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Iran's taekwondoka wins gold medal in Baku Games

Iran's taekwondoka wins gold medal in Baku Games

Madi Eshaqi in minus 54 kilogram weight category could win the gold medal by defeating his rival from Kyrgyzstan and advanced to the quarterfinal.Then he defeated a Saudi taekwondo athlete 35:11. In the semifinal he could go to the final following withdrawal of a taekwondoka from Senegal. Eshaqi then defeated …

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Iran bags 37 medals so far in Baku Games

Iran bags 37 medals so far in Baku Games

Until the 6th day of the event, Iranian athletes received 10 gold, 12 silver and 15 bronze medals in various fields such as weightlifting, shooting, track and field, taekwondo and disabled track and field.In weightlifting, Ayoub Mousavi in the weight category of 94 kg received a gold medal.Iranian female shooter …

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Iranian female taekwondoka wins bronze in Baku

Iranian female taekwondoka wins bronze in Baku

Tayyebeh Parsa defeated her rival from Uzbekistan to advance on the second game against the Azerbaijani taekwondoka.However, she lost to the Azerbaijani athlete 4-10 in the second game while she beat her rival in the third game 7-3 and finally bagged a bronze medal.The 4th Islamic Countries Games attended by …

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Iranian rifle female shooter bags gold medal in 2017 Baku Games

Iranian rifle female shooter bags gold medal in 2017 Baku Games

Sebqatollahi was among the 8 finalists from Iran, Qatar, Azerbaijan Republic, Egypt and Tunisia and finally managed to grab 239 points to win the gold medal. The Egyptian and Azeri shooter ranked second and third, respectively. The fourth round of Islamic Solidarity Games is underway with the attendance of some …

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Iranian athlete wins gold medal in Baku

Iranian athlete wins gold medal in Baku

Sajad Ganjzadeh emerged victorious with a result of 5-4 in his first contest against Saudi Arabia.He also defeated his Indonesian rival 4-2 and then took down the Azeri opponent 5-4 in his march to the final competition.Ganjzadeh then defeated his Turkish rival 5-3 and bagged the gold medal.So far, the …

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Iranian granted United World Wrestling membership

Iranian granted United World Wrestling membership

After investigating Iran’s objection regarding the changes in the laws and rules of wrestling, the United World Wrestling approved the Iranian's membership in the technical commission and following that, Iran’s Wrestling Federation introduced Ali Akbar Dodangeh, Asian champion and the national wrestling team coach due to his membership.It seems that, …

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Silver ending for the Iranian blind judoka at Baku games

Silver ending for the Iranian blind judoka at Baku games

Mohammad Ali Shanani (-90 kg) was defeated late on Sunday by an Uzbek judo fighter and received the silver medal of the Islamic Solidarity Games which is being held in Azerbajan.The 4th Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games (May 8-22) are underway in Azerbaijan’s capital on 22 sports.Iran's judo team of …

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Iran wins championship title in Asian Freestyle Wrestling

Iran wins championship title in Asian Freestyle Wrestling

The Iranian squad gained three gold medals, one silver and four bronze ones to become champion in the tournament with 71 points. Japan and Uzbekistan ranked second and third with 55 and 49 points, respectively. The 27th Asian Freestyle Wrestling Championship was hosted by New Delhi on May 13-14 with …

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