Track and Field

Iran’s Beit Sayah’s Paralympics gold stripped over religious flag

Tehran, IRNA — Iranian javelin thrower Sadegh Beit Sayah, who won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024, has been disqualified for displaying a religious flag during his victory celebration.
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Prominent medalist Haddadi elected president of Iran’s Athletics Federation

Tehran, IRNA — Celebrated discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi has been elected for a four-year term as president of Iran’s Athletics Federation.
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Athletics competitions in China's Hangzhou

On the eighth day of the Asian Games underway in China, Iranian athletes Mehdi Saberi and Hossein Keyhani were eliminated from the athletics competitions on October 1, 2023. (IRNA photos/Ali Sharifzadeh)
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Iran women’s track and field competitions

Iranian women’s track and field championships were held at Aftab Enghelab Sports Complex in Tehran on September 1, 2023. (IRNA photos/Marzieh Soleimani)
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Female Iranian sprinter wins silver at Asia championships

Tehran, IRNA – Female Iranian sprinter Nazanin Fatemeh Eydian won a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in South Korea earlier this week.
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Iran’s veteran athletes win colorful medals at Virtus Oceania Asia Games

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s national team of veteran and disabled athletes won 8 colorful medals at the Virtus Oceania Asia Games in Australia.
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Iranian youth win 13 Asian Track and Field Championship medals

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian teen-aged athletes participating in the 2022 Kuwait Asian Track and Field Championship (October 12-15) ended winning 13 medals.
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Iranian woman makes history in Asian Track & Field Championship

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Track and Field women athlete Nazanin Fatemeh Eidian won the gold medal at the Asian Field and Track Championship in Kuwait.
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Iranian woman gains gold in Morocco Grand Prix

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian woman won the gold in World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2022 in track and field in Morocco.
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Iranian track and field athletes not given US visa for World Championship

Tehran, IRNA – The United States has refused to issue visas for Iranian track and field athletes for the World Championships so that they have failed to attend the competitions, according to the head of the Iranian Track and Field Federation.
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Iranian women bag 7 medals at Azerbaijan track and field contests

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian women have won seven colorful medals at track and field athletics competitions held in Azerbaijan.
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Iranian athletes scoop 3 golds in Central Asian tournament

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s track and field convoy to the Central Asian Youth Championship bagged 3 gold medals on the first day of the games.
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Iran Men's Club Track & Field Competitions

The second round of Iran Men's Club Track and Field Competitions is held on Sunday in Aftab Sport Complex in Tehran. Tehran, September 12, 2021.IRNA/Ahmad Moeini Jam.
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Iran’s Mottaghian bags javelin gold medal with new world record

Tokyo, IRNA – Iranian woman Hashemiyeh Mottaghian won the gold medal in Women’s Javelin Throw F56 in Tokyo Paralympic games, setting a new world record.
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Iranian track and field athletes obtain 4th quota for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Tehran, IRNA – The World Athletics Federation on Thursday approved Iran's fourth quota for track and field in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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