Tag: Islamic Republic of Iran
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Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball into Asian Para Games final
October 10, 2018 – 18:44 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/428428/Iran-s-men-s-sitting-volleyball-into-Asian-Para-Games-final TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team booked a place in the final match of the 2018 Asian Para Games on Wednesday. Iran defeated Iraq in straight sets 25-8, 25-12, 25-19 in the semi-finals. “We have many top world sitting volleyball players. Our country in fact produces a lot…
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Iranian women make history as referees at sitting volleyball
Florence Almond Sunday, 7 October 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070798/iranian-women-make-history-as-referees-at-sitting-volleyball Halleh Jafari and Fariba Ahadi made history as they became the first Iranian women to referee international sitting volleyball match at the ParaVolley Europe New Nations Subzone tournament. Both women refereed matches at the ParaVolley Europe New Nations Subzone men’s tournament in Tourcing in France. The 34-year-old Jafari refereed…
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Iran Sitting Volleyball One to Watch at Asian Para Games
October, 06, 2018 – 10:54 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/10/06/1845179/iran-sitting-volleyball-one-to-watch-at-asian-para-games TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team is one to watch at the 2018 Asian Para Games, Paralympic.org wrote. As many as nine nations, fielding 162 athletes, will take part in the competition that will run over five days, with the winner to be decided on October 11.…
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Iran sitting volleyball aim gold at Asian Para Games: Morteza Mehrzad
October 5, 2018 – 14:33 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/428188/Iran-sitting-volleyball-aim-gold-at-Asian-Para-Games-Morteza TEHRAN – Iranian national sitting volleyball team outside hitter Morteza Mehrzad says they are going to win the gold medal for a third successive time in Asian Para Games. Mehrzad was part of the Iranian team winning the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships gold…
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Indonesia 2018: Spotlight on sitting volleyball
04 Oct 2018 IPC Iran and China the ones to watch at Asian Para Games By Asian Paralympic Committee The Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Indoor Stadium is set for a five-star showdown when the sitting volleyball competitions at the 2018 Asian Para Games get underway in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 7 October. As many as nine…
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210 Iranian athletes to participate in 2018 Asian Para Games
Sep 8, 2018, 7:55 PM https://en.mehrnews.com/news/137589/210-Iranian-athletes-to-participate-in-2018-Asian-Para-Games TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – 210 Iranian athletes, including 137 men and 73 women, will participate in the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia. As reported by IRIB, Iranian athletes will compete in 13 different sports. In men’s section, Iran will have 60 representatives in athletics, one in shooting,…
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Netherlands 2018: Mehrzadselakjani on top of the world
16th August 2018 https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-mehrzadselakjani-top-world Iranian targets more success at Tokyo 2020 after Worlds win16 Aug 2018 Morteza Mehrzadselakjani won Allianz Athlete of the Month after leading Iran to the sitting volleyball world title ⒸGetty ImagesBy Jayden Hocking | For the IPC “The World Championships was important for us, following on from our recent successes. We had to…
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Iranian para-volleyball player named IPC’s Athlete of Month in July
Sports Aug 10, 2018, 2:54 PM https://en.mehrnews.com/news/136587/Iranian-para-volleyball-player-named-IPC-s-Athlete-of-Month-in Iranian para-volleyball player named IPC’s Athlete of Month in July TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iranian male paralympic sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad has been selected by public votes as the International Paralympic Committee’s Athlete of Month in July Morteza Mehrzad was named the “Athlete of Month” by public…
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IPC athlete of the month July 2018
Morteza Mehrzadselakjani has been named the Allianz Athlete of the Month for July after his spectacular performance in Iran’s gold medal victory at the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships. At 2.46m tall, Mehrzadselakjani was at his dominant best to help Iran regain the men’s world title by beating defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 (25-18,…
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Netherlands 2018: Top five moments
https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-top-five-moments Iran reclaim the men’s title and Russia win first women’s goldImagen By IPC The Sitting Volleyball World Championships left many unforgettable moments and some surprising results. Paralympic gold medallists Iran confirmed their status as the world’s best male team by reclaiming the title against defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russia*, on the other hand,…