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First Day wrap-up of Iran at Paris 2024 Olympics:
Gymnast Olfati displays great performance
Also, a victory by the table tennis player, advance of the Iranian female rower to another chance along with elimination of the shooting and fencing representatives were the performance of the Iranian representatives on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The First representative of Iran in the single scull competitions of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games stood in fourth place and went for another chance.
Fallen in the first group of the primary matches, Fatemeh Mojallal competed with rivals from Uganda, South Africa, Spain, Australia, and Nicaragua.
She managed to set a record of 08:01:30 and stood after rowers from Australia, Spain, and South Africa, respectively.
Mojallal failed to ascend to the quarter-finals, yet she can have another chance.
Fatemeh Mojallal is the rising star of Iranian rowing. She has earned a place in the women’s single sculls event and will have big shoes to fill in the absence of Nazanin Molaei, who achieved Iran’s best-ever rowing result at the Tokyo Olympics by reaching the B Final.
Mojallal will also have the honor of carrying Iran flag at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. This is a significant moment for Iranian rowing, as it will be the first time that a rower has been given this honor since Homa Hosseini at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
In fencing, Iran’s saberist Ali Pakdaman won 15-11 against Yoshida Kento of Japan in his first match to become one of the top 16 in the Olympics. Pakdaman faced an athlete from South Korea in the round of 16 and lost 15-8.
Mohammad Fotuhi, the other representative of Iranian saber, faced saberist from Mexico and lost 15 to 13 to the Mexican rival to be eliminated.
Mohammad Rahbari, the other member of fencing team faced Sebastien Patrick from France. In this game, the saber representative of Iran lost in a tough and breathtaking match with a result of 15-13.
Hanieh Rostamian collected 571.16 points in 10-meter shooting competition among 44 shooters, but she failed to go to final round.
Nigeria’s table tennis star, Olajide Omotayo, lost to Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan 4-1 in the Round of 64 of the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s table tennis singles event.
The home crowd in South Paris Arena 4 erupted as Prithika Pavade secured a 4-1 victory over Iran’s Neda Shahsavari. With a packed arena behind her, the French player produced a thrilling performance that had the crowd on their feet.
The 33rd round of the Olympic Games, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, kicked off on July 26 and will continue until August 11.
Among the participating countries is the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is represented by 40 athletes at the marquee sporting event, including 29 men and 11 women, competing in 13 sports.
As in previous Olympic Games, wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo are expected to be Iran’s primary medal contenders. However, there are also hopes for strong performances in gymnastics, table tennis, and climbing, according to their respective federations.
Iran’s Olympic contingent has already arrived in Paris in batches, with the third group landing on Tuesday morning.
Iran bagged seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Shooter Javad Foroughi earned Iran’s first medal, securing gold in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event.
Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadreza Geraei added another gold to Iran’s tally.
Sajad Ganjzadeh clinched gold in the men’s karate kumite competition in the +75kg category.
In weightlifting, Ali Davoudi won a silver medal in the +109kg weight class, lifting a total of 441kg—200kg in the snatch and 241kg in the clean and jerk.
Freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani secured a silver in the 86kg weight class, narrowly losing to his arch-rival from US David Taylor with a score of 4-3 in the final.
Iran also earned two bronze medals. Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadhadi Saravi triumphed in the 97kg category, defeating Finland’s Arvi Savolainen 9-2. Amirhossein Zare won bronze in the men’s freestyle 125kg, overcoming China’s Deng Zhiwei 5-0.
Iran participated in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics with a total of 66 athletes—56 men and 10 women—competing in 17 sports.
It finished 27th in the overall medal standings at Tokyo, with three gold, two silver, and two bronze.