Iranian volleyball squad moves past US in 2017 Summer Deaflympics
The Iran men's national deaf volleyball team has upset the United States to achieve its first victory at the 23rd edition of Summer Deaflympics in Turkey.
On Wednesday evening, the Iranian squad defeated the American team 3-1 (25-19, 18-25, 25-16 and 25-21) at the end of a match played in Turkey’s northern and major Black Sea port city of Samsun.
The Iran men's national deaf volleyball team will take on Poland in its second fixture on Friday.
The 2017 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 23rd edition of Summer Deaflympics, opened in Samsun, Turkey, on July 18 and will finish on July 30, 2017. A total of 3,148 athletes from 97 countries are competing in 21 sports at the international multi-sport event.
Dozens of Iranian athletes are in action across 13 sports. They are vying for top honors in athletics, beach volleyball, bowling, football, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball.
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