Middle East in the Olympics

[Mahmoud_EGY]

3rd medal for Egypt

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Jordan wins its first medal ever in olympics... gold! in taekwondo, a real good taekwondoka.

 

[AmirPatriot]

Iran (Kimia Alizadeh) wins brons in taekwondo in 57kg category, women. The finalists were beaten by Alizadeh in other tournaments. 5th medal.

First medal for Iranian women in all olympic games of Iran.

Hopefully a Gold in the next Olympics! After all, she is only 18, a Junior World Champion.

 

[Solomon2]

Abu Ghosh wins taekwondo gold
The sportsman,reportedly born in the Isreli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, represnted Jordan; he will be bringing back, not just Jordan's first medal, but a gold one at that.
Roi Yanovsky and Roi Kais|Published: 19.08.16 , 17:40


Celebrations abound in the Abu Ghosh local council following the victory of the Jordanian Taekwondo fighter, Ahmad Abu Ghosh, who won Jordan's first ever Olympic medal. Not just any medal, but a gold medal. Abu Ghosh became a national hero of the Hashemite Kingdom and already received a call from King Abdullah, who told him, "I am very happy, as are all Jordanians."


Abu Ghosh residents watched and celebrated his win together with sweets. Cheers of joy were even heard from the mosque at the end of Friday prayers. Jawadat Ibrahim, owner of the "Abu Ghosh" restaurants, recounted how the Olympic medalist's grandparents moved from the village to Jordan decades ago and that Ahmad was born there. They remain in close contact with relatives in the village and come for extended stays each year. Ibrahim says, "There is a very large community from the village in Jordan and they are close to the King. It is a great honor for Abu Ghosh—we plan to celebrate him and his family, travel to Jordan to congratulate him and his family, together with villages nobles."

Celebrations erupt in Jordan following Abu Ghosh's win)

Iyad Ibrahim added, "I met Ahmad in Jordan at a wedding. He told me he was training. He is a good guy and very driven."


Abu Ghosh was marked from the beginning of the Rio Olympics as the one who might bring a medal to the Hashemite Kingdom. Even at night, news of Abu Ghosh making it to the finals of Taekwondo caused social network platforms to begin buzzing over the promise of a historic gold or silver medal. After his victory in the early hours of the morning over his Russian opponent, joy turned to euphoria with Jordan's first ever Olympic medal.

Ahmad Abu Ghosh (Photo: EPA)

Celebrations in Abu Ghosh (Photo: Amit Shaby)


Queen Rania tweeted this morning in English and Arabic and summed up what a great year it has been for Jordan in the international arena. "From the Oscars to the Olympics," she tweeted, and went on to add, "You have made Jordan extremely happy with this tremendous achievement." The Crown Prince, Hussein, also posted a picture of Abu Ghosh with the Jordanian flag and said that it was an honorable Jordanian achievement.

Queen Rania's tweet

Crown Prince Hussein tweets his congratulations


Abu Ghosh won his earlier fights at the 68 kilogram level over opponents from Egypt and South Korea. In the semifinals, he beat the Spaniard Joel Gonzalez, who was the London gold medalist in 2012. He was beside himself with joy and celebrated with his flag and coach, just as a celebration on this stage should look.

In the finals against Alexey Denisenko, Abu Ghosh was unstoppable, winning 10-6, and going home a national hero with a gold medal around his neck. The excitement was evident in Rio, with one of the reporters cried on air from happiness.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

An Iranian (Sabah Shariati ) won bronze for Azerbayjan in wrestling. Also other Iranian (Milad Beigi) who plays for Azerbayjan beat an Iranian (Mehdi Khodabakhshi) in Taekwondo today and makes a chance for medals. They are paying our players to win medals for them.

Further A silver medal was also stolen from us in Weightlifting because of the jury.

And at last some failed islamist propaganda and comments from khamenei who says hijab in sport is more important than rising of our flag . He was talking about Kimia Alizadeh

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

New brons medal for Iran in wrestling: Hassan Rahimi

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Tiger of Mazandaran Hassan Yazdani Charati won gold for Iran in wrestling

 

[AmirPatriot]

Tiger of Mazandaran Hassan Yazdani Charati won gold for Iran in wrestling

His opponent, the Russian Aniuar Geduev, was leading 6-0. Yazdani managed to make it 6-6 at with 3 seconds of play left. Because he was the last to score a point, he won the game!

Extraordinary comeback from someone who was considered the underdog!

Finally some failed islamist propaganda

 

[waz]

Tiger of Mazandaran Hassan Yazdani Charati won gold for Iran in wrestling

That kid is just amazing. I'm so happy for Iran's wrestlers. I always cheer for them.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Silver medal, another tiger from Juybar (Mazandaran).

 

[waz]

Gold for Taha Agul of Turkey. The most dominant wrestler on the planet at 125kg.

Silver medal, another tiger from Juybar (Mazandaran).

He was great, loved it.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Close match, congratulations for Turkeys first gold medal in this olympics. Hope Iran gets 2 medals tomorrow.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

@waz
The guy and his wife or friend, both iraqis, stole the medal of weightlifter Behdad Salimi. They were part of the jury.

 

[Aramagedon]

Jordan wins its first medal ever in olympics... gold! in taekwondo, a real good taekwondoka.

LOL...


Iran is at 23th place. Mashallah Iran.

In London 2012 Iran took 17th place.

 

[waz]

@waz
The guy and his wife or friend, both iraqis, stole the medal of weightlifter Behdad Salimi. They were part of the jury.

Yes I saw that, very suspect. His arm looked straight to me.