The Iranian won the men’s 54-kilogram event for the third consecutive Summer Universiade in Naples.

South Korean short track speed skater Kim A-lang received the best female athlete honor, following the double gold won the 24-year-old at Krasnoyarsk 2019.

The Argentinian University Sports Federation received the best FISU promotion project for their booth at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

The best national sports federation was awarded to Japan after the country topped the medals table at Naples 2019.

Kim Alang, a double Olympic gold medallist, was recognized for her outstanding achievements on the university sports field; she has participated in three successive Winter Universiades and won gold at all three: Granada 2015, Almaty 2017 and Krasnoyarsk 2019. Armin Hadipour Seighalani was also awarded for this rare achievement of three consecutive Universiade gold medals – at Gwangju 2015, Taipei 2017 and Napoli 2019.

The fourth edition of the FISU Gala also celebrated the 70^th anniversary of the International University Sports Federation in grand style. Representatives from more than 120 member nations were present at the ceremony, that was held in Turin’s Sala Fucine – OGR, in between the two days of the ongoing 36^th FISU General Assembly.

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After all, The Iranian team finished in first place with 122 points, followed by Georgia (121) and Russia (118).

In the end, Iran won three gold and three bronze medals in the competition.

Meysam Dalkhani in 63kg, Mohammadreza Geraei in 72kg and Aliakbar Yousefi in 130kg also claimed three gold medals for Iran.

Mehdi Mohsennejhad in 60kg, then Sajad Imentalab in 67kg and Mohammadhadi Saravi in 97kg took three bronze medals.

Final teams rankings also comes as:
1. Iran – 122
2. Georgia – 121
3. Russia – 118
4. Ukraine – 77
5. Belarus – 69
6. Japan – 65
7. Turkey – 65
8. Armenia – 64
9. Kazakhstan – 54
10. Hungary – 42

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Iran handball team Melli is stepping up preparations ahead of the Asian qualifications for the Tokyo Olympic Games next year.

Iran will prepare for the 2019 AHF Men’s Asian qualification event, which will be held in Doha from October 17 to 26.

Iran has been drawn in Group A, which also features Bahrain, Kuwait and South Korea.

Group B includes Saudi Arabia, Qatar, India and Hong Kong.

The top two teams will qualify for the semi-finals.

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