Iranian judoka Mollaei hopes to compete for Mongolia at Summer Olympics
DUESSELDORF, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 24, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) IRANIAN JUDOKA, SAEID MOLLAEI, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION):
"First of all I will say that all I am telling you is honest as far as I understand it and I don't need to lie about anything. This is important to me that you understand this. I had a lot of difficulties these days and I always tried to be as honest as possible which was not been the case when I was living in Iran. So when I arrived here, for administrative reasons I asked for political asylum as a refugee in Germany. This has been done and under the flag of the IJF (International Judo Federation) I was able to compete, including going to Osaka for the Japan competition. From then on, the IOS, the IOC, the IJF and the Mongolian federation proposed to me to compete under the flag of Mongolia. Having done that, being under the flag of Mongolia, I was able to keep my scores and my status as champion of judo. I decided to do this and I hope to go to the Olympics under the flag of Mongolia."
STORY: Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who last year was pressured by Iranian authorities to drop out of his quarter-final and semi-final bouts at the worlds in Tokyo to avoid a potential final against Israel's Sagi Muki, hopes to compete at the Summer Olympics under the flag of Mongolia.
Mollaei was speaking to reporters through a translator in Germany where he has been in hiding for months after refusing to return to Iran over fears for his safety, ignoring orders from the country's National Olympic Committee and government.
In September, the International Judo Federation said Mollaei had been repeatedly ordered to withdraw from fights to avoid the chance of bouts with Israelis, both by the country's National Olympic Committee and the government, and that security personnel had been sent to his home in Iran.
Mollaei has since applied for political asylum in Germany, he told reporters.
相關影片推薦
- 1:52花蓮整夜震不停! 民眾躲露天咖啡廳.寧願車宿民視影音13,583 次觀看・10 小時前
- 1:13加拿大火車「烈焰車廂」邊開邊燒 夜空染橘、濃煙瀰漫 民眾目擊傻眼Yahoo奇摩(國際通)22,244 次觀看・17 小時前
- 3:04一分鐘報天氣 / 週三 (04/24) 鋒面通過各地降雨機率高 西半部及東北部留意局部較大雨勢Yahoo奇摩新聞(報氣象)3,309 次觀看・10 小時前
- 2:00被搖醒! 梁赫群嚇到住旅館.林心如醒來先抱緊小孩民視影音12,125 次觀看・9 小時前
- 1:51凌晨2點32分花蓮大地震全台驚醒 規模6.3富凱飯店倒了民視影音223,177 次觀看・23 小時前
- 1:51金三角商圈變空城! 富凱大飯店旁上百家店被迫停業東森新聞影音1,110 次觀看・8 小時前
- 1:36自強號修補醜! 挨批「丐幫列車」 台鐵急進廠維護東森新聞影音4,939 次觀看・1 天前
- 3:31追不到砍她176刀致命 王鴻偉拖15年未槍決華視影音330,063 次觀看・3 天前
- 1:39震央「水璉部落」災情慘 居民坐路邊不敢睡TVBS新聞網影音8,773 次觀看・7 小時前
- 1:30嗆中駐美大使「雙手沾血」! 哈佛學生遭起底是台灣人|#鏡新聞鏡新聞133,545 次觀看・1 天前
熱門必看
- 14:01邱宇辰、黃宏軒演出腐女心中的幻想!超禁忌兄弟戀讓唐老師興奮到模糊!?Ep.215-1唐綺陽談星室36,402 次觀看・1 天前
- 24:07【小瑜星座】高段位愛情專家 令人震撼的雙魚女雷達之星6,060 次觀看・3 天前
- 19:54跑步一定又喘又累?不會累的 #超慢跑,該怎麼跑才能控糖、減脂?ft. 超慢跑教練 徐棟英老師 @tongyinghsu 《 強者我朋友 》|志祺七七志祺七七 X 圖文不符3,934 次觀看・2 天前
- 26:20【東京近郊景點】栃木那須高原✨距離東京1小時!絕景森林步道、生起司蛋糕CHESSE GARDEN、沼原濕原、那須彩繪玻璃美術館、那須溫泉神社、殺生石、那須動物王國|東京自由行・Japan 4Kvlog吉田社長交朋友2,674 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:08周慧敏 倪震夫婦罕同框 舉止親密力破婚變傳聞娛樂星聞17,623 次觀看・4 天前