Iran bags 1st ever equestrian medal in Ashgabat 2017

During the final match, Iranian athletes Davoud Pour-Rezaie and Amir-Hosssein Habibi snatched a bronze medal which was the first medal in the history of Iranian team.

Iranian squad has so far bagged 67 medals, including 17 gold, 14 silver and 36 bronze medals.

The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is underway with the attendance of 49 countries from Asia and Pacific in Ashgabat.

Iranian squad, including 214 athletes (115 male and 66 female) attended the event.

Iranian athletes participated in twenty fields namely, futsal, table tennis, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sambo, Kurash, Jujutsu, bowling, billiards, cycling, track-and-field, swimming, weightlifting, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, Pahlavani wrestling, Alysh, basketball, taekwondo, horse-riding and chess.

Translator: Ali Izadi

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