Girls cruise to golds as Iran grabs six Asian canoe medals
Iranian girls claimed double golds on Saturday as the country notched up six medals at the 2024 Asian Canoe Sprint Junior & U23 Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Elnaz Shafieian clocked 04:09.940 minutes in the final race to walk away with the ultimate prize in the under-23 1000m K1 event, while Arshin Rezanejad crossed the finish line in 04:16.635 minutes for the top spot in the discipline’s juniors final.
Elsewhere, Iranian duo Mohammad Abbasi and Shayan Hosseini teamed up for a silver in the men’s U23 1000m C2 contest, courtesy of a 03:36.117-minute finish in the final, standing second to Mukhammadali Mirismanov and Shokhjakhon Mukhammadiev of Uzbekistan.
This was a second medal for Hosseini on Saturday following a bronze-winning campaign in the 1000m C1 final.
Amirreza Oladian and Abolfazl Jannati won a bronze in the men’s junior 1000m K2 final with a third-best time of 03:31.255 minutes, while Mehrab Asayesh Khorshid took the category’s singles bronze with 03:46.302 minutes.