Tehran, Sept 19, IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed regret over the sad demise of the Iranian Para-cyclist who died in Brazil during the men's road race on September 17. Signatory In a message to the Iranian team at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed sympathy over the sad event....

RIO (Tasnim) - Tributes were paid to Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died on Saturday, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games closing ceremony. The prestigious event was brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on Sunday evening. Sir Philip Craven, International Paralympic Committee president, said the movement was "united in ...

Bahman Golbarnezhad, an Iranian Para-cyclist, has died following a crash in the men's road race Saturday. He crashed on the downhill slope of the C4-5 classification road race.   By Tasnim News Agency

Irans participation at the Paralympic Games ended with a gold medal in sitting volleyball, which was dedicated to the cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died following a crash 24 hours earlier. Golbarnezhad is the first athlete to die during Paralympic competition, the International Paralympic Committee said, after a crash in Saturdays mens C4/C5 ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) President Rouhani has expressed his deepest condolences and regret over the death of Iranian Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad following an accident in Saturdays road race at theRio 2016 Paralympic Games. The tragic news of the passing away of our beloved cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad in an accident during the Rio Paralympic ...

An Iranian Para-cyclist has died after a crash during the men's C4-5 road race at the Rio Paralympics. The International Paralympic Committee said Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, suffered cardiac arrest after the incident on a "mountainous stretch" of circuit. "The ambulance then diverted to the nearby Unimed Rio Hospital in Barra where he passed away ...