Iran's female shooting contestant ranks 8 in Rio

EghtesadOnline: Female Iranian shooting athlete, Najmeh Khedmati, ranked 8th after her ascension to the final phase of the 50m rifle 3 positions competitions in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Thursday.

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13 August 2016

Khedmati paved her way to 50m rifle 3 positions competitions held on Thursday evening, reports IRNA.

The 31st Olympic Games officially started in Rio, Brazil, on August 6. A sum of 10,444 athletes from 206 countries compete in 28 sport fields in Rio.

A sum of 64 Iranian athletes are competing in 14 sport fields of boxing, table tennis, shooting, bow and arrow, rowing, weightlifting, track and field, taekwondo, judo, fencing, volleyball, free-style wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, swimming and cycling.