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  • World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics

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    By Tom Decent September 1, 2021 — 4.16pm https://www.smh.com.au/sport/world-s-second-tallest-man-is-competing-for-iran-at-the-paralympics-20210901-p58nwr.html Tokyo: There are nearly 8 billion people in the world. The second tallest of them all is an Iranian man in Tokyo spending most of his time sitting on a Paralympic volleyball court. Meet Morteza Mehrzad, whose sitting volleyball team will play in their semi-final against Bosnia Herzegovina…

  • Iran win Sitting Volleyball World Championships

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    July 23, 2018 – 1:14 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/425690/Iran-win-Sitting-Volleyball-World-Championships TEHRAN – Paralympic gold medalists Iran defeated their arch rivals Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets in the 2018 men’s Sitting Volleyball World Champions at The Hague on Sunday. Team Melli defeated the Bosnian team 25-18, 25-13, 25-20 at the Luxor Theater and won the gold medal. The match…

  • Sitting Volleyball Team Wins 7th World Title

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    SportsJuly 23, 2018 18:37 https://financialtribune.com/articles/sports/90336/sitting-volleyball-team-wins-7th-world-title The battle for gold in World Championships and Paralympic Games in the past 30 years has always been a duel between Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina The national volleyball team celebrates the victory…… Iran sitting volleyball team beat old rival Bosnia and Herzegovina in a straight set victory to win…

  • Iran win Men’s Sitting Volleyball World Championships with straight sets victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    James Diamond Sunday, 22 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067833/iran-win-mens-sitting-volleyball-world-championships-with-straight-sets-victory-over-bosnia-and-herzegovina Paralympic gold medallists Iran  have become the 2018 men’s Sitting Volleyball World Champions as well after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets at The Hague today. The match, which was a repeat of the Paralympic Games final in Rio de Janeiro two years ago, finished 25-18, 25-13, 25-20…

  • Iran Sitting Volleyball Qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

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    July, 22, 2018 – 10:30 Sports news  https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/07/22/1782346/iran-sitting-volleyball-qualifies-for-tokyo-2020-paralympics TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian national sitting volleyball team qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Iran showed why it is consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the world as it qualified with a convincing 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-13) win over the Ukraine. Team Melli will…

  • Sitting Volleyball Team Reaches World Championships Semifinal

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    Sports July 20, 2018 18:16 https://financialtribune.com/articles/sports/90113/sitting-volleyball-team-reaches-world-championships-semifinal Sitting Volleyball Team Reaches World Championships Semifinal….. Paralympic gold medalist Iran advanced to the last four of the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in The Netherlands after beating Egypt 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Iran won the first two sets 25-19 and 25-22, lost the third set 22-25, and won the…

  • Defending champions ease into men’s quarter-finals at World #SittingVolleyball Championships

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    http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067646/defending-champions-ease-into-mens-quarter-finals-at-world-sitting-volleyball-championships Defending men’s champions Bosnia and Herzegovina eased into the quarter-finals of the men’s World Sitting Volleyball Championships in Eindhoven. With two victories to their credit, the Bosnian team were hoping to seal top spot in Pool D against Poland. An impressive display saw the holders emerge as comfortable 25-12, 25-9, 25-20 winners to head…

  • Netherlands 2018: Favourites reach last eight

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    19 Jul 2018 – IPC https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-favourites-reach-last-eight Men’s quarter final line-up confirmed at sitting volleyball Worlds Defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina are through to the quarter finals of Netherlands 2018 ⒸWorld ParaVolleyBy World ParaVolley The four strongest teams in men’s sitting volleyball lived up to expectations as they all sealed a third successive win to finish top…

  • Netherlands 2018: Paralympic champs open strong

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    16 Jul 2018 Paralympic.org https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-paralympic-champs-open-strong Paralympic champions Iran defeated Japan 3-0 on day one of the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships ⒸWorld ParaVolleyBy World ParaVolley and IPC Defending Paralympic and world champions all secured straight-set victories, as the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships opened Sunday (15 July) in the Netherlands. Eight matches took place…

  • Holders and Paralympic champions both begin Sitting Volleyball World Championships with victories

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    By Dan Palmer Sunday, 15 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067525/holders-and-paralympic-champions-both-begin-sitting-volleyball-world-championships-with-victories Defending men’s champions Bosnia and Herzegovina and Paralympic gold medallists Iran both began the Sitting Volleyball World Championships with victory in The Netherlands today. The Bosnians defeated Iraq in Pool D in Venlo, 25-10, 25-12, 25-12. Iran, the Rio 2016 champions who beat Bosnia in the final in the…