Iranian sitting volleyball teams win gold, silver medals
Iranian sitting volleyball teams win gold, silver medals

 Iran’s men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams claimed gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday. The men’s team, six-time Paralympic champions, swept past China in straight sets 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 in the final match at the GBK Tennis Indoor. Kazakhstan claimed the bronze medal after beating Iraq 3-0 (25-22, […]

 Iran’s men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams claimed gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday.

The men’s team, six-time Paralympic champions, swept past China in straight sets 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 in the final match at the GBK Tennis Indoor.

Kazakhstan claimed the bronze medal after beating Iraq 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-19) in third place match.

Earlier on the day, the Iranian women’s team won the silver medal.

The women lost to Paralympic runners-up China 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-16) in the final match.

Japan came third, beating Indonesia 3-1 (25-17, 19-25, 25-17, 25-11) in the bronze medal match.