Comments on: American wrestlers shake hands with Iranian president http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/ Fri, 24 May 2013 02:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: urbo1 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:56:35 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-296 Maybe if we can teach the UN nuclear negotiators to wrestle, it would be a meaningful event.

]]> By: dirtydrew http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:15:31 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-295 The fact wrestling, an original Olympic sport, the truest form of one on one competition is out while badminton (sp?) is in , is crazy. This is the real problem with the made for tv, full of fluff and “human interest” stories that is killing the games. It is tape delayed on the west coast, so when it comes on, we already know the results. DUH…

]]> By: mdth0mas http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:27:50 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-294 Sorry njersey5389: The United State’s1980 boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

It had nothing to do with Iran….

]]> By: njersey5389 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:11:34 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-293 How ironic that the 1980 US Olympic Wrestlers were denied a chance to compete because Carter boycotted the games due to the Iranian takeover of the US embassy.

]]> By: bobhamiltonchicago http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:52:20 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-292 This headline should not be about the wrestlers shaking his hand, it should be about how the two countries acted graciously towards each other during this match..

]]> By: gmk17 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/american-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-iranian-president/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:34:17 +0000 http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/?p=50963#comment-290 The thought of removing wrestling from the olympics is bizarre to say the least. It is nice to see our two countries to find common ground on something even if it is not something political.

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