According to IRNA, Sajjad Ganjzadeh told reporters on the sidelines of the Athletes’ Commission elections on Friday: “We hope that the majority of athletes will participate in this election and that every athlete who is elected as a representative of athletes will perform very well in these four years.”
He added: “If the people who are selected in the athletes’ commission are united, they can definitely make very good things happen.” Because people have always supported athletes.
The gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics said that the previous representatives in the Athletes’ Commission had a series of problems and did not do anything for the athletes: “That is why I said that being very united can be very effective in advancing the goals of athletes.”
He reminded: “After winning the Olympic gold medal, the karate team was happy with this event, but due to the imminence of the world and Asian championships and the decisions that were made, this discipline faced some margins.” It is always difficult to choose a national team, and when the coach decides to choose, he leaves everything to the referees. Finally, the team is closed and we all hope that the team will be sent to the world championships and we will be able to become champions in the team committee section for the fourth time.
Ganjzadeh said: “I had an injury before the Olympics and this situation bothers me and my sciatica is very involved, but I am trying to reach gold and I am not an inexperienced player.”
He continued: Saudi karate is also participating in the world championships in the UAE. The sport of karate starts and ends with respect, and I also competed with a Saudi player in the final, and we are good friends, but unfortunately, when we leave the sport, a series of things happen that people in the media think are murky, but they are not.
The gold medalist of the Olympic Games added: “I was upset by a series of news and I do not know if this talk was from this player or the coach himself.” Just as we see ourselves as a family in Iran, this family is much larger in the world, and these friendly relations must exist, and it is not good to have ambiguity when we see our rivals or friends.
Pointing out that all the rewards have been paid, he said: they were supposed to give half of the rewards to Dabihullah Pourshib. I know that the head of the National Olympic Committee has set a reward for him to reward Pourshib as well, because his place in the Olympics was empty.
Ganjzadeh added: “Because he had reached that ranking in terms of position to get the Olympic quota, and if he was present, a strange thing would happen in these games and two Iranians would reach the final and compete with each other.” The Ministry’s reward is his right. Karate owes him an Olympic medal.
The 2021 World Karate Championships will be held in the UAE from November 16 to 20, and the Asian Championships will be held in Kazakhstan from December 17 to January 20.
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