Iran karateka Sajjad Ganjzadeh has won the final match of men's Kumite +75 kg at Olympics karate contests to win the 3rd gold medal and 7th medal in total for Iran. Sajjad Ganjzadeh defeated Saudi Arabia opponent T. Hamedi at men's Kumite +75 kg on Saturday afternoon to win the 3rd gold medal for Iran so far in the Tokyo Olympics games. He beat ...

Irans freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani Charati has put in impressive displays of grappling skills at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, but was defeated by his tough rival in the final bout, and finished as the runner-up of the respected international sports event. Yazdani the 26-year-old champion of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics earned ...

In weight-lifting, Ali Davoudi has further boosted Irans stance in the Tokyo games, by claiming a silver medal in the mens +109 kg category. While defending champion, Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia, set3 world records to retain his title in the heaviest mens weight-lifting category, Davoudi, came up 2nd, by a vast margin of 47 kilos in total. He ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 13 (MNA) Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami won the gold medal in the mens 85-kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games on August 12, 2016. Kianoush Rostami won Irans first medal of theRio 2016 Olympics Games in the men's85-kilogram category and broke his own world record after lifting a total of 396 kilograms. Rostami,...