Tributes have been paid to Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died following a crash in the men's C4/C5 road race at the Rio Paralympics on Saturday.
The Iranian Paralympic Committee described Golbarnezhad as "an exemplary Paralympic sportsman who, with love and energy, tried his best to promote the name of Iran and to make all of us proud and at the end he gave his life for this."
They added that "all members of the Iranian cultural and sports camp here express condolences to his family and the Iranian nation. The name of Bahman Golbarnezhad will be inscribed in the proud history of Iranian Paralympics."
The Iranian flag was lowered to half-mast in the Athletes Village in Rio following the incident.
The Paralympic flag will also be flown at half-mast in the village and at the Riocentro venue where Iran play Bosnia in the sitting volleyball final on Sunday.
"This is truly heart-breaking news and the thoughts and condolences of the whole Paralympic movement are with Bahman's family, friends and team mates as well as the whole of the National Paralympic Committee of Iran," said IPC president Philip Craven.
"The Paralympic family is united in grief at this horrendous tragedy which casts a shadow over what has been a great Paralympic Games here in Rio."
The IPC's director of communications Craig Spence also said as far as they are aware it is the "first fatal accident in a Paralympics."
Saturday's race was 48-year-old Golbarnezhad's second race in Rio after he finished 14th in the C4 time trial on Wednesday.
The cyclist took up the sport in 2002 and also participated at the London 2012 Paralympics.
An investigation has been launched into the fatal accident, which happened on a mountainous stretch of the course.
A moment of silence will be held during Sunday's closing ceremony.
