Iran’s Mehdizadeh Wins Silver at 2017 World Games


Iran’s Mehdizadeh Wins Silver at 2017 World Games

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Karate fighter Amir Mehdizadeh seized a silver medal at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland on Tuesday.

Firdosi Farzaliyev from the Azerbaijan Republic prevailed in the men's 60kg category after he overcame Mehdizadeh in the final.

Bronze went to Spaniard Matias Gomez Garcia after he beat Brazilian Douglas Brose.

Iran’s speed climber Reza Alipour won the country’s first gold medal in The World Games history on Sunday.

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games.

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