Publish Date: 5 January 2016 - 15:53

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – China’s Li-Ning company has signed a sponsorship deal with Iran’s Olympic Committee to provide apparel for the Iranian convoy at 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The session to introduce the sponsor of Iran Olympic caravan was held on Tuesday morning and the National Olympic Company where the Chinese sporting goods company Li-Ning was introduced as the sponsor of Iranian athletes’ outfit in Rio 2016.

The company’s representative in the Middle East noted at the session that “the company was founded in 1990 by Li Ning, a former Chinese Olympic gymnast who holds 36 colorful medals in numerous international arenas including a number of Olympic titles.”

“The company has aggressively used sponsorship deals, particularly with athletes and sports teams, both in China and abroad,” he underlined.

The CEO of the Chinese company in the Middle East Ghodratollah Shoja enumerated the reason of cooperation with Iran’s Olympic Committee maintaining “we believe that Iranian athletes deserve the best quality for having accomplished astonishing achievements in various Asian and Olympic events which makes sponsoring their outfit a great honor for Li-Ning.”

“Li-Ning seeks to provide the best apparel with the desired quality for the Iranian Olympic convoy,” he emphasized.

 

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