Iranian sprinter Fasihi wins Asian 100m silver; Taftian bags men’s bronze
Iran’s Farzaneh Fasihi won the women’s 100m silver in the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, while Hassan Taftian took the men’s bronze.
An Asian Indoor 60m champion in February, Fasihi crossed the finish line in 11.39 seconds to stand next to Singaporean gold medalist Shanti Pereira (11.20 seconds) on the podium.
China’s Ge Manqi took the bronze with 11.40 seconds.
Fasihi’s compatriot Hamideh Esmaeilnejad, whose 11.33 record in the preliminary round was a new national high, finished fourth in the final.
In the men’s 100m final, Taftian – a champion in 2017 – settled for the third place behind Japan’s Hiroki Yanagita (10.02 seconds) and Saudi sprinter Abdullah Abkar Mohammed (10.19 seconds) with 10.23 seconds.
Elsewhere in the competition, Mehdi Saberi added a silver to Iran’s medal count on Friday – thanks to a 19.98m throw in the men’s shot put contests.
Indian Tajinderpal Singh Toor – a gold medalist in the 2018 Asian Games – tallied 20.23m for the top spot, with Ivan Ivanov of Kazakhstan taking the bronze with 19.87m.