WANA (Oct 05) – Iranian athletes clinched two gold medals on the final day of the World Para-Athletics Championships.

 

On Sunday afternoon, the men’s F34 shot put event took place in India, featuring Iran’s national athlete Mehran Nikoee Majd alongside competitors from Colombia (two athletes), Lithuania, Turkey, Qatar, China, Jordan, Russia, and the Czech Republic.

 

The 43-year-old Iranian, who previously won two silver medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships and returned after serving a four-year suspension last year, set a new world record with a throw of 12.27 meters, securing the gold medal.

 

In addition, in the men’s F41 javelin event, Iran’s Sadegh Beit-Siyah claimed gold with a throw of 48.86 meters, finishing first in the competition.

 

With these victories, Iran’s medal tally at the championships rose to 15.

 

Medal Summary for Iran at World Para-Athletics Championships

Gold: Mehran Nikoee Majd, Yasin Khosravi, Ali Bazyar, Seyed Ali-Asghar Javanmardi, Hasan Bajoulvand, Amirhossein Alipour, Elham Salehi, Saeed Afrouz, Sadegh Beit-Siyah

 

Silver: Mehdi Olad, Hajer Safarzadeh

 

Bronze: Erfan Bandari, Emamollah Papi, Elham Salehi, Zeynab Moradi

Iranian athletes, Mehran Nikoee Majd at World Para-Athletics Championships

Iranian athlete Mehran Nikoee Majd at the World Para-Athletics Championships. Social media/ WANA News Agency