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2024-09-03 19:46:00

Iranian Morteza Mehrzad, 2.46m, finally has a bed that fits him. Iranian sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad, who stands 2.46 meters tall, has finally found a bed that suits him after considering sleeping on the floor due to the lack of adequate equipment at the <a href="https://time.news/jp-paris-2024-moroccan-para-athletes-determined-to-achieve-great-performances-m-benmoussa/" title="JP Paris 2024: Moroccan para athletes determined to achieve great performances (M. Benmoussa)”>Paralympic Village. Last Friday, Hadi Rezaeigarkani, the coach of Iran’s sitting volleyball team, told Olympics.com that his son, 36, planned to sleep on the floor because he didn’t have a bed big enough. “In Tokyo (at the 2021 Games) we had a special bed, but unfortunately not here”Rezaeigarkani said, specifying that his player would do so “lie down on the ground”.

Contacted by AFP, the Paris-2024 organizing committee said that Morteza Mehrzad had initially been provided with two bed extensions ahead of the Games, at the request of the Iranian committee. “A third extension was requested by the Iranian Paralympic Committee, which was also granted to them”further specifies COJOP. “Paris 2024 is linked to the Iranian Paralympic Committee and the athlete now has the necessary equipment for his comfort”he concludes. According to the IPC, at 2.46 meters tall, Mehrzad is considered the second tallest living man in the world and the tallest athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics. He was diagnosed at a young age with acromegaly, a condition caused by too much growth hormone.