Iranian boxers pocket 4 bronze medals in Ashgabat 2017

Iranian athlete Hamid Amini in the weight category of – 67 kg was defeated by Turkmenistan and he bagged bronze medal.

Iran's Zeinab Jabbari in the weight category of – 60 kg was overpowered by Tajik rival and she received bronze medal.

The third and the fourth bronze medals were snatched by Mirdavoud Mousavi and Ali Bani Assad in the weight categories of – 74kg and – 71kg, respectively.

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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