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Rio Paralympics 2016: Iranian Para-cyclist dies following crash
http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/37398333
A statement by the Iranian Paralympic Committee read: "It is difficult for us to announce this sad news but, with immense regret, we have to say Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian cycling champion, has died after an accident while racing in competition in the 2016 Paralympics.
"He was an exemplary Paralympic sportsman who, with love and energy, tried his best to promote the name of Iran and to make all of us proud and at the end he gave his life for this.
"All members of the Iranian cultural and sports camp here express condolences to his family and the Iranian nation.
"The name of Bahman Golbarnezhad will be inscribed in the proud history of Iranian Paralympics."
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