An Iranian Wrestler Throws His Match to Avoid an Israeli
Iranian Students News Agency said that I was told that the Israeli wrestler defeated his American rival,
and that I must lose to avoid facing an Israeli opponent,
The day after the match, he posted a video on Instagram of him walking along rainy streets in Poland, listening to a depressing song
that starts with the sentence, "Silence is the last stronghold; you cannot take away our right." "I don’t know what to say to calm you," an Instagram user, Saeed Parvazi, wrote in the comments.
Israel said that I have trained hard for months to win a gold medal, and it was easy for me to win.
As Iranian news outlets reported on Tuesday, he said his real problem was
that his coach had told him to throw the match to avoid facing an Israeli opponent in the next round of the tournament.
"Politics is separated from sports, damn those who break the hearts of our athletes
and people with such policies." The video stirred up a storm, so on Monday Iran’s Wrestling Federation published a statement praising Mr. Karimi-Machiani’s decision to lose.