Rio Paralympics 2016 [Reports, News]

[DR Strangemoosh]

Opened a thread for the Paralympics

Iran took 79 athletes and ranked 11th in 2012 with 10 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze.

This time there are 93 competitors! With 9 more competitors in athletics, it should be a good tally for Iran. Let's see if Iran can break into the top 10 this time!

[Tehranto]

Wish them the best of luck! All of them are superstars in our eyes.

[ehsan singapore]

i swear the paraolympics will do better

[PSGman#19]

i swear the paraolympics will do better

I fear it won't be the case, Taroomi and Rezaian will be participating (don't want to disrespect paralympics athlete, but I don't even know in which sport they could be good there).

[persian-eagle-13]

A top 10 finish would be great!

[ehsan singapore]

iran can get more medals in para,i promise we will get more than 8 for sure

[persian-eagle-13]

^^Most countries actually do much better in Para than normal Olympic. we will get lot more than 8 medals.

[Bessos]

Iran has actually brought an incredible amount of 110 athletes this time! This is partly due to Russia being banned entirely from 2016 Paralympics. Therefore, instead of 93 athletes we now have 110.

That is actually one of the highest amount of athletes for a country. Only 12 other countries have more athletes:

China 308
Brazil 288
United States 271
Great Britain 251
Australia 168
Ukraine 168
Germany 155
Canada 151
Japan 132
France 123
Netherlands 115
Spain 113
Iran 110
Italy 97
Poland 90
Argentina 84
Turkey 81
South Korea 80
...

This is very good. We are as good as the first world countries when it comes to Paralympics.

A Top 10 finish for Iran is a realistic goal! Of course it won't be easy, but it's possible.

In 2012 Paralympics Iran was ranked 11th.

[AIrani]

Best wishes to Iranian athletes. Some of these athletes are Iraq war veterans. They deserve our support.

[irani8perspolis]

We got a silver already

[04041374]

Saman Pakbaz got silver in shot put (F12)

http://video.varzesh3.com/video/1232...B2%D9%86%D9%87

[AIrani]

Saman Pakbaz got silver in shot put (F12)
http://video.varzesh3.com/video/1232...B2%D9%86%D9%87

0404;
Thanks for sharing the good news.

[Karimi_1]

Saman

[04041374]

Football 7a-side
Iran - Argentina

Live: http://www.telewebion.com/#!/live/varzesh/

[04041374]

GOAL
Iran 1-0 Argentina
23'