A’alamian bros withdraw from Islamic Solidarity Games
Nima and Noshad A’alamian withdrew from the table tennis competitions at the upcoming Islamic Solidarity Games – starting November 7 in Riyadh – due to club commitment, Iran head coach Jamil Lotfollahnasabi confirmed.
“Nima and Noshad were to be part of the Iranian squad in Riyadh. However, the table tennis event was brought forward by seven days to November 8, meaning it will now clash with the brothers’ club commitments in the French league,” Lotfollahnasabi said.
The brothers will be replaced by Mohammad Mousavi and Benyamin Faraji – third and fourth in the Iranian ISG trials respectively – at the sixth edition of the multi-sport event, joining Amirhossein Hodaei.
Hodaei defeated Nima A’alamian in the men’s singles final at the previous edition of the Games in Konya 2021.