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Iran bans weightlifter for life after he shakes Israeli’s hand on podium (www.aljazeera.com)

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Iran has banned a weightlifter from sports for life and dissolved a sports committee after the athlete greeted an Israeli counterpart on a podium.

Mostafa Rajaei, a veteran weightlifter, finished second in his category in the 2023 World Master Weightlifting Championships in Poland and stood on a podium with an Iranian flag wrapped around him on Saturday.

On anther step of the podium stood Maksim Svirsky from Israel, who finished third.

The two athletes shook hands and took a picture together, which led to the Iran Weightlifting Federation banning Rajaei from all sports for life due to what it called an “unforgivable” transgression.

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh wow, I did not know that.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah it's obvious, but when people say that X company or country looks weak/happy/pissed, they are refering to the board of directors or congress that are taking the decisions, naming the country instead of the whole sentence is easier.

You can still find it weird ofc, I was just trying to explain why people do it.

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Please teach me more of your liberal ways, I'm really starting to understand how the world works now.

[-] SphereofWreckening@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some hexbear users really hate being decent when conversing.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

You get what you give shrug-outta-hecks

[-] SphereofWreckening@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

You get what you give

Same energy

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you think being treated with derision on a niche webforum made by Marxists is equivalent to being killed on live television, then yeah sure. If that's the case though you should logout