Karimi defeated his rival from Georgia in qualifiers match.He earlier hit wrestlers from Argentina, Azerbaijan and Russian and advanced to the semi-final match.In the semi-final stage, he was overpowered by American wrestler and received a bronze medal.Karimi had earlier received a bronze medal in 2015 World Wrestling Championships which was …
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Iran wrestler grabs bronze in Hungary World Champs
Parviz Hadi in the weight category of 125kg defeated Russian rival and earned a bronze medal. The World Wrestling Championships started on October 20 and will be underway until October 28.After defeating Poland, Belarus and Turkey, Hadi advanced to the semi-finals.Earlier, Hassan Yazdani in 86kg weight category snatched a bronze …
Read More »Iran finishes 5th in Dragon Boat Racing competitions
According to Iran's Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation, the Dragon Boat Racing was held at 100, 200, 400, 500, 1000 meters and Iran's national team finished in fifth in all distances.China, Canada, Thailand and Russia finished in first to fifth places, respectively. The 14th World Dragon Boat Racing Championship was …
Read More »Iranians bag 5 medals in Asian Rowing Championships
According to Iran's Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation, Omid Ahmadi ranked third and grabbed a bronze medal in –U23 1000m Kayak Single. Ilya Nadernezhad received third place medal in senior 1000m Kayak Single.Mohammad Nabi Rezaei won a bronze medal in -U23 1000m Canoe Single. Also in senior 1000m Canoe Double, …
Read More »Iran welcomes friendly match with Azeri soccer team
Iranian football federation is to follow up holding the friendly play between the two sides' national football teams, Soltanifar said.Azeri ambassador to Tehran conferred on Sunday with the Iranian minister of sport and youth on the expansion of sporting cooperation between the two countries. There is no doubt that cultural …
Read More »Iran’s Alipour wins bronze medal in IFSC Climbing World Championships
Some 79 representatives from 21 countries participated in the event either in the Lead or Speed competitions. Alipour ranked 14th in the preliminary round to advance to the final stage. In the final stage he registered a 5.99 minutes record to rank third following rivals from Indonesia and Italy.9341**2050Follow us …
Read More »Iran squad earns 8 medals at Asian paracanoe
In VL3 category, Shahla Behrouzi Rad received a gold medal.Nader Eyvazi in KL3 and Roya Soltani in VL2 category snatched gold medal.Amin Aghandeh in KL3 category earned a silver medal.Paracanoe is canoeing for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. The Paralympics version of the sport is governed by the …
Read More »Iran bags 4 medals in Asian paracanoe champs
In KL2 category, Roya Soltani received a gold medal.In KL3 category, Shahla Behrouzi Rad snatched a silver medal.In VL1 and VL2 categories, Islam Jahedi and Amir Aghandeh received gold medals, respectively.The event started work today and will be underway for three days.9376**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir
Read More »Iran to host world Greco-Roman wrestling clubs cup
The event will be held on December 20-21, according to the news published on Sunday by Iran’s Wrestling Federation.Clubs from the member-states of the United World Wrestlers (UWW) as well as selected team from the Iranian wrestling league will participate in the tournament. The World Wrestling Clubs Cup was initiated …
Read More »Iran taekwondoka grabs gold at Manchester Grand Prix
Hadipour in the weight category of -58kg defeated rivals from Japan, Thailand and Italy to advance to the final match.In the final match, he overpowered his South Korean rival and ranked first.Meanwhile, Sajjad Mardani and Mir Hashem Hosseini on Friday received bronze and silver medals respectively. The 2018 Grand Prix …
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