Iran’s super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi, while beating the world record in snatch, failed in his three clean and jerk attempts dropping out of Rio Olympics. Men’s over 105 kg weightlifting division in 2016 Summer Olympic Games began on Wednesday at 2:30 AM Tehran time in Pavilion 2 of Riocentro where 11 lifters were competing…
Iran’s 98kg athlete Ghasem Rezaei who was a hope for gold medal ended up in Bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling competitions of Rio 2016 games. Ghasem Rezaei who had an Olympics title as a gold medalist in 2012 London games had an off draw in first round. In second round he faced Luillys Pérez from Venezuela…
Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestler Saeid Abdevali in 75kg weight category won the bronze medal match in 2016 Olympics. Abdevali overcame Péter Bácsi of Hungary 3-1 in the semifinals of Men’s Greco-Roman 75 kg and added a bronze to the tally of Iran’s medals. The Iranian wrestler, who had struck on off draw in the first round,…
MNA- Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami won the gold medal in the men’s 85-kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games on August 12, 2016. Kianoush Rostami won Iran’s first medal of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games in the men’s 85-kilogram category and broke his own world record after lifting a total of 396 kilograms. Rostami,…
IRANIAN women athletes participated in archery, shooting, table tennis, rowing, and taekwondo in Rio 2016 Olympics. IRAN with 63 athletes participated in Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Canoeing,Cycling ,Fencing ,Judo, Rowing, Shooting, Swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling. Related posts: Ashourzadeh Iranian Taekwondo gold hopeful eliminated in surprise / Photo…
Iran has been waiting to qualify volleyball for the Olympic Games for 52 years. That wait is now over. The Iran men’s team will be going to Rio for this year’s Olympic Games after qualifying in Tokyo on Saturday. Iran volleyball achieved a historic feat as they earned their first-ever Olympic Games qualification, beating Poland…
