Hashemi: Zurkhanei's presence in Baku is the beginning of a long but hopeful journey

According to the report of the correspondent of IZSF: the head of the national committee The Olympic Games of the Islamic Republic of Iran witnessed the victory of the Zorkhaneh team of Iran in the team competition of the Islamic countries solidarity games.

Kyumorth Hashemi said regarding the participation of ten teams in these competitions: the entry of the ancient and ancient sport of zurkhanei into a prestigious tournament such as Islamic countries It is the starting point for the participation of this field in major international competitions. I hope this long but hopeful path will come to a good end .

He added: The World Weightlifting and Wrestling Federation has made great efforts in the past years to realize the predetermined plans, which increases the hope for success. .

Referring to the participation of powerlifting in the Baku Games, Hashemi said: "With the establishment of powerlifting in the solidarity games of Islamic countries and if the solidarity games are approved by the IOC as a tournament, we can witness the further progress of this discipline." . This is possible and possible because the results and records of the association matches are at an acceptable level and good results are obtained by the teams, which are sometimes equal to the results of Asian and world games.

The head of the National Olympic Committee added: Since the Iranian World Federation officials and during this period they have been able to try to achieve success in this field in the best way, the Iranian Olympic Committee is ready to do any kind of cooperation to stabilize this field at the international level.