Tehran, IRNA – Iranian women could win gold medal in kumite and silver medal in kata at the 24th Summer Deaflympics underway in Brazil.

The female Iranian athletes won the medals competing in team games on Wednesday, according to Iran’s Deaf Sports Federation’s report .

The 24th Summer Deaflympics which were to be held last year had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The games started on May 1 with participation of over 4,000 athletes from 80 world countries and will end on May 15.

Iran attended the Deaflympics with 75 athletes in eight sports.

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