Another controversy at the Tokyo Olympic Games, this time associated with the shooting tournament. Javad Foroughi won the 10m pistol event, winning the first gold medal for Iran, but was the target of much criticism from South Korea.
Jin-Jong Oh, Olympic medalist on six occasions, criticized the fact that the athlete has been linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran, a group considered a terrorist by the United States of America, since 2019.
“How can a terrorist win a gold medal? It’s an absurd thing. It is not only a catastrophe for Iranian sport, but also for the entire international community and, in particular, for the reputation of the International Olympic Committee, which seems to be an accomplice in promoting terrorism and crimes against humanity», he vented.
A professional only since 2017, Javad Foroughi, 41, is part of this military organization as a nurse, having completed a mission in Syria between 2013 and 2015. Since then, he has been working in a hospital in Tehran.
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