http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/sports/cycling/bahman-golbarnezhad-iranian-cyclist-dies-paralympics.html 2016-09-18 03:36:38 Iranian Cyclist Dies After Crashing at the Paralympics Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, went into cardiac arrest while he was being taken to a hospital. === RIO DE JANEIRO — An Iranian cyclist died Saturday after an accident in a men’s road race at the He was treated on the course and was being taken to the athletes’ hospital when he went into cardiac arrest, the I.P.C. said. The ambulance rerouted to a closer hospital, where Golbarnezhad died soon after arriving. He was 48. “The Paralympic family is united in grief at this horrendous tragedy, which casts a shadow over what have been great Paralympic Games here in Rio,” the I.P.C. president, Philip Craven, said in a statement. The Iranian flag was lowered to half-staff in the Paralympic Village and at Riocentro, where Iran will play Bosnia and Herzegovina for the gold medal in sitting volleyball on Sunday. A moment of silence is scheduled for Sunday’s closing ceremony. According to the I.P.C., Golbarnezhad began cycling in 2002 and competed in the London Paralympics in 2012. He finished 14th in his previous race at the Games, the C4 time trial on Wednesday, for cyclists with lower limb impairments.