TEHRAN Irans Sadegh Kalhor is poised to take part at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
The Iranian lone athlete will participate in the mens alpine skiing slalom event.
Kalhor participated in the 1998 Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan for the first time.
He will participate in the competitions for the fifth consecutive time.
Kalhor ...
The Iranian Olympic team, which consists of five skiers, failed to get good results at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
In the Women's Slalom, Forough Abbasi finished in 48th place with a time of 2 minutes, 35.69 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. claimed the gold medal, with a combined time of 1 minute, 44.54 seconds.
Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari ...
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TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) Five Iranian skiers will participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Mohammad Kiadarbandsari, Hossein Saveh Shemshaki and Forough Abbasi will participate in Alpine Skiing and Sattar Seid and Farzaneh Rezasoltani will represent Iran in cross country skiing.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic ...
(Reuters) - Police have killed a senior Islamist militant in Russia's North Caucasus ahead of the WinterOlympicsin Sochi, where security forces searched on Tuesday for a woman they fear is planning an attack during the games.
Eldar Magatov, a suspect in attacks on Russian targets and alleged leader of an insurgent group in the Babyurt district of ...
(Reuters) - PresidentBarack Obamaand Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call on Tuesday how best to have a "safe and secure" WinterOlympicsin Sochi, the White House said.
Amid rising concerns about threats from militants to disrupt the Sochigames, the U.S. military is making two ships in the Black Sea available should American support ...
(Reuters) - Russian forces went on combat alert in Sochi and tightened restrictions on access to the Black Sea resort on Tuesday as part of measures by President Vladimir Putin to ensure security at next month's WinterOlympics.
Aware that the success or failure of the SochiGameswill help shape his legacy, Putin has increased security inRussiafollowing ...
Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA On the second day of the International Alpine Skiing resort of Tehran, Iranian national team gained one gold and two silver medals, winning a ticket for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Mohammad Kia Darban was the gold medalist and Morteza Jaafari the silver medalist.
In the Women?s category, Iran?s Mitra Kalhor was ...
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