The WORST Gold Medal Decision At The Tokyo Olympics

Tareg Hamedi is robbed of a gold medal.

[@georgio3753]

This was a robbery

[@deerland3655]

Hamedi's kick appeared to be a completely defensive reaction, with no significant follow through. Ganjzadeh was moving his head right into the kick. The judges must not have used video review.

[@MaddaxxxE]

Looks like he pulled the kick to me. Not his fault the other guy threw his face into his foot.

[@martialarkin]

Exactly

[@ericreese4561]

No in any other match if you get knockout it’s a 90% chance that your opponent will win, but that’s because most of the time no one really tries to follow through or anything it’s always just an accident trying to have fun making this decision again one of the worst I’ve been doing this for quite a while people don’t often get disqualified or knocking someone out like I said it’s usually an accident 99% of the time

[@stillgotyourmom]

the KOd guy went in for the punch first then the blck kicked and was acting arrogant so he felt his KO power and was proud about it. Typical blck persona but no karate olympic honor. ​@@ericreese4561

[@fasgamboa]

That punch was going nowhere 😅

[@andros2389]

Actually if you look closer it was going on the mid section but just missed!

[@FolkeBernadotte2]

The Saudi player 🇸🇦 is the Rocky Balboa of the Karate 🥋 world. And also the Roy Jones jr of the 21st century olympics

[@newdeltamusic]

I once was disqualified in a point-style match because my opponent charged in as I was chambering my right hand back for punch. My left hand extended forward as my hip rotated. He was short and rushed right into and knocked himself out on my left hand.

[@ha_ya_to156]

What an amazing tactic!!! Getting ko’d on purpose to win the gold! Don’t even have to try!!😂

[@fer_molina]

Como competidor muchas veces me ví en situaciones como está, de enfrentar a un oponente tan bueno que me hiciera sentir opacado, pero nunca hice uso del reglamento para ganar y mucho menos con algo tan bajo como fingir una lesión para que me dieran ganador por no saber cómo ganarle. Lo que hacia era dejarlo pasar, prepararme mejor para para el siguiente torneo para poder ganarle. Es por eso que ese oro que ganó el Iraní no vale nada, el ganador fue el Árabe. 💪🏼💯🥋

[@HaveYouSeenThisChannel]

Translation: As a competitor, I often found myself in situations like this, of facing an opponent so good that it made me feel overshadowed, but I never made use of the rules to win, much less with something as low as faking an injury so that they would give me a winner for not know how to beat him. What I did was let it go, prepare myself better for the next tournament so I could beat him. That is why that gold that the Iranian won is worth nothing, the winner was the Arab.

[@terencemedina6080]

Karate is for killing movie KARATE KILLER ⚔🥋🥋🥊🥊 even in sport karate, guard your grill 🙈🙉🙊

[@John-iq7ry]

Imagine getting a gold medal because you have a glass jaw!

[@reib2244]

Boxing you KO the enemy you're Disqualified Because you Punch to Hard Football you Tackle the Enemy to Hard you're Disqualified LOL

[@stillgotyourmom]

but its not boxing you bot!

[@Geck_Gxng]

Insane

[@smichaels10]

I guess that’s why they got rid of karate. It’s a contact sport and the unconscious guy wins the gold? How stupid.

[@Jesus-qv5sw]

All the folks saying "we had that bs of break dance and karate got left" apparently does not know about what happened here. I prefer break dance instead of this circus.

[@AtiXcs]

@@Jesus-qv5sw true, this loophole in rules is very easy to exploit too. imagine you are losing so you just fake out and rush to enemy so you get ko'ed and the enemy get disqualified. you don't need to train how to hit anymore, just train how to get knocked out lmao.

[@lightorchestrator]

This seems like it would make for a good story like Cobra Kai. One guy living with the frustration of being denied the title of champion over a BS call and the other living with the shame of being champion because he got knocked out after charging into a kick.

[@Nightbane104]

Thats what I was thinking too. XD

[@COLBYtheDRAGON]

STILL THE BIGGEST ROBBERY IVE SEEN IN MY 40 YEARS OF WATCHING COMBATIVE SPORTS 😪

[@terencemedina6080]

Now the biggest robbery is men boxing in the women's division of boxing 🥊👫

[@COLBYtheDRAGON]

@@terencemedina6080 THAT!!!!

[@COLBYtheDRAGON]

@@terencemedina6080 THIS!

[@dingus7081]

Sport karate rules are dumb

[@martialarkin]

He was punished for his timing and precision; using his skills precisely. Makes the whole thing a mockery; simultaneously having a gold medalist in light sparring, who also was the one to be knocked out. Presumably the reasoning behind the D.Q. was due to the blow being considered full contact, in a light sparring point match. so, likely was D.Q"d for lack of control and discipline. But the opponent is receiving too much reward for lacking defensive skills and spacial awareness i.e. face diving into his leg.

[@CamDempsey-lq1nr]

This is the biggest embarrassment karate & the Olympics could ever face. The ancient Olympic games were about athletes showcasing their strength,athleticism & warfare skills in the games for their city states, javelin,discuss,vaulting,gymnastics, foot races,swimming,boxing,wrestling, pankration, they used it as a religious festival creating atheltic events that showcased the most desirable attributes of strong warriors.A way of deterring attacks & affording a time of peace between the states to allow greater commerce & exchange of ideas To see someone participate in a martial art/combat sport & be punished for a well executed strike like this is ridiculous.

[@Kierrik]

This was a joke, Olympics have lost there way… the loser gets gold lol

[@BiGPeanutGaming]

Its a contact sport the fact hitting to hard is a disqualification is bull shit, if i was the the ref be picking up his teeth

[@ibrahimhosein3210]

When politics enters sports, this is what happens

[@Amirmahdi_o_o]

Wtf😂

[@stillgotyourmom]

or blaxx

[@Nickword1]

We all know who won.. lol

[@joanadeasis-c5s]

imagine getting KO all the way to ur gold medal,,... hahahahaha..... grandson: grandpa how do you win a gold medal in olympics? grandpa: so simple by getting KO that's all.

[@Barracuda71-ln3jr]

What a joke -

[@zeromejo2212]

Even boxing Japan made worst decision for Phillipines and Mexican boxers shame on this people

[@alanoudturki2789]

Saudi here 🇸🇦🇸🇦 you have no idea what it would mean to bring the first gold medal 🥇 ever to Saudi. He was robbed of that well deserved honor

[@mrslap1924]

He did bring it home. That other guy only brought pure shame to his country. He should’ve handed his medal over to the true champ

[@stillgotyourmom]

No! Olympic Karate is not about KO

[@AtiXcs]

@@stillgotyourmom its also not about jumping to get hit and being unconscious. lol, karate - the sport of being unconscious.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

An Olympic Silver medal is nothing to laugh about. It's already a lifetime achievement.

[@bobbyzen2299]

it's not a Full contact sport, below the opponent's neck you can hit as hard as you can, but only touch and retreat your punch/kick when aiming upper...just because there are no helmets, you should control your hits

[@lieutenantzz1166]

Sad martial arts,what a disgusting sport if you have to hold back in a tournament thats literally about kicking the other opponent

[@Legacy1283tr]

Bro if iran guy doesn't jumped that kick would have been landed on his arm suudi guy is not playing life on 0.5 speed he saw opppnent coming he throw kick kick landed on face thats luck you can't make him lose for that

[@georgecuckoo]

I still cannot believe this. We all know who won that fight.

[@Sn1p1ngGuy117]

Just gunna go out and say I would have won the gold medal here as an untrained out of shape guy who has never done Karate.

[@berenizesodumb3349]

sure buddy 😂

[@facts2676]

Hasta el dia de hoy no entiendo la decision de los jueces

[@lebossam9949]

Hansuku man thats foul

[@wesleyfulton2186]

Did they test the guy on the ground to see if he was really XX, or not enough testosterone?

[@Khushveer-y8z]

The fool who got knocked down is declared Olympic Champion. If such fools fight in street and get beaten up it will spoil Karate's reputation

[@patmat7984]

Im telling you this oranian guy is a cheet iv seen him in other competitions and he does all types of faking to get points....

[@rhyldonpasco8032]

knockout system dapat, binayot ray agi aning sports karate

[@yuniorcardoso1212]

Robo total.

[@alpha4072]

Plated possum for the win....typical

[@charlesomarbrock1234]

Exactly I don’t believe he even got knocked out. He was just laying there because he knew he messed up and he should’ve denied the gold medal because he knew that Guy didn’t cheat.

[@charlesomarbrock1234]

What a weak way to receive a gold metal I wouldn’t want it.

[@yorkrojas1452]

This is Bs, and truthfully now that i think about, that other guy has no balls when he took the gold he should have refused it.

[@DMaster5062]

Damn right!!!!

[@MaNnYrOk]

This is one of those scenarios where I hope race wasn't in play here. Even if it was, I find it hard to accept that medal knowing I won by getting ko. This is where racism really hurts society bcuz the best man should always get the nod. If the man was Japanese, the judges would be jumping out of their seats.

[@koek4539]

Lmao, always the racism card. Who says they did it because of their race?

[@RabidDisposition]

​@@koek4539 of course they wouldn't admit to it. Racists these days are.too cowardly to admit to it.

[@ravenoushydra7948]

not race. nationality. look into this story and u can see the judges nationality and they have ties to iran.

[@benjaminyoung9694]

maybe. The question does linger in the back of the mind tho. But who knows. He did get the nod. just not the trinket

[@NoRockinMansLand]

​@@koek4539 racists never openly admit they are, that's why its a valid speculation. Think

[@Jesus-qv5sw]

This is the reason i defend breakdance for all its critizism and hate it is receiving in Paris, at least it is better than this BS.

[@r__b6095]

Imagine waking up after being knocked out. You're upset because you lost fairly. Then someone tells you you fucking won the match for a bullshit reason 😂

[@gustavoiniguez4490]

Racism.

[@zoolook666]

No full contact allowed in the Olympics and karate is all about self-control. If you can't mark you hit without control you are disqualified - he knew the rules.

[@josecano326]

What a weak thing to say. The iranian guy was bested. Its a COMBAT sport ffs.

[@zoolook666]

@@josecano326 You are confusing Martial Way with Martial Art

[@robrick9361]

By your own logic the guy who got knocked out didn't show any self-control since he leaned into the kick making it hit harder than it actually was. But regardless, people already think Karate is a joke............this only confirms what they already thought.

[@caldeandrade69]

As a Karateka, I call bullshit. This is no martial art. This is a sport. True Karate is meant to destroy the opponent. This ruleset is a joke.

[@buecherdrache1]

​@@caldeandrade69I am doing one of the oldest karate styles and we also have a no contact rule. Many people don't get that no contact doesn't mean no force, it means full control and full force. Every kick needs to be powerful, but a Master karateka needs to be able to control each kick so he can also stop it directly in front of his opponent without connecting. In other words he can knock the other down but needs to be able to make the decision not to at all times. And that's far more difficult than just hitting each other full force

[@nicc4534]

Perfect kick

[@AnoonCalrissian]

Whatever ❗😡🙄 GTFOH ❗😡🤬