December 08, 2006
Rezazadeh, 2006 Asian Games
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1066.html
Pictures from Rezazadeh at the 15th Asian Games in Doha on Wednesday December 6th, 2006.
Doha, Dec 6, IRNA-The world's four-time and twice Olympic +105 kg weightlifting gold medalist Hossein Rezazadeh won the snatch, clean and jerk, and total titles.
The baby-faced lifter locked 195 kg above head in his third snatch attempt and 230 kg in his first clean and jerk attempt.
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October 10, 2006
Shadlu, Ali
http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2006/October/shadlu.html
Swam Across the Caspian Sea
Ali Shadlu, a relief worker of Iran's Red Crescent Society, set an enviable record as he swam the 600km width of the Caspian Sea in 53 days. Shadlu, who started swimming in the westernmost point of the sea, Astara, on Aug. 1, reached the easternmost spot Bandar Torkaman on Sept. 23. Following correspondence with the Guinness World Records officials, Shadlu's world record has been registered.
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May 05, 2006
US Basketball Player in Iran
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/05/raman.btsc.hoopdreams/index.html
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- At 7 feet 2 inches tall, it's hard for Garth Joseph not to stand out on the streets of Tehran -- even harder as an American.
He and teammate, Andre Smith, are among the few Americans in Iran these days, having globe-trotted here to play basketball.
Joseph, a resident of New York who hails from the Caribbean island of Dominica, has been playing professional basketball in Iran since October.
He mainly for economic reasons. After a brief stint in the NBA with Toronto, Denver and Chicago, Garth started traveling the world -- from Cuba to Ukraine to Iran -- playing basketball to get a paycheck for his family back in New York.
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April 25, 2006
Iranian Women in all Stadiums
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4938912.stm
Women in Iran are to be allowed to attend major sporting events, ending a ban that has held since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the lifting of the ban would "promote chastity" among all Iranians.
Women must have a chance to watch all sporting events, he said, and must be given the best seats in the house.
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April 18, 2006
Mohsenin, Mohsen
http://www.mohsenmohsenin.com/
In the evening April 13th, Dr Mohsen Mohsenin member of the International Ski Federation (IFS) and one of the pioneers of ski industry in Iran passed away in Dizin where for more than two decades he spent his time training many of Iran's best skiers.
Everyone loved Dr. Mohsenin for his humble nature and great aptitude for sports and sportsmanship. He delivered many top skiers to Tehran through Dena Ski Club, and surely did a lot of service for Iran's ski industry. His journey has left a huge gap in a lot of people's life.
I have put up a website in his memory, please take a minute and sign his memorial page MohsenMohsenin.com
-- Farhang Farid
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December 09, 2005
Hossein Kaebi, Best Young Player Award
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bypa/index.html
Hossein Kaebi from Iran is one of the best players selected by FIFA among seven others for The BEST YOUNG PLAYER AWARD.
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November 18, 2005
World's Strongest Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/story/2005/11/051117_ra-sports-roundup.shtml
74th World Weightlifting Championships
Doha, Qatar, November 17, 2005
Hossein Rezazadeh declared strongest man in the world, again.
Rezazadeh hoisted a two-lift combination of 461 kg (210 Kg + 251 Kg) and won 2 gold and 1 silver medals.
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September 22, 2005
Polo in Iran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4272210.stm
Polo comes back home to Iran
It has been called the Game of kings, but polo is being revived in post-revolutionary Islamic Iran.
And it's not just men who are playing this dangerous sport - women are now competing too but observing Islamic dress restrictions.
As the female riders prepare for the first ladies' polo tournament in Iran for at least 100 years, the sports commentator gives the audience a history lesson - reminding them that polo originated in the royal courts of ancient Persia 2,500 years ago.
The queen and her ladies-in-waiting would play against the emperor and his courtiers.
Indeed the main square in the historic city of Isfahan was a royal polo ground whose dimensions were copied for all other polo grounds around the world.
Polo spread to India with the Mughals and then across the world with the British, but ironically it almost died out in its country of origin in recent years.
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May 31, 2005
Iranian Girls at the top of the World
http://www.mountainzone.ir/news.htm#everestwomen
According to EverestNews.com and based on the report of Liaison officer and Leader of Iranian Expedition, 8 members and 4 sherpas from the expedition has summitted Everest today May 30.
The following is the list of Iranian 2005 Everest Expedition summiteers:
1. Mr. Eghbal Aflaky Aghbelagh (51) Leader, Alpinist, Iran
2. Mr. Mahmoud Shoaei (43) Member, Engineer, Iran
3. Mr. Azim Gheychisaz (24) Member, Iran
4. Mr. Reza Bahadorani (27) Member, Jewellery Sellar, Iran
5. Ms. Farkhondeh Sadegh (36) Member, Designer, Iran
6. Ms. Laleh Keshavarz (26) Member, Dentist, Iran
7. Mr. Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa (37), Climbing Sirdar, Juving, Kharikhola-1, Solukhumbu, Nepal
8. Mr. Chhang Dawa Sherpa (23), Makalu-9, Sankhuwasava Nepal
9. Mr. Lhakpa Sherpa (44), Khumjung -1, Solukhumbu, Nepal
10. Mr. Karma Gyalgen Sherpa (21) Makalu-9, Sankhuwasava, Nepal
11. Mr. Reza Zarei Toudeshici, (36), Member, Alpinist, Iran.
12. Mr. Jalal Cheshmeh Ghasabani (46), Member, Mountain Guide, Iran
Among them are two Iranian women. As two representatives of Iranian girls, Farkhondeh Sadegh (Graphic Designer) and Laleh Keshavarz (Dentist) scaled the top of the world to pave the way for new generation of Iranian women. They are also the first Muslim women who scaled the highest point of the world.
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March 18, 2005
Khatami & Rezazadeh
http://www.persianleague.com/news/morenews.cfm?news=818
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