Highlights 1 Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad was killed during a mountainous stretch of the C4-5 event course. 2 Golbarnezhad took up cycling in 2002. An Iranian cyclist died after an accident while competing at the Rio Paralympics, officials said on Saturday. Golbarnezhad was competing in his second race in Rio after finishing 14th in the C4 time trial on Wednesday. According to his friend, Hashem Rastegarimobin, who competed for Iran in football 7-a-side in Rio, Golbarnezhad took up cycling in 2002 after losing his leg due to a war injury in the 1980s.

Source: India Today September 18, 2016 06:10 UTC