Tag: world championships
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2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball
15 Dec 2018 IPC Iran and Russia emerge victorious at World Championships Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (L) starred for Iran as they retained their Asian Para Games sitting volleyball title ⒸINAPGOCBy IPC The 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships were the sport’s most important competition of the year, but they were not the only highlight. Unstoppable Iran Led by…
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Unstoppable Iran Sitting Volleyball Continues Worldwide Dominance
December, 16, 2018 – 12:00 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/12/16/1899728/unstoppable-iran-sitting-volleyball-continues-worldwide-dominance TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team continued with its worldwide dominance by winning three gold medals in the international competitions. They won the inaugural men’s Super 6 on home soil in the city of Tabriz in April after beating Russia in straight sets, Paralympic.org wrote. Led by…
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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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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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Beach volleyball Paralympic bid has “personal backing” of IPC President, claims World ParaVolley boss
James Diamond Tuesday, 31 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068182/beach-volleyball-paralympic-bid-has-personal-backing-of-ipc-president-claims-world-paravolley-boss World ParaVolley (WPV) President Barry Couzner has claimed International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has given his “personal backing” to WPV’s bid to get beach Para-volleyball into the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics. Couzner made the claim in his most recent blog on the WPV website, where he also…
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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,…
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Paravolley Women NL with Paula List 8th at WC Zitvolley
Wed 25 Jul 2018, 15:00 https://www.diemernieuws.nl/nieuws/sport/104334/paravolley-dames-nl-met-paula-list-8e-op-wk-zitvolley Google Translated Text. DIEMEN – They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sitting Volley World Cup, but the Dutch sitting volleyball players did not win that match against Italy. In the Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam, the sitting volleyball players played two more matches after the quarterfinals and finished eighth…
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Can Someone Stop Iran Sitting Volleyball?
July, 25, 2018 – 18:25 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/07/25/1785494/can-someone-stop-iran-sitting-volleyball TEHRAN (Tasnim) – International Paralympic Committee (IPC) site has lauded Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team. The Sitting Volleyball World Championships left many unforgettable moments and some surprising results in the Netherlands. Paralympic gold medalist Iran confirmed its status as the world’s best male team by reclaiming the title…
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RUSSIA & IRAN WIN 2018 SITTING VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Braden Keith | July 24th, 2018 | News, Sitting Volleyball The men from Iran won their record-breaking 7th sitting volleyball World Championships on Sunday in 12 editions of the tournament, beating their arch-rivals from Bosnia & Herzogovina, the world’s #2s, in straight sets 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-20). On the other end of the spectrum are the Russian women,…
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Iran win Sitting Volleyball World Championships
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…