Bahman Golbarnezhad: Paralympics closing ceremony pays tribute to Iranian cyclist who died after ...
, who died following a crash on Saturday’s penultimate day of competition. Golbarnezhad, 48, lost control of his bike on a descent in the men’s C4/C5 road race. The Shiraz-born cyclist, who had his lower left leg amputated following injuries sustained during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, suffered a cardiac arrest while being transported to hospital. He later died in intensive care./ Sir Philip Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), led tributes to the Iranian cyclist, whose death he described as “extremely ...
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