Panahi, Botshekan win Asian junior wushu golds for Iran
The fourth day of the Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Macau, China, saw Iranians Sana Panahi and Zahra Botshekan walk away with double gold medals in the women’s taolu contests.
Having settled for a nanquan silver earlier in the competitions, Panahi came out on top in the nangun event, while Botshekan bagged the nanquan gold in her respective age category.
Sunday’s triumphs took Iran’s gold tally to five in Macau.
Diana Rahimi had beaten the host’s contestant for the ultimate prize in the women’s sanda -60kg weight class, with Amir-Hesam Mohammadi claiming the men’s -45kg gold.
Narges Shahbazi had also finished her campaign on a high note with a gold-winning run in the women’s changquan event.
Elsewhere on Sunday, a final defeat against the Kazakhstani opponent saw Mahan Ahmadpour grab the men’s sanda -56kg silver.
Samyar Sadeqi (men’s qiangshu silver), Setayesh Barati (women’s -56kg bronze), and Rojan Fattahi (women’s -52kg bronze) were also among the Iranian medalists at the 11th edition of the competitions in Macau.