15 items found for 'olympics'
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Iranian Hadi Saei Wins Taekwondo Gold
August 22
Iran's Hadi Saei has beaten European bronze medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy 6-4 in the men's -80kg final to lift the second Olympic taekwondo gold medal of his career. Saei battled back from 4-2 …
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Morad Mohammadi wins a bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle wrestling to become the first Iranian medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Mohammadi beat Zelimkhan Huseynov of Azerbaijan 5-1 to secure …
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Phelps Earns Record 8th Olympic Gold
August 16
Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Sunday to become the grandest of Olympic champions. Jason Lezak held on to the lead Phelps gave …
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As interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed Ehadadi, the league office has sent a letter to its 30 teams instructing that they are forbidden to even discuss a …
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Iran's national flag-bearer Homa Hosseini lead her country's team during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium (or the Bird's Nest) August 8, 2008. In the …
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'Iranian Hercules' Retires
July 23
According to ISNA, the Iranian weightlifting super star, Hossein Rezazadeh ended his career as a weightlifter today. In his emotional farewell letter, Rezazadeh expressed his regards to his fellow …
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Some 52 Iranian athletes in 12 fields will participate in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Iranian athletes will take part in a number of events including free style and Greco-Roman wrestling, …
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The Iranian Basketball Federation and its FIBA Asian champion men's basketball team (Saba Battery) have been invited by the NBA, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, to participate in …
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World champion Hossein Reza Zadeh of Iran is reportedly to skip the Asian Weightlifting Championships to prepare for the Beijing Olympics. "Many of Asia's best champions, including Reza Zadeh, have …
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Thirty-four skiers from Iran, Australia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia participated the three-day event, which ended on Friday. Iran's snowboard team has claimed the first prize the …
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Iran's volleyball team is aiming to book a berth in the upcoming Beijing Olympics in the Olympic qualification tournament, which is being held in Tokyo from May 31 to June 8. The team will take …
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Iran’s water polo team has clinched a victory against Kazakhstan at the FINA Men’s Water Polo Olympic Games Qualifiers in Romania. In its first win of the tournament, Iran edged out Kazakhstan …
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Dubai-based ABC News reporter Lara Setrakian is currently making a documentary about Iranian female taekwondo player Sara Khoshjamal-Fekri. Khoshjamal-Fekri, 19, made history in Iran by becoming …
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Ali Mazaheri of Iran won the heavyweight title decider to claim the last Beijing berth at the Asia Olympic Qualifying tournament this week. Mazaheri beat Jasur Matchanov of Uzbekistan on points, …
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Iran's national basketball team scored a victory over its heavyweight rival Lebanon and won Asian Championship, and thereby getting a birth to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Iran's coach said, …
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