In a moment that will go down in Olympic history, Iranian athlete Ali Aghamirzaeijenaghrad stepped onto the world stage, leaving a trail of a tongue-tied commentator and social media hilarity.
I prefer to be called by my surname thank you very much
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Reddit user interfan1999 shared that the Italian commentator during the Canoe Sprint couldn't pronounce the athlete's family name saying "and here's the athlete from Iran.. but I will call him Mario to make it easier." But others weren't pleased saying this is disrespectul and racist because he could have called him Ali instead of Mario.
Others shared funny comments about the lengthy name. Reddit user BrotherSeamus said, "They're taking the Hobbits to Aghamirzaeijenaghrad. They ran his surnames together for some reason." Meanwhile, Wormholer_No9416 added, "When you Character name doesn't fit the allowed number of characters."
Netizens Help With the Right Name Pronunciation
Meanwhile, others stepped in to assist with the correct pronunciation. User Mondai_May noted that although the name is lengthy, it becomes manageable when broken into segments: "agha, mirza, eijen, aghard."
Iranian user ArmanXZS said that it's a two part last name, the name is "Ali Aghamirzaei jenaghard " but this is usually written like: "Ali Aghamirzaei" and skip the last part.
Ali is a Canoe Sprint athlete for the Men's Kayak Single 1000m where he won 3rd place in August 7 Quarterfinal 1 competition with a time of 3:33.78 minutes. In Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, he finished rank 23 for Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 1000m.
This year's Olympics event fans may be talking about Ali Aghamirzaeijenaghrad's name while he's focused on making a new name in more ways than one - winning a medal and making his country proud.
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