The women of Jam Petrochemical show their strength at the national petrochemical staff sports competitions

At the seventh cultural and sporting competition for employees, spouses and daughters aged 26 and over of the country's petrochemical industry, the women athletes of Jam Petrochemical won notable titles and medals of every colour across a range of sports.

According to Jam Petrochemical's public and international relations office: at this edition of the competition, teams from Jam, Maroun, Tabriz, Pardis, Zagros, Amir Kabir and Razi Petrochemical, the Research and Technology Company, the Special Economic Zone Organisation and the National Petrochemical Company met one another from 4 to 11 Aban in Tabriz, in volleyball, physical fitness, darts, table tennis, badminton, swimming, shooting and chess, with the aim of raising spirits, fostering solidarity and improving the physical and mental health of the wider petrochemical industry family.

In these competitions, the women of Jam Petrochemical achieved the following:

• The Jam Petrochemical women's physical fitness team took the title with eleven medals of every colour at the sports competition of the country's petrochemical companies

In the competitions for women aged 26 and over of the country's petrochemical industry, after three days of hard and breathless contest with their rivals, Jam Petrochemical's women's physical fitness team took the championship of this edition with 11 medals (one gold, five silver and five bronze).

• The Jam Petrochemical women's darts players took the title at the darts competition of the National Petrochemical Industries companies of Iran

In the competitions for women aged 26 and over of the National Petrochemical Industries companies of Iran, Jam Petrochemical's darts team won the championship of this edition commandingly.

• Runners-up in women's volleyball for Jam Petrochemical

In the volleyball competition, Jam Petrochemical's women's team came through the group stage, beat the host team (Tabriz Petrochemical) and reached the final. In the closing match, despite a notable performance, the team lost out to its opponent and finished as runners-up.

• Runners-up in women's chess for Jam Petrochemical

In the chess competition too, the Jam Petrochemical team performed notably and finished as runners-up in this edition. Ms Neda Yarzavi also won the title on board three, beating every one of her opponents.

• Runner-up in women's singles badminton for Jam Petrochemical, and third place as a team

After topping its group, Jam Petrochemical's women's badminton team lost to the host team in the semi-final despite a good performance, but won the play-off and took third place as a team. In the singles, Nasrin Mohammadi reached the final with a series of outstanding performances and finished as runner-up.

• 17 medals and third place as a team in swimming

Jam Petrochemical's women swimmers competed in four events — front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly — across various age groups, and with 3 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals in all took third place as a team in the swimming competition for women aged 26 and over of the country's petrochemical industry.