Iran hosted earlier this month a snowboard and freestyle ski competition event in Dizin Ski Resort, north of the capital Tehran. Eight female and twenty eight male athletes competed alongside, defying the unexpected, unfavorable weather conditions at the beginning of the tournament.

Dizin, established in 1969, is one of the larger Iranian ski resorts in the Alborz mountain range, 120km from Tehran by car. The ski season in Dizin lasts from December to May, because of the resort’s high altitude.

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Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mohammad Moheimany / Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mohammad Moheimany / Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Abbas Shariati / Tasnim News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Abbas Shariati / Tasnim News Agency)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Sources: IRNA, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, Tasnim News Agency, Fars News Agency, Young Journalists Club, ISNA, PressTV