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Publish date23 Aug 2016 - 15:28
Story Code : 242663

Leader appreciates endevours of Iranian athletes

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday appreciated endeavours of Iranian athletes in Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Leader appreciates endevours of Iranian athletes
In a message, Supreme Leader congratulated the medal winners, all athletes and their coaches for their hard works in the Olympic Games.

Supreme Leader said the impressive victory of Iranian athletes brought joy for the Iranian people.

Ayatollah Khamenei acknowledged the fact that medals of some of Iranian athletes were refused because of misjudgement, saying 'the misjudgements could not lessen the value of efforts our athletes made in the course of the contests'.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader commended the Iranian women athletes for observing their Muslim dress code.

Iranian athletes brought home a total of 8 medals (three gold, one silver and four bronze).

Iran stood at the 25th slot of the medal count table at the end of the international multi-sport event.

Iran had left the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a total of 12 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, and 2 bronze), finishing seventeenth in the overall medal standings.

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