Iran team named for World Para Athletics Championships
Iran has announced a 20-strong team that will represent the country at the World Para Athletics Championships.
The prestigious competition will be held from 14-23 July in London.
The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and the IAAF World Championships (August 4-13) will bring together 3000 athletes from more than 200 countries.
It will be the first time the two events will be hosted by the same city in the same summer.
Iran Athletics Team:
Mohsen Kaedi – shot put and javelin F34
Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh – shot put and discus F34
Javad Hardani – shot put F38
Mohsen Majidi – discus F37
Mehdi Alizadeh – shot put F33
Jalil Bagheri – discus F56 and shot put F55
Ali Mohammadyari – discus F56
Aliasghar Javanmardi – shot put F35
Mehran Nekouei – shot put F35
Mohammad Khalvandi – javelin F57
Abdollah Heydari – javelin F57
Amanollah Papi – javelin F57
Sajjad Nikparast – javelin F13
Hamed Amiri – shot put F55 and javelin F54
Asadollah Azimi – shot put F53
Alireza Mokhtari Homami – shot put F53
Saman Pakbaz – shot put F12
Sajjad Mohammadian – shot put F42
Hashemieh Mottaghian – javelin F56
Fatemeh Montazeri – shot put F57