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    Posted: 16-Aug-2004 at 06:00

He was only 2 kilograms too heavy. That's not per accident.
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Reading the BBC, turns out he might have been out of his weight class instead of it being political reasons...

 

too fat to fight !
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He said that he didn't want to actually touch a Jew!

Unbeliavable.

Anyway, later that day, an Algerian fought in Judo and won, against an Israeli but I'm not sure if it was the same one.

 

 
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Chicken!
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Originally posted by Degredado

He was probably afraid to lose to an Israeli. The chicken!


i suppose you are joking, but in case you weren't, he was odds-on favourite to win the gold medal.
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He was probably afraid to lose to an Israeli. The chicken!
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Aug-2004 at 00:34

Well, the Iranian guy could've turned his dislike of Israel into a thrashing victory.

I think what he did was pure nonsense.
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The olympics are about separating sport from politics... damn fool...

I hope the Israeli guy wins it.



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  these things usually are ego and self-promotion.   mullahs, really?
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He should just do what he trained to do and should get anything unless he fights. Leave the damn politics at home i say.

I wholeheartedly agree,  why do people do this sort of thing?
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I read about this fact yet, and seriously I am not sure what to think about it. Was the athlet lobbied by his government, or was this a result of his own politicalk ideas?
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He should just do what he trained to do and should get anything unless he fights. Leave the damn politics at home i say.
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14-08-2004, 06:36
Iranian world judo champion Arash Miresmaili, who carried his country's flag in Friday's olympic games opening ceremony, has pulled out of the tournament because he refused to fight an Israeli.

The 23-year-old, twice a winner of the flyweight (under 66kg) world title, opted not to take on first round opponent Ehud Vaks of Israel as an express of support for Palestine.

"Although I have trained for months and was in good shape I refused to fight my Israeli opponent to sympathize with the suffering of the people of Palestine and I do not feel upset at all," Miresmaili told IRNA.

Students news agency ISNA quoted Iran's sports officials as saying Miresmaili still deserved the one billion Rial ($115,000) prize the Iranian olympic medal winners were promised by the Physical Education Organization.

"Miresmaili must receive a special prize as he was the prime candidate for a gold medal and I will do my best about it," said head of the Judo Federation, Mohammad Derakhshan.

http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=282983&lang= e&dir=news

 

 
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