France won three golds and Italy and the Czech Republic took two each on the final day of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships at Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Another two individual gold medals for Czech Martina Satkova and a golden double for Italy’s Cecilia Panato were the highlights on the penultimate day of competition at the ICF Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoe World Championships in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Martina Satkova won two individual golds and her Czech Republic team mates added five more on the second day of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoe World Championships in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzogovina.
France had three fastest qualifiers for the individual sprint finals on day one of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater World Championships in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 2019 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Wildwater World Championships are due to begin in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow, marking the first of four days of action.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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