Iran reaches 7 golds at Asian Para Games; para-athletics perform strongly in Nagoya

Iran won its seventh gold at the Para Asian Games in Nagoya after several medal performances in para-athletics, according to ISNA (Telegram).

Mohammad Saber won gold in the F33 shot put with a Games-record throw of 10.95 meters.

Erfan Banderi won the F53/F54 javelin with a Games-record throw of 30.24 meters.

Amirhossein Alipour won the F11 shot put with a throw of 14.70 meters; Mehdi Olad took silver with 13.93 meters.

Saman Pakbaz also won a gold medal in shot put, bringing Iran’s gold total in Nagoya to seven.