Iranian Refuses to Compete In Olympics...

[Col Hogan]

...against an Israeli...

The Iranian swimmer was ordered out of the race by his delegation head because one of the competitors was an Israeli...and a damn good one...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104248620&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFul

[ursus arctos horribilis]

...against an Israeli...

The Iranian swimmer was ordered out of the race by his delegation head because one of the competitors was an Israeli...and a damn good one...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104248620&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFul

I got webage can not be found on that link Col.

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[griz37]

politics ------------->

Umm this is a sports story. xrolleyesx

[Col Hogan]

I think this will work...


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104248620&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull


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[Grizalltheway]

Pathetic move by the Iranian delegation, robbing someone of something they've worked so hard for. xmadx

[JayJ79]

Stupid.
But better than Munich at least.

[TexasTerror]

Ridiculous...where's the spirit of the Olympics?

The Iranian should've swam. He would've gotten dead last and that would have been the end of it...I doubt they even have an Olympic pool in the country.

[SideLine Shooter]

Typical present day Iran...

[BlueHen86]

Umm this is a sports story. xrolleyesx
Agreed. Sad to see politics interfere with sports, but sometimes it does.

[Skjellyfetti]

The entire US team was forced to boycott Moscow in 1980 because we didn't like the host country.

I'm not saying I support the Iranian position... but I think what the US did was just as bad, if not worse. That decision cost a lot of athletes an opportunity they worked hard for.

[BlueHen86]

The entire US team was forced to boycott Moscow in 1980 because we didn't like the host country.

I'm not saying I support the Iranian position... but I think what the US did was just as bad, if not worse. That decision cost a lot of athletes an opportunity they worked hard for.
I agree. Our decision to boycott in 1980 sucked. The athletes train to hard to be used as pawns.

[Purple Pride]

Iranian swimmer Mohammad Alirezaei has pulled out of the Olympic Games on Saturday because of illness.

The 100-meter breaststroke swimmer was carried to a hospital in Beijing, according to the Iranian Swimming Federation officials.


http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175052

Poor feller' didn't feel good.xlolx

[Purple Pride]

When do the Iranian women compete? Nothing quite as "hot" as a burkini.

http://blog.zeit.de/joerglau/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/burkini230607mos_468x810.jpg

[Skjellyfetti]

They have 3 female athletes at these games:

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/81977572.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19318923626B4B920B319E907E37EE468AA 5A5397277B4DC33E

http://shahrzaad.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/82190416.jpg

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/feb/Sara-Khoshjamal-Fekri.jpg

[TexasTerror]

Add Syria...

Olympic swimmer Anna Gostomelsky broke an Israeli record on Friday when she completed the eighth heat of the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries in 25.23 seconds.

Though Gostomelsky came in first in the heat, she did not qualify for the semifinals, falling 16 milliseconds short of the 16th spot in the contest.

"I'm very pleased, not only with myself but with the whole team. We were the most brilliant team here," Gostomelsky said.

A Syrian swimmer who was due to use the lane next to Gostomelsky opted to stay out of the contest.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710373785&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[jstate83]

Hope Israel has a person in every event that Iran has a person in.
They feel that strongly about it, let them pull the entire Iran team and GTFO of the Olympic's. xsmhx

Nobody need to try and make Iran look foolish.
Them and other's like them do a good job all by themselves.xlolx
And this was dumb on their part.xsmhx

[Dane96]

And they wonder why the West thinks they are ARSE backwards.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

What a bunch of bigots.

Iranians are people too.

[jstate83]

When do the Iranian women compete? Nothing quite as "hot" as a burkini.

http://blog.zeit.de/joerglau/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/burkini230607mos_468x810.jpg

Sorry.
But she copuld have kept the playful "foot splash/kick". xlolx

That suit just ain't sexy at all. xlmaox

[citdog]

guess the arab scum is tired of losing to Israel...in war...in athletic contests....and the love of the Supreme Being!

[Cobblestone]

...against an Israeli...

The Iranian swimmer was ordered out of the race by his delegation head because one of the competitors was an Israeli...and a damn good one...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104248620&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFul


I just do not understand ***** like this. If you hate another country so much, what better way to deal with them than to kick their @$$ in athletic competition? Settling differences on the athletic field is better than settling them on the battlefield. Which is what the Olympics is really all about.

DUH!

[BlueHen86]

I just do not understand ***** like this. If you hate another country so much, what better way to deal with them than to kick their @$$ in athletic competition? Settling differences on the athletic field is better than settling them on the battlefield. Which is what the Olympics is really all about.

DUH!

Agreed. IMO the greatest sporting event ever:

USA 4
USSR 3

During the Cold War.

[Dane96]

Honest to g-d one of my first sport memories...true memories ever. I remember some of the Jets, Knicks...and I was carried on the field as a baby for the Yanks titles...but I remember this so vividly.

I probably was playing with my GI JOES right before that game started (the replay). I remember my mom trying to tell me the score (If I wanted to know) and I told her to get out of the room because she would jinx it (not realizing how stupid that was at the time because it was already over).

Great sporting event moment.

And seriously Syria...wtf are you thinking. You get like 5 people to go...and then you dont compete. Stay the fwck home...and do something productive.

[Cobblestone]

Agreed. IMO the greatest sporting event ever:

USA 4
USSR 3

During the Cold War.

Here's another reminder.

[BlueHen86]

Here's another reminder.
Awesome.