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2019 Intl. Army Games’ ‘Depth’ event kicks off in Persian Gulf

reporter 1222 — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 04:50:45 +0000

The opening ceremony of the event was held on Sunday afternoon with senior military officials including Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, Commander of the Iranian Army’s Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy Admiral Aleksandr Viktorovich Vitko in attendance.

Teams from Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, Syria, and South Africa will compete in the 10-day event while Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Indonesia are taking part as observer countries.

Iran also hosted the depth competition last year in Nowshahr which ended with Iranian team winning the title.

Each team in the depth event consists of eight individuals – six divers and two reserves. The competition will be held in seven stages of water obstacle course, rescue on water, flange, welding, rendering first aid to the drowned, maintaining the life of the emergency vessel, and close space entry.

Flotilla Admiral Parviz Salimipanah, spokesman and head of the event’s committee, said in the opening ceremony that two referees from Iran and five from participating countries will judge the competitions. He went on say 128 foreign individuals have arrived on Kish Island and all the teams have managed to successfully go through each item of the event without suffering from injuries or any damage to their equipment.

“The 2019 Army Games will include 32 competitions on the territory of 10 countries (Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, India, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan). Over 5,000 servicemen from over 200 teams will take part in the games,” the defense ministry was quoted by Tass as saying. Army Games will wrap up on August 17.

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Iran finishes 5th at 2018 International Army Games

reporter 1222 — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:00:56 +0000

Overall Iranian teams participating in International Army Games gained one gold, one silver and four bronze medals and stood at the fifth place team ranking after Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The International Army Games, initiated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, was co-organized this year by China, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Iran. 189 teams from 32 countries had participated in the event.

Iranian divers, who had managed to break the world record in two items of Depth Competition, snatch the gold medal of the event. The Depth Competition was held in the Iranian city of Nowshahr, with participation of over 100 army representatives from various countries in the world.

Iran’s airborne troops finished third at the Airborne Platoon held in Pskov, Russia. In the Guardian of Order contest, which was held in Russia, Iranian armed forces team grabbed the silver medal.

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Iran finishes 1st at Intl. Army Games Depth Competition

reporter 1222 — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:50:44 +0000

Iranian Navy team of divers claimed first place in the Depth Competition event at the 2018 seven-nation Army Games in Nowshahr on Thursday after nine days of fierce competition.

The Iranian Navy team of divers managed to set records in all of the seven items of Depth Competition that was held in the northern city of Nowshahr from 1-9 August.

Russia and Venezuela jointly claimed the second place, while Syria’s national team of divers finished third place.

The Depth Competition was one out of the 28 designated contests of 2018 International Army Games. Over 100 participants took part at the contest hosted by Iran.

The Games, running through July 29 to August 11, has been initiated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and is co-organized this year by Russia, Iran, China, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Armenia.

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