. He was at a higher risk of losing medals with a legitimately tough guy in his own weight class from what I am reading. Wikipedia says he did an interview and said he was under pressure to lose to Israel and thought he could get in trouble for speaking out about it. I don't see any lie there unless there is more details I am unaware of. And I don't think it's his job to cover for Iran's policy on sport. Khadem also spoke out about it, UWW just didn't do anything. His was to Iranian media and maybe his tone was less harsh, so maybe that is the difference. I haven't listened to either ones exact words. But in general I agree. From a biased perspective obviously I want to watch wrestling and want to watch people from where I was born wrestle, so I would not want them to get banned. However If I was completely unbiased I would also ban Iran. Let's say Israel had qualified at 86kg. First round Yazdani wrestles Naifanov. For 2 years since Naifanov got pinned he has been watching tape, training hard, and dedicating his life completely to beating Yazdani. He ends up losing a close match. Next round Yazdani hits Israel and pretends he's injured. Not only is Naifanov's goal of Olympic gold gone, he can't even win a bronze because he lost to a guy that is wrestling for a federation that is forfeiting matches for political reasons. Is it fair? When you play these stupid games you don't just impact yourself or even your own country, you are ruining the hard work of other athletes who are completely unrelated also. This stuff happens, Emami beat James Green then lost to Turkey on purpose to avoid Israel. Now James Green has flew all the way from America to Italy to wrestle one match against a tough guy at 70kg who then turned around and had a pretend wrestling match in the next round. Not sure how Kimia Alizadeh conducted herself or who Firouzja even is so I can't comment on those. Edit: He thanked his family here https://www.instagram.com/p/CR16pL_Ly0a14eaQAltHaGWY-LnUZAZBb11IR40/ Edited July 27, 2021 by Shiraz123 1 Housebuye reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Boycotts are morally justified and effective. I don't want to hear any country say anything about Iran's boycott of a country that has implicitly threatened to nuke them unless they didn't boycott any Olympic games in the 1980s. But I believe boycotting should be an individual decision and not blanket policy imposed from the top. I don't doubt that Mollaei was forced to lose the game and that should not have happened. But he went very public with it with constant public comments and the head of the international Judo federation (some information came out showing he's personally/politically very pro-Israel) made it his personal crusade to punish Iran. As a result, no Iranian judokas can compete now. Obviously the policy is primarily to blame but other athletes that defected to compete freely (totally understandable) managed to do so far more quietly, and without dedicating their subsequent wins to Israel (they are even making Israeli tv shows about Mollaei). FYI, it's not relevant but the Israeli judoka in that division actually didn't medal at all and, separately, Mollaei finally wrestled him earlier this year and beat him anyway. https://www.timesofisrael.com/exiled-iranian-judoka-finally-faces-israeli-competitor-and-wins/ Edited July 27, 2021 by The Genius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, The Genius said: Boycotts are morally justified and effective. I don't want to hear any country say anything about Iran's boycott of a country that has implicitly threatened to nuke them unless they didn't boycott any Olympic games in the 1980s. But I believe boycotting should be an individual decision and not blanket policy imposed from the top. While complete mandatory boycott like in the 80s is still stupid in my opinion, it at least only impacts your athletes. If Iran didn't even send a team to any tournament where Israel has an athlete entered then that is better than going and hoping the brackets align correctly. If you want to boycott at your own personal cost by not even entering the tournament then go ahead. But don't waste the time and efforts of some random Polish wrestler or whatever because of a dispute that has nothing to do with them. Any country that does that fully deserves to be banned. And if you are going to waste someone's time and effort at least actually make a stand. Iran's "boycott" is extremely ineffective for the simple reason that they don't even admit to the world that they are boycotting, they just round up some government officials and pat each other on the back in private when the athlete gets home. If you're going to make a stand then it's kind of important to actually let the world know why you're making a stand. Pretending you're not competing because you're hurt kind of defeats the whole purpose. If they want to make a statement they should go ahead and say i'm not going to compete with this guy because I believe the country they are competing for is committing genocide against Palestinians. Quote Other athletes that defected to compete freely (totally understandable) managed to do so far more quietly, and without dedicating their subsequent wins to Israel (they are even making Israeli tv shows about Mollaei). Meh, government put him in a bad position and he lashed out. Everyone has their own personality and way of dealing with things. I'm not seeing any reason to get mad at the guy. If he's pro Israel personally then whatever, that's his business. He can love Israel and the next guy can love Palestine. It's all fine. Quote FYI, it's not relevant but the Israeli judoka in that division actually didn't medal at all and, separately, Mollaei finally wrestled him earlier this year and beat him anyway. https://www.timesofisrael.com/exiled-iranian-judoka-finally-faces-israeli-competitor-and-wins/ Yeah it looks like he flopped. But he's a world champ in 2019, I don't follow Judo but I assume he must be at least somewhat decent and a threat to progress in the bracket and ruin the tournament for him if he's still competing for Iran. Even the fact that he qualified to be in the Olympics is a threat. Edited July 27, 2021 by Shiraz123 1 Housebuye reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 59 minutes ago, The Genius said: Boycotts are morally justified and effective. I don't want to hear any country say anything about Iran's boycott of a country that has implicitly threatened to nuke them unless they didn't boycott any Olympic games in the 1980s. But I believe boycotting should be an individual decision and not blanket policy imposed from the top. I don't doubt that Mollaei was forced to lose the game and that should not have happened. But he went very public with it with constant public comments and the head of the international Judo federation (some information came out showing he's personally/politically very pro-Israel) made it his personal crusade to punish Iran. As a result, no Iranian judokas can compete now. Obviously the policy is primarily to blame but other athletes that defected to compete freely (totally understandable) managed to do so far more quietly, and without dedicating their subsequent wins to Israel (they are even making Israeli tv shows about Mollaei). FYI, it's not relevant but the Israeli judoka in that division actually didn't medal at all and, separately, Mollaei finally wrestled him earlier this year and beat him anyway. https://www.timesofisrael.com/exiled-iranian-judoka-finally-faces-israeli-competitor-and-wins/ Let's assume for a second that boycotts are the right thing to do (which I don't think is true) Rasul Khadem said it perfectly, "if we must boycott Israel, we should not ask the individual athletes and coaches to carry the burden on their shoulders" If Iran wants to boycott, they should honestly and transparently do so, and live with the consequences. It is completely unfair to athletes like Karimi to lose two years of their prime for something that is not their fault. 1 Housebuye reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 27, 2021 37 minutes ago, irani said: Let's assume for a second that boycotts are the right thing to do (which I don't think is true) Rasul Khadem said it perfectly, "if we must boycott Israel, we should not ask the individual athletes and coaches to carry the burden on their shoulders" If Iran wants to boycott, they should honestly and transparently do so, and live with the consequences. It is completely unfair to athletes like Karimi to lose two years of their prime for something that is not their fault. I don't disagree: I said "boycotting should be an individual decision". 1 irani reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 Volleyball disaster canada 3 Iran 0 now I am not even sure we’ll make it out of the group stage Italy and Japan will be tough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 6 hours ago, irani said: Volleyball disaster canada 3 Iran 0 now I am not even sure we’ll make it out of the group stage Italy and Japan will be tough Is that an upset? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 10 hours ago, irani said: Volleyball disaster canada 3 Iran 0 now I am not even sure we’ll make it out of the group stage Italy and Japan will be tough I'm confident we will. Japan are currently losing to Italy and face Poland next, then Iran. As long as we beat Italy or Japan we will get through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Shiraz123 said: Is that an upset? Yes, I would say so other than a couple of months ago, Iran has beat Canada easily In other news, Iran lost 120-66 to USA in basketball. That is NOT an upset :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, The Genius said: I'm confident we will. Japan are currently losing to Italy and face Poland next, then Iran. As long as we beat Italy or Japan we will get through. Italy beat Japan 3-1 There are now 4 teams that are 2-1 Poland, Italy, Japan and Iran IF we can beat at least one of the two teams (Italy, Japan) we have a good shot of advancing. Other than a match during Iran's downward spiral, Iran usually beats Japan easily. But this is in Japan's home turf. Italy beats Iran more often than Iran beats Italy. Let's hope for the best We could have eliminated Canada, and confirmed advancement to the next round, it was a terrible outcome against Canada, and losing3-0 means we got no points for the match Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 31 minutes ago, irani said: Italy beat Japan 3-1 There are now 4 teams that are 2-1 Poland, Italy, Japan and Iran IF we can beat at least one of the two teams (Italy, Japan) we have a good shot of advancing. Other than a match during Iran's downward spiral, Iran usually beats Japan easily. But this is in Japan's home turf. Italy beats Iran more often than Iran beats Italy. Let's hope for the best We could have eliminated Canada, and confirmed advancement to the next round, it was a terrible outcome against Canada, and losing3-0 means we got no points for the match I read an interview with (I think) Ebadipour after the match and he said they didn't have much time to rest and recover, Canada had to win to survive so they performed well, and it was a good shock for the Iranian players to motivate them to do better in their next games. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, The Genius said: I read an interview with (I think) Ebadipour after the match and he said they didn't have much time to rest and recover, Canada had to win to survive so they performed well, and it was a good shock for the Iranian players to motivate them to do better in their next games. Their recovery time was the same as Canada's. As he said in that interview, they just had a terrible, terrible day. https://www.khabarvarzeshi.com/news/318975/واکنش-عجیب-ملی-پوش-والیبال-پس-از-شکست-مقابل-کانادا-عبادی-پور Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, irani said: Their recovery time was the same as Canada's. As he said in that interview, they just had a terrible, terrible day. https://www.khabarvarzeshi.com/news/318975/واکنش-عجیب-ملی-پوش-والیبال-پس-از-شکست-مقابل-کانادا-عبادی-پور Yeah and Iran's previous game was around 10 hours earlier than Canada's, so they actually had more time to recover so that's not a very good excuse lol Edited July 28, 2021 by The Genius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim L 327 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 21 hours ago, irani said: He decorated his medal to Israel?? That does not sound right. What is your source for that information? I would understand if he dedicated it to Mongolia, his new country, but why Israel? In the interview on I saw on theNBC Olympic channel, I heard him thank Mongolia and his "ex-country" Iran, and after he blew kisses and then walked off (I am assuming to avoid controversy or tough questions). The audio in frequently low quality during the interviews and his accent wasn't terrible but still mad eit a little hard me me to understand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 763 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 Iran got smoked by Team USA in basketball. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, TripNSweep said: Iran got smoked by Team USA in basketball. Yes, already reported 5 hours ago, irani said: Yes, I would say so other than a couple of months ago, Iran has beat Canada easily In other news, Iran lost 120-66 to USA in basketball. That is NOT an upset :) We are all trying to overcome the shock :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 381 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 Does anyone know when they will do the draws for GR? I think I read it somewhere but now I can't find it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted July 28, 2021 32 minutes ago, The Genius said: Does anyone know when they will do the draws for GR? I think I read it somewhere but now I can't find it. First draw happens saturday for 60 and 130kg. 1pm Japan time the day before competition they will do the draws for the weights being contested, so from saturday onwards they will put out draws for a few weights everyday until it ends. 2 1 Housebuye, The Genius and Alwayswrestling reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uwwdoc 125 Report post Posted July 29, 2021 11 hours ago, Shiraz123 said: First draw happens saturday for 60 and 130kg. 1pm Japan time the day before competition they will do the draws for the weights being contested, so from saturday onwards they will put out draws for a few weights everyday until it ends. The draws will all be day before each comp? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted July 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Uwwdoc said: The draws will all be day before each comp? Yes, I know recently in many tournaments they release the complete draws for all 10 weights the day before competition even for those not wrestling on the first day, but here they will only do draws for weights that are going to happen the day after. So you will get 3 draws a day - 2 men's weights and 1 women's. They will do 1 women's weight everyday alongside greco and men's freestyle as their women's team is very strong so they are trying to showcase that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
window12 47 Report post Posted July 30, 2021 Looks like Yazdani and DT are hitting it off first round. Punia guaranteed a silver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irani 823 Report post Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, window12 said: f**k This is the same f**king time they have had to face each other in the first f**king round What a joke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
