Iran’s medal haul at Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games reaches 26

Iranian sportsmen and women have continued to put in outstanding performances at the 5th edition of Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games, and grabbed fourteen more medals to lift the country’s medal count to 26 in the multinational and multi-sport event.

On Tuesday, Iranian belt wrestlers Zahra Yazdanicherati recorded satisfactory displays of grappling skills in the women's freestyle minus 55-kilogram competitions, and scooped a silver medal.

Zahra Majdi and Saeideh Rahimi got two bronze medals in the women’s freestyle minus 70-kilogram and over 70-kilogram divisions.

Yaser Mohammadirostam and Davood Avazzadeh also pocketed two bronze medals in the Men's Freestyle minus 80-kilogram and minus 90-kiloram sections.

Iranian jujitsu practitioner Soudeh Kamandani also prevailed over her Pakistani opponent Iram Kanwal 2-0 in the Women's Ne-waza over 70-kilogram, and earned the bronze medal.

In the men’s 3,000-meter race contests, Iranian sprinter Hossein Keyhani earned a bronze medal for the Islamic Republic by registering 8:07.09 minutes.

Saudi athlete Tariq Ahmed al-Amri set the time of 8:03.98 minutes and earned a silver medal in the final contest.

Lakshmanan Govindan from India snatched the gold medal of the heat with 8:02.30 minutes.

Furthermore, Iranian taekwondo practitioners Soroush Ahmadi and Saeid Rajabi struck two gold medals in the men’s minus 63-kilogram and minus 87-kiloram classes.

Mahdi Eshaghi and Mahdi Jalali also claimed the top spots in the men’s minus 54-kilogram and minus 74-kilogram categories respectively, and were awarded two gold medals.

Additionally, Hassan Taftian won the title in the men’s 60-meter running contests. The 24-year-old Iranian sprinter clocked 6.55 seconds at the men’s final and stood on top of the podium.

Philippine sprint athlete Eric Shauwn Cray and Reza Ghasemi from the Islamic Republic of Iran registered 6.63 and 6.64 seconds respectively to land in the second and third places.

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is the 5th edition of the continental tournament, opened in the Turkmen capital city of Ashgabat on September 17, and will finish on September 27.

Turkmenistan is on the top of the medal count table with 91 medals (43 gold, 28 silvers and 20 bronzes).

The Islamic Republic of Iran has claimed the second spot with 26 medals (seven gold, four silvers, 15 bronzes), while Kazakhstan is on the third with a total of 22 medals (six gold, six silvers and 10 bronzes).

The United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Mongolia have earned the 4th to 7th places respectively.

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