Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's road race C4–5

During this race, the Iranian cyclist, Bahman Golbarnezhad suffered a head injury during a collision with a rock on a mountainous stretch of the circuit in Pontal Beach.^[2][3][4] Golbarnezhad was treated on-site, and was in the process of being transported to the athletes' hospital when he died from a cardiac arrest. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that it would investigate the incident, and the I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee requested a report on the incident from the IPC. Golbarnezhad's death marked the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics that an Olympic or Paralympic athlete had died during competition.^[5][6]

Following the incident, the flag of Iran was lowered to half-mast in the Paralympic Village, and for the Iranian sitting volleyball victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina. A period of silence was also held during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[7][5][8]