Asian Wushu Championships:
Iranians notch up six final-day golds to finish runner-up
Iran bagged 15 medals, including seven golds, to finish runner-up to China at the Asian Wushu Championships.
Zahra Kiani capped off her impressive campaign in Macao by grabbing a second gold in the women’s talou on Sunday.
Two days after making history by winning a first Asian individual talou gold for Iran in the jianshu event, Kiani tallied 9.703 points to beat contestants from Macao and Japan to the top prize in the changquan form.
Kiani then teamed up with Helia Asadian for a bronze medal in the women’s duelin talou event.
This was a second bronze medal in Macao for Asadian following her third-place finish in the nandao contest on Friday.
Sensational in sanda
Mahmoud Nasiri rounded off a glorious final day for the country in the sanda contests, walking away with the ultimate prize of men’s +90kg contests.
Earlier on Sunday, Mohammadreza Rigi bagged the men’s -85kg gold, while Ali Khorshidi finished atop the podium in the -80kg class.
Amirhossein Hemmati, meanwhile, settled for a silver medal after the defeat against a Chinese opponent in the -60kg showdown.
Reza Abdollahi and Mohammad Farhadi were the Iranian bronze medalists in the men’s -65kg and -70kg contests respectively.
There was further final-day glory for Iran in the women’s competitions as Yasaman Baqerzadeh claimed the -70kg gold, while five-time world champion Shahrbanoo Mansourian (-75kg) clinched the second Asian gold of her illustrious career.
Mansourian’s younger sister Soheila finished her campaign with a silver medal in the -65kg class; the same outcome for Seddigheh Daryaei after her loss in the -60kg final showpiece.
Sogand Sinkaei took the bronze in the women’s -52kg category.
China won the team title in the 10th edition of the Asian Championships, thanks to a remarkable 18 golds, one silver and three bronzes, with Malaysia finishing behind Iran in the table with three gold and bronze medals apiece, as well as four silvers.