Iranian snooker player pockets silver medal in Ashgabat 2017

After being overpowered by Chinese rival 4-2, Vafaie snatched silver medal.

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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