Iran�s Adel Mojallali�Moghaddam will be taking part in the rowing�competitions of the forthcoming 2016 Summer Olympics�in�Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after receiving a belated berth for the high-status sports event.

The 23-year-old sportsman was handed a Rio Olympics position�after Russian athlete Sergey�Fedorovtsev and Alexander Kornilov from Kazakhstan failed their drug tests.

President of the Rowing Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Gholamreza Amini said Mojallali�Moghadam had just missed out on�Olympic qualification, but is now training hard for the contests.

On April 24, female Iranian rower Mahsa Javer also demonstrated praiseworthy athletic skills and strength at the 2016 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta (FAOQR) in the central South Korean city of Chungju,�and booked her spot in the�Rio Olympic�Games.

She clocked eight�minutes and 5.08 seconds in the march to the final�of the tournament and occupied the second spot.

The�rowing contests at the 2016 Summer Olympics�will open on August 6 and run through August 13 at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas�in�Copacabana. A total of 550 athletes, 331 men and 219 women, will be in action at fourteen medal events.

By Press TV