{"id":134702,"date":"2017-11-28T04:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134702"},"modified":"2025-03-09T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T20:13:45","slug":"iranian-wrestler-says-managers-told-him-to-throw-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/28\/iranian-wrestler-says-managers-told-him-to-throw-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian wrestler says managers told him to throw match"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_134707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134707\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Alireza_Karimi_Rio2016-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134707\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Alireza_Karimi_Rio2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"2016 Summer Olympics, Men's Freestile Wrestling 86 kg (Photo By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0)\" width=\"447\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Alireza_Karimi_Rio2016-1.jpg 447w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Alireza_Karimi_Rio2016-1-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 Summer Olympics, Men&#8217;s Freestile Wrestling 86 kg <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=50952337\">(Photo By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TEHRAN, Iran\u2014 An Iranian wrestler says his managers told him to intentionally lose to a Russian competitor to avoid facing an Israeli wrestler in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Reza Karimi late Monday told the semi-official ISNA news agency that only one minute before the end of a Sunday round of the U-23 World Championship in Poland his coaches told him to throw the match to avoid facing an Israeli wrestler.<\/p>\n<p>He says: &#8220;In a moment, my whole world seemed to come to an end.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesupplementreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html\">www.thesupplementreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israel and Iran are bitter adversaries and Iranian athletes traditionally refrain from competing against Israelis. 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