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Iran earns 3 medals in IDBF Club Crew World Championships

Members of the Iranian women's rowing club Sokkan pose for a photograph at the 11th edition of IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, on July 22, 2018.

The Iranian women's rowing club Sokkan has received three medals at the 11th edition of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships in Hungary.

The Iranian team managed to get one silver and two bronze medals at the six-day-long prestigious international tournament, which was held in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged.

The 11th edition of IDBF Club Crew World Championships started on July 17, and finished on July 22, 2018.

Dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft, which has its roots in an ancient folk ritual of contending villagers, which has been held for over 2000 years throughout southern China.

The history of dragon boats in competition reaches as far back as the same era as the original games of Olympia in ancient Greece.


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