RIO DE JANEIRO -- Hours after making her Olympic debut, Iranian archer Zahra Nemati carried her countrys flag in the opening ceremony.Its the start of a busy couple of months for Nemati in Rio de Janeiro. Shell be pulling double duty and will be back next month for the Paralympics, where shes the defending gold medalist in the individual recurve W1/W2.The 31-year-old Nemati had hoped to represent Iran at the Olympics much earlier in life -- and in taekwondo rather than archery.A car accident as a teenager set the former black belt on a new sporting path after leaving her paralyzed.She picked up archery a few years later simply because, I wanted to do some sport.Nemati started her ambitious journey to a first Olympic medal ahead of Fridays opening ceremony during archerys qualifying round at the Sambadrome. She shot 72 arrows and accumulated a score of 609 -- good for 49th position. The results from the qualifying round are used determine the seedings for the bracketed tournament next week.I want to make my goal and get the best result: to make my family and the people around me happy and let them know Im OK and Im strong, she said.Theres no questioning her talent in archery. Over the last few years, Nemati has turned in a few top-10 finishes at World Cup events. Just last year she was ninth at a tournament in Poland.At the 2012 London Paralympics, she captured gold to become the first woman from Iran to do so, according to the Rio Olympics website.Nemati earned her spot at both the Olympics and Paralympics with a strong performance at the 2015 Asian Championships and Asian Para Championships.I had a dream to be in the Olympics as I was doing taekwondo before my accident, she said. Now, this dream came true through archery.Nemati is hoping others in a similar situation will follow her path and has been named a United Nations ambassador for her role in empowering women through sport.For me, it means a lot to make the people who have big problems in their lives happy, Nemati said.Arriving in the stadium in a wheelchair, wearing a green head covering, a smiling Nemati was the flagbearer for a team made up overwhelmingly of men.She is the figurehead of a team from a country where strict interpretations of Islamic norms are enforced and female fans are traditionally barred from attending male-only sporting events. The previous female flagbearer from Iran was at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.---This version updates to reflect that Iran had a female flagbearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Hydro Flask Billig . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Hydro Flask Outlet . 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Former Hibernian and Kilmarnock striker Nish took charge of the Scottish League 1 side in the summer after signing as a player in January 2015. The club suffered a second straight relegation at the weekend when they lost 2-1 on aggregate to Queens Park in the League 1 play-off semi-final. On Thursday the club released a statement announcing Nish would not be offered a new contract after his deal expired at the end of the season.Despite relegation to Scotlands fourth tier, Nish told Sky Sports News HQ he was surprised by the decision as he had been assured he would be at Central Park regardless of where the club finished this season. Colin Nish holds off current Rangers assistant manager David Weir in a match in 2011 He said: Whether we were relegated or not I was told Id be there and I think at that time we were bottom of the league. We went on a good run and just missed out on staying up automatically.Thats why Im disappointed. Ive been involved in football for a long time and I know these things dont make much of a difference until something is signed.I was never in the position where I was 100 per cent sure Id be there, but at the same time I thank Cowdenbeath for the opportunity. Ive learned a lot this year which will hopefully hold me in good stead for the future.With limited resources, the former Hartlepool forward believes he did the best job possible and would love another go at management in the near future. Rangers 5-1 Cowdenbeath - Scottish Cup fourth round Im proud of myself because I feel that I did a good job based on the budget that I had, which is all I can go by, he said.Nish continued: I want to do something in football, thats my passion and thats what I enjoy doing. Ive certainly not lost any confidence. If anything IIve gained confidence in my managerial capabilities.ddddddddddddIve learned a lot this year, probably more than I did in my playing career in terms of different things about being a manager. I will definitely come back stronger given the opportunity.The beginning of the season was really tough. I didnt have a team basically. Then I built a team I felt was capable of challenging for the play-offs going up the way.In January we lost a couple of players I signed on loan at the start, but we could only get them until January and they unfortunately left. That made it really difficult to build a team again. I felt like I nearly got there but there wasnt enough time to do it at the end of the season.I dont see any benefits from Cowdenbeath not keeping me on as a manager. I dont see whats going to change for them next year with a different manager. I think I proved this year that I was capable of building a team on a small budget. Unfortunately I lost that in January but I did prove that I can do it. Colin Nish reacts after Cowdenbeath lost to Rangers in the Scottish Cup Nish took Cowdenbeath to the Scottish Cup fourth round this year, where they were drawn against a resurgent Rangers at Ibrox. The tie was subsequently chosen to be live on Sky Sports, but Nish says the occasion was more of a hindrance than a highlight of his managerial career.He said: It was a distraction we didnt need really. And at the time we were going quite well and it was around that time we lost a lot of our players so that was the start of a difficult couple of months.The money the club received didnt do me any good in the long run because in January its hard to sign players so the money will probably be best used now.So I never got any benefit out of that. Im not saying that the club wouldnt have given me any money to strengthen. But hopefully that money benefits the new manager and helps the club bounce back up. 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