Iran @ The 2012 Summer Olympics: Day 13 [August 9] - Live Updates

[Nader25]

All Iranic people are our brothers.

hm, comment shoma boye arrogance-y va shevoonisti mide sir, mutal respect is the command.

[Khashayar]

hm, comment shoma boye arrogance-y va shevoonisti mide sir, mutal respect is the command.

What was chauvinistic and arrogant about what I said? I also don't get your comment about mutual respect.

[Nader25]

never mind, you should have got it. begzarim

[Khashayar]

never mind, you should have got it. begzarim

Lol I doubt you know what Iranic people means... gozashtim

[Nader25]

hala manzooret in boode ke zaboone moshtarak farsi hast masalan, in defintion inja ghalate, wrong forum to discuss such things.

[Martin-Reza]

Can you guys stop spamming the thread?

Immediately!!

[Khashayar]

hala manzooret in boode ke zaboone moshtarak farsi hast masalan, in defintion inja ghalate, wrong forum to discuss such things.

See I knew you didn't know what Iranic people means... Nothing to do with Persian language... It includes all Afghans, Kurds, Ossetians, Pashtuns, Tajiks and so on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_peoples

You are right this is not the right thread. But please don't go around calling people chauvinists when you don't even know what they are talking about.

EDIT: Sorry to everybody, I saw Martin-Reza's post after I had already posted. I will stop now.

[Irannn]

Bagheri has 1 appeal left while the Turkish guy has 0. That could work to his advantage in the final match.

fek konam vase final 1ki behesh bedan, final fargh dare

[K. Nader]

This clip is from the Finals of the 2011 TKD Championship. Tazegul beat Bagheri 9-8 here. I believe this is the last time the two have met.

[amirkabir fr]

congratulations to Bagheri . Bagheri shireh

[Khashayar]

This clip is from the Finals of the 2011 TKD Championship. Tazegul beat Bagheri 9-8 here. I believe this is the last time the two have met.

It says on Wiki that the scoring in that final was 9-8 in favour of the Turkish guy. He also looked a lot busier in this fight. I don't know anything about Taekwondo. Can someone who knows about the sport give an honest assessment of what Bagheri's chances for Gold will be?

[K. Nader]

It says on Wiki that the scoring in that final was 9-8 in favour of the Turkish guy. He also looked a lot busier in this fight. I don't know anything about Taekwondo. Can someone who knows about the sport give an honest assessment of what Bagheri's chances for Gold will be?

If you want a brutally honest assessment, I'd tip Tazegul to win the Gold. Bagheri is extremely defensive (contrary to the clip above) and that prevents him from taking overly large leads. Tazegul seems to favour the heads shots (worth 3 points) and if manages to land those early, Bagheri will be required to go on the offensive, exposing the center of his body bad (2 points). Movement will be key for Bagheri - it will make it harder for Tazegul to go for the 2 point and 3 point kicks (instead, he'll probably play it safe and use side kicks or roundhouse kicks).

Given Bagheri's lack of major movement and combination kicks in the last two rounds, I'm hoping that he's been saving some energy for this match. The sets may be short but it's extremely exhausting when you're sparring in all that protective gear.

[Siavash]

Bagheri defensibly has the experience and kind knows how to win. Looks like he will do just enough to win. So I give him a good chance to win the gold.

[oldcoach]

Bagheri will get Gold or Silver. I think he will get to the final and will probably face the current champ from Turkey who he lost to in the final of 2011 world championships and the Olympic qualification tournament, although he did beat him in the 2009 worlds.

Good call.

[Farhad-7]

why is the final so late?