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" In infinitely sad news this morning, an Iranian cyclist competing in the Rio Paralympics has died after being involved\u00A0in a crash during a men&amp;#039;s cycling road race. 48-year-old\u00A0Bahman Golbarnezhad was competing in\u00A0the men&amp;#039;s C4-5 road race at 10.40am yesterday morning local time when the crash occurred on a particularly &amp;quot;mountainous stretch&amp;quot; of the course, although officials say they don&amp;#039;t know the exact cause of the incident yet\u00A0and will be investigating it further. Golbarnezhad, who had been cycling with the Iranian Paralympic team for 12 years and was married with a son, received medical attention on the side of the race course, but suffered a cardiac arrest and later died in hospital. He was the only member of the Iranian cycling team.  \u00A0Bahman Golbarnezhad was described as\u00A0&amp;quot;a family man. He loved his family,&amp;quot; by\u00A0Masoud Ashrafi, the secretary general of Iran&amp;#039;s National Paralympic Committee, who also announced that his body will be flown back to Iran today.\u00A0 Meanwhile, the Iranian flag can be seen flying at\u00A0half-mast in the Paralympic Village,\u00A0and a moment of silence has been planned for tonight&amp;#039;s closing ceremony. The athlete&amp;#039;s death is the first to have occurred during an\u00A0Olympic\u00A0or Paralympic competition since the 1960 Rome Olympics, when\u00A0Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen lost his life while competing in\u00A0the 100km team time trial. Our thoughts are with the cyclist&amp;#039;s family and loved ones. Come and check us out on\u00A0Snapchat Discover.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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