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News ID: 16613
Publish Date : 31 July 2015 - 21:51

Iran Paralympics Lifters Rank 1st in Asia-Pacific With 7 Medals

ALMATY (IRNA) – 2015 Asia-Pacific Power lifting Paralympics Championship ended here on Thursday with championship of the Iranian athletes who gained 7 gold and 3 silver medals.

The Iranian team gained 70 points in Asia section and 69 points in freestyle (FS) section of the international championship, ranking 1st in the games.

21 countries from Asia and 7 from various parts of the world participated in the game and in the final ranking the Iranian, Chinese, and Jordanian teams respectively with 70, 69 and 24 points ranked first to third in the Asian competitions section.

In freestyle section, too, similarly, Iran, China and Jordan ranked 1st to 3rd with 69, 68 and 40 points respectively.

The Iranian medal winners in the games included Amir Jafari, Nader Moradi, Mohammad Farzin, Seyyed Ahmed Salehipur, Saman Razi, Ali Sadeqzadeh, Ahmad Aminzadeh and Siamand Rahman.